Sport
Manx Footy Season Ready to Start
Most games kick off at 2.30pm
Pic: Paul Hatton Photography
The world’s greatest men’s league returns today, as another season of Manx football gets ready to kick off.
With champions Peel likely to face a challenge from Laxey and Ayre to retain their title, this promises to be cracker of a season.
With games kicking off at 2.30pm, this is your opening weekend of fixtures:
Canada Life Premier League
Union Mills vs Ramsey
St Johns United vs St Marys
Rushen United vs Corinthians
Peel vs St Georges
Douglas Royal vs Braddan
Marown vs Laxey
Canada Life Combination One
Ramsey vs Union Mills
St Marys vs St Johns United (1.45pm kick off)
Corinthians vs Rushen United
Braddan vs Douglas Royal
Laxey vs Marown
Meanwhile, a division down, DPS ltd Division Two and DPS ltd Combination Two also kick off, with a whole host of teams bidding for promotion come the end of the season.
DPS ltd Division Two
DHSOB v Castletown
Douglas & District v Malew at Groves Road
Foxdale v Michael United
Pulrose United v Onchan
RYCOB v Colby
DPS ltd Combination Two
Castletown v DHSOB
Colby v RYCOB
Douglas Athletic v Gymns
Malew v Douglas & District
Michael United v Foxdale
If you can, get out and support your local team, grab a coffee and a pie or choccy bar and enjoy it!
