to persuade us back on board? caroline davies, bbc news. it s a historic day for football on the isle of man today. for the first time a team from the island will welcome opponents from the uk mainland for an english non league fixture. fc isle of man started out as a club at the very bottom of the football pyramid this summer and today they re hoping 3,000 supporters will watch them at their home ground of the bowl in douglas, where they play the staffordshire side brocton. joe lynskey reports. before this season it hadn t happened before, a team from the isle of man s rolling hills in england s football pyramid. but this is fc isle of man, who started injuly in the 10th tier of the game. but so far they ve played all their matches away from home. that s meant a flight into manchester or a ferry to liverpool with 6am starts on 12 hour round trips. on wednesday, they faced cheadle town.
because of silicon chip shortages. its a historic day for football on the isle of man. for the first time a team from the island will welcome opponents from the uk mainland for an english non league fixture. fc isle of man started out as a club at the very bottom of the football pyramid this summer and today they re hoping 3,000 supporters will watch them at their home ground of the bowl in douglas, where they play the staffordshire side brocton. joe lynskey reports. before this season it hadn t happened before, a team from the isle of man s rolling hills in england s football pyramid. but this is fc isle of man, who started injuly in the 10th tier of the game. but so far they ve played all their matches away from home. that s meant a flight into manchester or a ferry to liverpool, with 6am starts on 12 hour round trips. on wednesday, they