It have recently been announced that FC Isle of Man will join the English football pyramid from next season after being officially affiliated to the Isle of Man Football Association.
The decision was made official after the IoMFA’s club council meeting vote earlier this month and they aim to start in step six.
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FC Isle of Man would enter the North West Counties League, which has seen champions such at Fleetwood Town, FC United of Manchester and AFC Fylde in the last 15 years.
It could even seen them face new phoenix club of Bury Football Club next season.
FC Isle of Man spokesperson Paul Jones stated: “Obviously we’re delighted at the result of tonight’s vote and on behalf of everyone at FC Isle of Man I would like to say that we are extremely grateful to both the Isle of Man FA and its member clubs for supporting our proposal and allowing us to progress to the next stage of the ‘project’ which will be to begin the official application process to join the English FA League System.
“We would also like to thank the IoMFA for allowing us to announce this news. This result means that the real hard work for our working group starts now as we will have to meet some stringent deadlines relating to the application but we are all looking forward to the challenge.
“We sincerely hope that local football fraternity, and indeed the Manx community at large continue to support FC Isle of Man during this next stage of the process and we will endeavour to keep everyone informed of our progress over the next few months.”
After finding out on FC Isle of Man set to join the English football pyramid next season, fans including Trevor Sinclair took to congratulate them with many supporters of NWCFL side excited for future away days – see those tweets on the next page.
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