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IOW CUP VICTORY OF SHANKLIN FC

Shanklin Football Club has triumphed at the end of the season by winning the Isle of Wight's top league title.

Shanklin FC beat second place West Wight 2-0 over the Easter weekend to secure the top place in Division One by just a single point.

In the previous week the team won the County Press Challenge Cup.

The winning team consisted of the players Dawson, Tuck, New, Fleming, S. Dye, Rust, Seabrook, Williams, Hooker, Grant, Przespolewski. (Substitute Hatch.)

This is the first time that Shanklin has won Division One in its one hundred and four years.