Saturday Sport Classified (11-4-26)

April 11, 2026·52 min·4 clips

Dave Christian reveals Douglas RFC secured the final Regional 2 North West playoff spot despite a 50-3 hammering at champions North Ribblesdale — because Burnage failed to get three points at Sandbatch.

The desk opens with results, not a warm-up. After the sponsorship line and station details, the host goes straight to Saturday the 11th of April 2026 and the island scores. Football gets first call. St. John's United beat Douglas High School Old Boys 7-3, Laxey edge Onken 1-0, and Colby beat Maloo 3-0. Plenty is still not nailed down. Castletown against Ramsey Youth Centre and Old Boys, Polaroz United against Governors Athletic, St. George's against Douglas and District, and Morown against Douglas Royal are all still awaiting confirmation. Union Mills cannot raise a side, so Russian United get the away walkover. It lands like local admin, not theatre. Then the table starts doing the work. Tony reads from the sheets in front of him, with Frank Jones, Matthew Shearman, Ben Sturgeon, and Toby Little giving the rundown its local grain. Peel are recalculated on air. Corinthians have not played, so Peel go level on 48 points from 22 games and move ahead on goal difference. Ramsey still sound like Tony's strongest fancy. They are on 46 points from 20 games, with the improved goal difference and two games in hand keeping the title argument tilted their way. Oncombe are not gone either. Their 5-2 win at Laxey takes them to 45 points from 21 games, close enough to bother the leaders but with a harder road. The tone stays tidy and practical. Nobody over-sells the race, because the numbers already give it enough bite. Missing details are treated honestly: what the desk knows, what has been picked up, and what can only be worked out from the available information. It closes like a proper local bulletin, pointing listeners to the podcast and the Manx Radio sports section before handing the evening back to Manx Radio Gold.

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A live Isle of Man football board where every score adds pressure to the table.

Saturday Sport Classified keeps a sharp pace, moving from Manx football scores into the wider league picture without losing its footing. It works best when Peel, Ramsey, and Corinthians are followed in relation to the table, because the title race then feels immediate rather…

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You want the Isle of Man title race decoded while the Saturday results are still settling.

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