Fleetwood Town’s head coach says the facilities the island has to offer makes it a good place for the League Two side’s pre-season.
The Cod Army will join Radcliffe and Altrincham on the island next weekend for FC Isle of Man’s football festival.
As a town with historic links to the island, Pete Wild has previously spoken of his own memories of trips to the island when the Steam Packet used to runs services from the town.
Pete said: “We had a couple of options of what to do this summer and when the guys came back and discussed with me the facilities the plan for the weekend, it seemed like an excellent idea.
“The facilities will be there for us to train, which will be fantastic and certainly mixing into that is the team bonding element and being away together.
“We hope to see as many of our fans over there as possible to make it a fantastic week for the whole club.”
The festival will get underway on Friday July 18 at 3pm with Altrincham v Radcliffe before FC Isle of Man v Fleetwood Town at 7pm.
Saturday will be a rest day allowing clubs time to train and the players and their fans time to explore the island.
Sunday will see the beaten sides from Friday play each other in a 3rd v 4th play playoff at 11am before the final between the two winning sides at 3pm.
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