Men’s Premier League title holders Peel will head north to start their 2025/26 campaign, which gets underway on August 30.
Before that, the westerners will play Ayre in the Charity Shield at The Bowl on August 22, 7pm kick off.
The opening league weekend will see promoted side Braddan take the long journey south of the Fairy Bridge to play Rushen United, while fellow newcomers Old Boys will begin their season at St Mary’s.
Elsewhere in the top flight St Johns will host Laxey, Union Mills make the short trip to Corinthians and Foxdale head to Ayre.
Div 2
In Division Two, St Georges will begin their campaign to bounce straight back up with a home clash against Douglas Royal.
RYCOB, who went close in the promotion chase last season, will begin their season at Colby, while Castletown welcome Governors Athletic.
Elsewhere it’s Gymns v Malew, Douglas Athletic v Michael United and Pulrose host Douglas & District.
Key Dates
The current plan (Manx weather permitting) is that the Railway Cup semi finals will be played on November 29 with the Boxing Day final at the Bowl at 2pm.
As 2026 comes around, we will then see the FA Cup preliminary round on January 3 with the first round proper on February 7.
The Woods cup will begin on January 17, with the Hospital Cup and Junior Cup beginning on the weekend of April 18/19.
So far no details have been published for the Gold Cup.
Finals
Woods Cup – Friday April 3
FA Cup – Saturday April 4
Hospital Cup – Saturday May 16
Junior Cup – Saturday May 23
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