Football in the Isle of Man football team instead tend to play small-scale matches against other non-FIFA teams. They are also quite successful in the Island Games, winning silver on three occasions. The team play their home games at The Bowl in Douglas. There is also an alternative national side, the Ellan Vannin football team, founded in 2013. Football in the Isle of Man Football has been played in the Isle of Man since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1890 and oversees all aspects of association football on the island. The association is responsible for organising all national cup
SS Ellan Vannin (1883) "Fenella" in order to undergo her rebuild, on Friday 19 January 1883. Rebuilt in 1883, her size was increased to 375 gross register tons and her speed to . She was renamed (the Manx translation for "Mona's Isle") on 16 November 1883, following her conversion to a propeller-driven ship. "Ellan Vannin" was a twin-screw vessel driven by a two-cylinder compound steam engine made by Westray, Copeland and Co. at Barrow. Her boiler pressure was raised to . She was capable of carrying 300 passengers and normally had a crew of 14. "Ellan Vannin" primarily operated out of Ramsey to Whitehaven,