[4] In the 1920s, the Lyonnesse Inter-Island Cup, a competition between the islands of St. Mary's, Tresco, St. Martins, Bryher and St. Agnes, was formed.
[1][2] In April 2008, Adidas ran an advertisement called "Dream Big", highlighting the league, featuring several well-known football personnel including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Patrick Vieira.
[7] The League competition involves the Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners playing each other between fourteen and twenty times, often on a Sunday.
They are decided at a local pub before the first game, where footballers of the island appoint two captains, who then select their players one at a time.
It started as a 6 teams cup,[11] before changing to an annual game with West Cornwall side Dynamo Choughs.
[8] Due to the league's nature on-duty firemen or policemen play in official games, occasionally leaving one team one-player short in case of an emergency.
[8] Travelling to the Isles of Scilly is notoriously difficult and unpredictable due to frequent fog and storms, which means that including players living in mainland England is currently not a viable option.