ConiFA Euro 2015 won't be held on the Isle of Man

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 00:00

ConiFA Euro 2015 won't be held on the Isle of Man.

That's according to its vice-chairman Malcolm Blackburn - who says the £400,000 it costs to hold it here wouldn't have been made back in ticket sales.

The event is now set to be hosted in Budapest, Hungary.

It had been suggested that the events were shared between the Island and London.

However, Mr Blackburn says it simply wouldn't work:

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