Football has been held since 1989 at the Island Games as a men's competition sport. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Island Games Associations (IGA) main role is to organise the Island Games, which is held every two years where the members came to compete in a friendly competition in various sports. ...