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BBC News
18-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Injured Bulls player says lads got him through double leg break
A Jersey Bulls footballers says "the lads got me through it" after he broke his leg in two Curtis, 26, suffered the injury following a tackle as the team played Abbey Rangers in the had to stay in the country to have surgery on his leg which ruled him out for the rest of the he said he would be "rooting for them" as Jersey Bulls look to win the Combined Counties Premier South with a victory at Springfield later. Curtis is now able to walk again freely and is hopeful of returning to the pitch when his rehabilitation is said: "You think this wouldn't happen to you. It was a really nasty one but it was almost harder for the lads to take than me, because it's tough to see that."Curtis is planning to cheer on the Jersey Bulls from the stands when they play Sandhurst Town knowing a victory would win the league and seal promotion."I'm so proud of them and that's what we deserve - it's been such a squad effort this season," he added. Toby Ritzema, a fellow Jersey Bulls player, was watching the game on a live stream when Curtis was said: "You could see the reaction from all the lads. Everyone was just messaging, thinking how horrific it was."Ritzema added: "You're doing it for the fans, doing it for the club, doing it for yourself but I think it's given us that extra motivation to do it for him (Curtis) because he deserves that league title."The main stand for the game has already sold out with more than 1,500 supporters expected to be at Springfield to cheer on the Jersey Bulls.
BBC News
15-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Jersey Bulls in control of title after Abbey Rangers win
Jersey Bulls are one victory away from winning the Combined Counties Premier South title after a 2-1 win at Abbey Rangers. The victory sees the Bulls go back to the top of the table, level on points with second-placed Redhill and a point clear of third-placed Whyteleafe. The island side's superior goal difference means should they beat Sandhurst Town on Saturday they would win the title unless Redhill - who won in Jersey on Saturday - can win their final match by an unlikely 20 more goals than the Bulls. Abbey Rangers went ahead thanks to Milo Derham's deflected long range shot after just five minutes. Miguel Carvalho hit the Abbey bar a minute later and Jersey were level after 17 minutes when Paul McKay fired in his first goal since joining the club after the hosts failed to deal with a long throw.A physical first half came to an end with Bulls centre-back Luke Campbell being sent to the sin bin for dissent after protesting a foul on teammate James Queree. Abbey did well to keep out the 10-man Bulls after a chance early in the second half before Campbell returned to the field. Ten minutes later the islanders went ahead as Karl Hinds put a 66th-minute penalty into the top corner after Joe Kilshaw had been brought down in the box. Bulls brought on record goalscorer Lorne Bickley and teammate Toby Ritzema midway through the second half and both went close to adding to the lead soon then saw an effort go just with with nine minutes left as the visitors tried to get a third goal that would have eased their mid-table Abbey made the islanders sweat as they almost forced a mistake from goalkeeper Piers Roche before he made a fine save in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
