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27-04-2025
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Vance proud of Guernsey FC squad despite relegation
Tony Vance says he is proud of his Guernsey FC players despite the club's first-ever relegation. The Green Lions finished the season a point from safety in Isthmian League South Central as they dropped out of the eighth tier of English football after 12 years. Vance has blooded a number of teenage players in his squad as he looks to build the foundations for a sustainable homegrown future for the islanders, who have just moved to their new Victoria Park ground. "It's been an unbelievable effort. I think on 1 February we had 21 points, we finished with 42, so we doubled our tally," he told BBC Radio Guernsey. "We nearly pulled off a miracle, so the players deserve all the plaudits, they've been magnificent. We took it to the last game and lost by a point. "To go down on 42 points is very harsh, because that's actually our biggest points haul in seven years, and yet we've still gone down, so I'm very proud of the effort of the young lads and it puts us in good stead for whatever happens next season." Since Guernsey won promotion to the Isthmian League in 2013 they have often struggled against relegation. Since 2017 they have always finished in the bottom third and were two places off the drop in the previous two campaigns. "You've got significant levels of players playing in this league for a lot of money," explained Vance, whose players are all amateur. "It's a tough, unforgiving league, and we've enjoyed the challenges. "What we've had to do for, certainly the last six or seven years, is survive, and every year we've done that. "We were stagnating for six or seven years, always fighting relegation, let's try and play a different brand of football and bring the youngsters through. "We took a risk and need nearly did it, but what it means is we drop down a level obviously. "We know it's not going to be easy because Jersey Bulls had been in there four years and haven't got out. "So it's going to be tough, but what it does mean is we can perhaps play more front-foot football and that's what we're destined to do and what we're trying to do." Vance has been the only man to manage Guernsey FC since the club was formed in 2011. He led the club to back-to-back promotions from the Combined Counties League in his first two seasons in charge - as well as making the semi-finals of the FA Vase in 2013. It is a competition that he hopes the club can enter once again next season. "We have to be better than what we were because we got relegated, but what it does is it gives us is new opportunities," Vance said. "We're going to look to go into the FA Cup and FA Vase, so it provides more excitement for the fans." And he says he feels he is the right man to lead Guernsey FC forward, even after their recent struggles in the eighth tier. "There's a few people that don't really understand it and they don't really get it," he said. "They might want someone else to do it, but I'm here until someone else can do the job. "It's not easy and it's a full-time job that isn't a job, if that makes sense. "I've got a few more years I can do. I need to find somebody else had to who wants to step up and take us on and I'll walk them through the door. "But I'm all in and I think pretty much everyone is, and that's the best thing about it." Guernsey FC
BBC News
27-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Vance proud of Guernsey FC squad despite relegation
Tony Vance says he is proud of his Guernsey FC players despite the club's first-ever Green Lions finished the season a point from safety in Isthmian League South Central as they dropped out of the eighth tier of English football after 12 has blooded a number of teenage players in his squad as he looks to build the foundations for a sustainable homegrown future for the islanders, who have just moved to their new Victoria Park ground."It's been an unbelievable effort. I think on 1 February we had 21 points, we finished with 42, so we doubled our tally," he told BBC Radio Guernsey."We nearly pulled off a miracle, so the players deserve all the plaudits, they've been magnificent. We took it to the last game and lost by a point."To go down on 42 points is very harsh, because that's actually our biggest points haul in seven years, and yet we've still gone down, so I'm very proud of the effort of the young lads and it puts us in good stead for whatever happens next season." 'We took a risk' Since Guernsey won promotion to the Isthmian League in 2013 they have often struggled against 2017 they have always finished in the bottom third and were two places off the drop in the previous two campaigns. "You've got significant levels of players playing in this league for a lot of money," explained Vance, whose players are all amateur."It's a tough, unforgiving league, and we've enjoyed the challenges."What we've had to do for, certainly the last six or seven years, is survive, and every year we've done that."We were stagnating for six or seven years, always fighting relegation, let's try and play a different brand of football and bring the youngsters through."We took a risk and need nearly did it, but what it means is we drop down a level obviously."We know it's not going to be easy because Jersey Bulls had been in there four years and haven't got out."So it's going to be tough, but what it does mean is we can perhaps play more front-foot football and that's what we're destined to do and what we're trying to do." Vance 'all in' to stay as manager Vance has been the only man to manage Guernsey FC since the club was formed in led the club to back-to-back promotions from the Combined Counties League in his first two seasons in charge - as well as making the semi-finals of the FA Vase in 2013. It is a competition that he hopes the club can enter once again next season. "We have to be better than what we were because we got relegated, but what it does is it gives us is new opportunities," Vance said."We're going to look to go into the FA Cup and FA Vase, so it provides more excitement for the fans."And he says he feels he is the right man to lead Guernsey FC forward, even after their recent struggles in the eighth tier."There's a few people that don't really understand it and they don't really get it," he said. "They might want someone else to do it, but I'm here until someone else can do the job."It's not easy and it's a full-time job that isn't a job, if that makes sense."I've got a few more years I can do. I need to find somebody else had to who wants to step up and take us on and I'll walk them through the door."But I'm all in and I think pretty much everyone is, and that's the best thing about it."
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Guernsey FC are relegated despite victory in final match
Guernsey FC have been relegated from Isthmian League South Central despite a 3-0 win at Harrow islanders finished a point from safety in the last of the four relegation places after Metropolitan Police - the only side they could catch - won 2-0 at already-relegated Sutton Common relegation is the first in Guernsey's history and ends a 12-year stay in the eighth tier of English football. Tom Vaudin and Fin Du Port went close in the opening exchanges before Jacob Fallaize put the islanders in front as he headed in Charlton Gauvain's corner at the near almost went 2-0 up after 28 minutes, but Sam Murray had a goal ruled out for offside. Gauvain saw a goal-bound 33rd-minute header hit Murray before the Green Lions doubled their lead a minute before half time as Du Port fired in from distance as Harrow failed to clear a Brandon Wallace did get a headed goal two minutes after the break as Wallace found him unmarked in the two goals in the final 10 minutes for Metropolitan Police ensured they send the Green Lions down.
BBC News
24-04-2025
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- BBC News
Guernsey FC keep slim survival hopes alive with win
Guernsey FC took their fight against relegation from Isthmian League South Central to the final day of the season after a 2-0 win at in the game, which has been re-arranged after flight disruption last Saturday, leaves Guernsey two points from safety with a game to Green Lions will stave off a first relegation in their history if they can win at 13th-placed Harrow Borough on Saturday and Metropolitan Police lose at already relegated Sutton Common their rivals draw Guernsey would need to win by an unlikely 13 goals to stay up. Brandon Wallace had two good chances in the first 30 minutes at Binfield - who are one place above Met Police - before opening the scoring in the 34th attacker saw a long range effort blocked, but a second effort was deflected in to give Guernsey the Murray went close for the islanders shortly before half time before Guernsey got their second just after the restart when Montgomery Brady turned Ross Allen's cross past his own goalkeeper. Charlton Gauvain almost made it 3-0 midway through the second half as Binfield's Coleridge Fubler saved well.
BBC News
14-04-2025
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- BBC News
'Massive' win for Guernsey FC in relegation fight
Guernsey FC manager Tony Vance says his side's 1-0 win over Southall was "massive" in their fight against Murray scored the only goal of the game as the forward finished well from Jacques Cauvin's 65th-minute pass to seal victory. The win moves Guernsey up to fourth-from-bottom, external in Isthmian League South Central as they occupy the final relegation are three points adrift of safety with three games to play."It was a massive win, but it was also a massive performance," Vance told BBC Radio Guernsey."I thought the players were exceptional, there were some good moments in the game, big moments actually, where for example Josh (Addison) made a couple of really big saves, some good defensive displays and we had lots of final-third entries."We probably could have won by more in all fairness, but the bottom line is that doesn't matter because we've got the three points." It was the first time since January 2023 that Guernsey had kept back-to-back clean sheets after a 2-0 win at bottom side Badshot Lea last side are unbeaten in their last four matches, but the Guernsey boss knows survival is out of his hands ahead of a trip to mid-table Binfield on Saturday."We're still fighting. Obviously we still need a little bit of luck on the way," he said."In a funny kind of way this win means nothing if we don't beat Binfield and we've got to make sure we do that."That's a different game altogether than today, but we're on a decent run at the moment and have good momentum."The players have been fantastic and are really stepping up, but it's frustrating because I think it's 18 points we've lost from winning positions after 83 minutes and that might hurt us at the end of the day, but we're going to keep going and keep giving it the best shot we can."
