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BBC News
16-05-2025
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Jersey boss aims to upset Guernsey Muratti hopes
Jersey manager Jack Cannon says his side are determined to win the first Muratti Vase final at Victoria new home of football opened in March and hosts the annual grudge match between the islands on who holds a record 23 Muratti caps for Jersey, is taking charge of the island side for the first time against their big is his second game in command after guiding the reigning champions to a 2-0 victory over Alderney in the semi-final in March. "It's a big motivation," Cannon, who was appointed last November, told BBC Radio Jersey."I've spoken to a lot of people that have played there in recent weeks and they all say it's an amazing facility."Obviously the motivation for us is to be the first senior men's team to go there and win the Muratti." Cannon's preparations have bene hindered by uncertainty over the end to Jersey Bulls' Combined Counties Premier Division side are still yet to start their play-off campaign having lost out on the league title after being docked points for playing a suspended is without a host of key Bulls players with record goalscorer Lorne Bickley - who scored the winner against Guernsey 12 months ago - leading the list of those missing are fellow forward Miguel Carvalho, goalkeeper Euan van der Vliet, experienced centre-back James Queree and long-serving midfielder Luke Watson. Despite the majority of his squad being plucked out of the Jersey Football Combination, Cannon is confident it will be competitive enough:"We are where we are, there's no excuses," he said."I feel like we're suitably prepared, I feel like the lads are in good form, they're in good spirits, so there's no excuses from us, we just have to go there and play the game."We would have liked to have had them available, but we've got the best squad available to us travelling."There's no point worrying about that, it can't be helped, and it would have been the same if it was a Jersey Bulls fixture, so we've just got to get on with it."We won't be using it as any excuse, we've got to perform."
BBC News
12-04-2025
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- BBC News
Jersey Bulls title hopes hit by Redhill defeat
Redhill knocked Jersey Bulls off the top of Combined Counties Premier South as the islanders lost 2-1 at home to their title drawn 1-1 in Surrey last week the pair met at Springfield knowing a win for the islanders would put them three points clear with two games to two goals in as many second-half minutes saw the English side become just the second team to beat the islanders in the league this had the better of the opening exchanges as Lorne Bickley had a penalty claim turned down before Adam McKay and Toby Ritzema headed wide from Miguel Carvalho the hosts went ahead in the 28th minute as Adam Trotter finished well after Joe Kilshaw had broken up the could have gone into the break 2-0 up, but Bickley hit the bar shortly after the was a miss they would regret as Redhill levelled when Timmy Obisanya poked the ball home from a goalmouth scramble following a floated 57th-minute free kick from the edge of the almost straight away Redhill were in front when substitute Elliott York blasted in from 12 yards after Euan van der Vliet had saved Nathan Hogan's Queree had a header palmed wide while Kurtis Guthrie had a penalty appeal waved away inside the final 10 minutes as the island side pushed unsuccessfully for an result leaves Redhill three points clear of Bulls with a game against mid-table Guildford City to Bulls would likely still win the title should they win their final two games thanks to their goal difference, which is 18 better than Redhill' travel to mid-table Abbey Rangers on Tuesday night before hosting relegation-threatened Sandhurst Town at Springfield next week.
BBC News
23-03-2025
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- BBC News
Bickley scores 100th Jersey Bulls goal as islanders win again
Jersey Bulls kept pace in their Combined Counties Premier South title race with a 4-0 win over Fleet victory, Bulls' ninth win in a 10-game unbeaten run, keeps them three points behind leaders Redhill with a game in hand. Toby Ritzema gave the islanders a 15th-minute lead as he blasted home after a good doubled the lead six minutes later as Bulls dominated the first half. Bulls' record goalscorer Lorne Bickley found the net for the first time since being injured in October as he made it 3-0 four minutes into the second half when the striker headed in his 99th goal for the brought up his century for the island side with 14 minutes to go as he again rose highest to head into the net. The win also keeps Bulls three points clear of third-placed Whyteleafe who, like Redhill, have played an extra game.
