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Yahoo
28-05-2025
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Jersey Bulls win promotion after play-off victory
Jersey Bulls have won promotion to the eighth tier of English football for the first time as they beat Cobham 2-1 in their play-off final. The islanders had topped the Combined Counties Premier South table at the end of the season, but a three point deduction for playing suspended player dropped them to second place and into the play-offs. But a capacity crowd at St Helier's Springfield Stadium saw them reach their highest level since joining the English football league system in 2019. It means the islanders will play in Isthmian League Division One South East next season facing sides based mainly in Kent, Sussex and south London. Joe Kilshaw blasted Bulls ahead in the 11th minute as he got on the end of Miguel Carvalho's pass inside the penalty area. Lorne Bickley almost doubled the lead four minutes later before Elijah Simpson had a good effort for Cobham. Cobham began to up the pressure and Bulls needed a superb goal line clearance from James Queree and an excellent save from goalkeeper Euan van der Vilet from the rebound to keep them ahead at half time. The islanders started the second half off better and were rewarded with a second goal when Fraser Barlow flicked home from close range after good work by Bickley. Bulls hit the post soon after but a nervy finish was ensured when Cobham were awarded a 70th-minute penalty which van der Vliet saved, but Patrick Murray converted from the rebound. Despite Cobham's continued pressure as they searched for an equaliser Bulls held out to ensure scenes of joy for their home fans. Jersey Bulls make play-off final after penalty shootout Jersey Bulls title hopes in balance after points deduction Non-league team win title after finishing third The victory represents a second promotion for the island side since they were formed in 2019 - but a first done via on field performance. The club had won all 36 of their matches in Combined Counties Division One in the 2019-20 season before the Covid-19 pandemic saw the campaign annulled. After the 2020-21 season was also wiped out by the pandemic Jersey Bulls were promoted to their current level after a restructuring of the leagues in the summer of 2021. They finished fourth in their first season in the ninth tier and third a year later - both seasons saw the top two teams win promotion automatically. Last season they were second, but a play-off was introduced and the islanders were knocked out by AFC Croydon Athletic in the semi-finals. This season, after just two league defeats under new boss Elliott Powell, the island side thought they had finally won their first-ever title before their points deduction. But they have managed to put that disappointment behind them as Powell won promotion in his first season in charge. "It was obviously good to start quick and always nice to get a goal," goalscorer Kilshaw told BBC Radio Jersey. "I thought we were good and maybe should have killed the game and put it 3-0, but luckily we saw it out at then end. "I'm sure most of the lads will tell you that it's taken over our lives for the last 11 months. "What we've been through in the last month or so has been pretty brutal, not just for ourselves but our families having to deal with what we're going through, so to get over the line is brilliant. "This is our biggest achievement in football, no-one in Jersey's ever been promoted to step four. "I don't know when it'll sink in, but we'll have a good night and enjoy it." In total Jersey Bulls suffered just three defeats all season - they lost to title rivals Whyteleafe and Redhill in the league and were knocked out of the FA Vase by Whitstable Town, who went on to win the title at Wembley. It ended a superb first season as manager for Powell, who succeeded Gary Freeman as Bulls manager last year after guiding Jersey to an Island Games gold medal in 2023. "In terms of a Jersey football achievement I think this has to be number one," Powell told BBC Radio Jersey "Cobham were a great side and commiserations to them - they're the best-coached side we've played in the league, they've got patterns of play, they're really efficient at set pieces and defensively they're solid - we really had to be at our very best today to beat them. "Whatever's happened can't happen again - yes we've got over the line, but we shouldn't have been playing in these games, so there's a lot of things that as an island we ned to improve on now. "We're not going to get a group of players like this again, let's make sure we use the absolute most of them. "I said before the game the James Queree's, Luke Campbell's and Luke Watson's, they're Jersey football Hall of Famers, they're once in a generation-type players so we need to make sure that as an island we get right behind them. "This was Jersey at it's best, a sea of red and everyone getting right behind us and that last five or 10 minutes was nervy, but those fans got us over it." Jersey Bulls
ITV News
28-05-2025
- Sport
- ITV News
Jersey Bulls promoted to eighth tier of English football with Play-Off win over Cobham
Jersey Bulls have been promoted to the eighth tier of English football after a 2-1 victory over Cobham in front of a sell-out crowd at Springfield. Miguel Carvalho and Fraser Barlow's goals were enough to win the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South Play-Off Final despite a late rally from the Surrey side. It comes after Bulls finished third in the league, missing out on automatic promotion, when they were docked three points for fielding an ineligible player. And after beginning this season playing a league below Guernsey FC, they will start next campaign a league above them after the Sarnians were relegated this time round.
BBC News
15-04-2025
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- 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.
BBC News
05-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Jersey Bulls pegged back by 10-man Redhill
Jersey Bulls were denied the chance to go three points clear at the top of Combined Counties Premier South after drawing 1-1 at second-placed Redhill in a fiery hosts played the second half with 10 men and levelled moments after Luke Campbell had put the islanders in front late on. In a tight first half Miguel Carvalho fired into the side netting after 26 minutes for Bulls before Euan van der Vliet pulled off a superb save soon after as Redhill tried to go had been strained for much of the first half and threatened to boil over shortly before half time as Bulls striker Lorne Bickley was brought down and players from both sides came together. The hosts had early substitute Sean Swift sent off for a second booking in fourth of 17 minutes of first-half stoppage time after a foul on Fraser Barlow before the islanders had an effort deflected wide soon after. With the extra man Bulls created more chances as Luke Watson had a header saved by Luke Roberts before the Redhill keeper superbly kept out a Joe Kilshaw effort with seven minutes to two minutes later an unmarked Luke Campbell put the islanders in front with a back post header from a Seb Tauta-Caballero equalised in the first minute of stoppage time as he reacted quickest to tap in after van der Vliet could not hold a Redhill result leaves the two sides tied on 90 points with third-placed Whyteleafe four points off them with a game in travel to Jersey in a week's time for a game which could prove decisive in where the title will end up.
