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Club Information

Jersey Bulls Football Club is a Company limited by guarantee, registered in Jersey number 127306 and with its registered office at Charnwood, La Grande Route Du Faldouet, St Martin, Jersey, JE36UF

  • Patron: TBA
  • Director & Chairman: Russell Le Feuvre
  • Director and Commercial Manager: Ian Horswell
  • Director: Peter Hall
  • Director: Laura Dauny
  • Assistant Club Secretary: John Treleven
  • Assistant Commercial Manager: Alex Jeffries
  • Head of Fundraising: Alan Gunton
  • Community Relations: Daniel Craven
  • Legal Advisor: Andrew Pinel
  • Head of Media: Daniel Andrade
  • Head Accountant: Alan Jeffries
  • Marketing Manager: Georgina Shelton
  • UK Club Delegate: Murray Dron
  • Merchandise Manager: Sam Dustow
  • Website Manager: Colm Farrington
  • School Liaison Officer: Alan Williams
  • Event & Hospitality Partner: The Event Shop
  • Referee Liaison Officers: Nigel Hammond and Ray Sutcliffe

Club Colours

Home kit: Red and White Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
Away kit: Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Home Ground

Springfield Stadium, Janvrin Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE24LF

Team Management:

  • Manager: Gary Freeman
  • Assistant Manager: Kevan Nelson
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Jason Carpenter
  • Strength and Conditioning Coach: Joe Parkinson
  • Head of Nutrition: Kit Chamier
  • Head Physiotherapist: Jim Robertson
  • First Team Captain: TBA
  • Head of Sports Psychology: Debbie Thompson

Background

The club’s vision is to create a sustainable, successful, financially viable, democratic football club that creates and maintains real and lasting benefits to its members and the local Jersey community.

Our mission is to improve playing standards and offer our elite players the opportunity to play at higher levels on a regular basis, cultivate standards of behaviour that are based on fair play and respect to all, and provide an entertaining and rewarding experience for the club’s supporters.

Executive Summary

  • The purpose of Jersey Bulls FC is to establish an independent Jersey based football club, locally owned with a focus on the Jersey football and wider Island community.
  • Strong community links will be developed with accessibility to all and discrimination against no-one; admission prices will be affordable and offered to as wide a constituency as possible; and participation, both playing and supporting, to local youngsters will be encouraged. Any financial surpluses will be re-invested for the future viability of the club and for the benefit of the local community.
  • The club will offer players, officials and volunteers the opportunity to be involved in an exciting football project that will put Jersey football on the UK map. We are supported and guided by the English Football Association.
  • The club is entering a Senior team into the English Football League System for the 2019/2020 season. With the fantastic success the Jersey Island men’s team has achieved in recent history – such as winning the Gold Medal in the Aland Island Games, winning numerous Muratti fixtures against Guernsey who compete in the Isthmian League, winning the FA National League System Cup in 2012 thus representing England in the UEFA Regions Cup in San Marino in March 2013 – we believe that the time is now right to offer our senior Island players the opportunity to progress further by playing week in / week out in an English league of an appropriate standard.
  • The structure of the club and our long-term plans of working alongside those involved in youth football in the Island, will also, in time, provide a strong player development pathway from Junior to Senior football in the competitive leagues against English opposition. It will also improve the level of coaching in the Island and offer more opportunities for local coaches to learn and develop their skills. It should be noted that there is absolutely no intention for this to be achieved to the detriment of the local football leagues, but instead we hope to work in conjunction with all of the local clubs to enhance all levels of football in the Island.
  • For local football supporters, these proposals provide a new and exciting prospect to support the Island’s best players as they seek to compete on a greater stage and will provide a genuine and enhanced interest in the local game.
  • Our business plan advocates a fantastic product which will raise the profile of Jersey as both an Island and a serious football community. However, the plan clearly cannot be implemented without significant financial commitment, particularly given that we will need to cover the costs of visiting teams and officials to Jersey as well as the club’s costs in travelling to away fixtures.
  • Our financial plan indicates a total required expenditure in years 1-3 of approx. £250,000 per annum, which we will meet by way of a combination of sponsorships, income from gate receipts, merchandise and fundraising activities.

Advantages of Jersey Bulls

  • Juniors - To allow young talented players to put themselves in the ‘Shop Window’ by representing Jersey Bulls. Natural pathway for Centre Of Excellence players. Motivate young people to take up and remain in football with the aspiration of playing for Jersey Bulls or in a competitive combination.
  • Elite Players - To remove the ceiling which currently prevents all local players from playing at a higher level and give all local players a focal point to aspire to. This will in turn increase interest in football at youth level.
  • Community - To foster strong morals throughout Jersey Bulls. Ensuring players commit to community work in schools, the hospital, local football clubs and only selecting those players who exhibit fair play, honesty and integrity to represent Jersey Bulls.
  • Raising the profile of the Island - Jersey Bulls will help raise the profile of the Island by climbing the leagues and being involved in successful cup runs (FA Trophy/FA Cup/FA Vase)
  • Increase of local participation in football - Increased number of players in local leagues (see Guernsey FC example), plus pathway for COE players.

Jersey Bulls FC is delighted to announce the signing of a three-year sponsorship deal with renowned sports clothing company Kappa ahead of its debut season in the English national league.

In August 2019 Jersey Bulls FC will make history by becoming the first team from Jersey to play in a competitive league outside of the island. In August they will take to the pitch for their first game in the Combines Counties Football League One wearing a kit from Kappa, which has agreed to create two strips (home and away) as well as two exciting goalkeeper kits.

The home strip has been designed by local design company and will be white and red, the colours of the Jersey flag. The away kit will be designed by Kappa.

Jersey Bulls head of merchandise Sam Dustow said that everyone at Jersey Bulls FC was excited about the new kits and that they were delighted to be working with Kappa. ‘One of the main reasons we wanted to work with Kappa was that they were keen to create bespoke kits for us and we are really excited to see it. They are known for creating some very stylish, iconic strips over the years and the whole club is looking forward to wearing both strips.

‘The deal came about thanks to an introduction from our friends over at Guernsey FC. Their general manager Mark Le Tissier, who has been very helpful to us, put us in touch with Kappa.’

As part of the deal, Kappa will sponsor the Bulls £5,000 each season for the next three years, money which Mr Dustow says is vital to the success of the team: ‘No one is under any illusions that running a team in the English Football League while based in Jersey will be easy, but the support of companies such as Kappa, combined with the passion and enthusiasm from our players and supporters, will be of great help on this exciting adventure.’

Kappa’s Team Sport Manager Dave Bandell said that the company was pleased to be involved in the Jersey Bulls FC project.

‘Kappa are delighted to be technical kit partners for the launch of Jersey Bulls FC and look forward to a successful partnership. We now have representation in the biggest of the Channel Islands, as well as our on-going relationship with Guernsey. We wish the Bulls much success for the future.’

The idea for Jersey Bulls FC was first floated in 2017 by Russell Le Feuvre, who was one of several Islanders frustrated that footballers in Jersey were being denied the chance to play regularly at a higher level.

He felt that Jersey had shown an ability to succeed on a national level in other sports, such as rugby and netball (where Jersey competes in the RFU Championship and the English Netball Premier League) and was keen to create a similar opportunity for the island’s talented footballers.

With the backing of local clubs, players, the States of Jersey and the English FA, Russell and a team of volunteers embarked on a challenging journey that ultimately saw them earn entry to the English National League for the 2019/20 season. Managed by former Jersey player Gary Freeman, Jersey Bulls FC will will be playing home games at Springfield Stadium.

Mr Dustow said that he hoped the creation of Jersey Bulls FC would give the island’s sport a much-needed boost: ‘Jersey football has been in limbo for a few years. In the last few seasons five local clubs have folded and Jersey’s last two captains have considered playing for Guernsey FC in an effort to secure more competitive football.

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Jersey Bulls Football Club are a family orientated and community based club. We value and thank our sponsors and partners for supporting the Bulls.

The club have a wide variety of sponsorship and advertising packages that can be tailored to suit your budget. With sponsorships available from just £250 a year there is something for businesses whatever your needs.

Please contact the club’s Commercial Director, Ian Horswell for further information.

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Saturday October 16, 2021, 1:30 pm

Mayfield Stadium

Combined Counties League Premier Division South

Match Report

Jersey continued to catch up on their league matches with a visit to Balham. More correctly a visit to A.F.C. Croydon Athletic in Thornton Heath, with whom they ground share. Balham started life as Balham Blazers (Youth) in 2001 and grew to the extent of starting adult sides in 2011 in order for their “graduating” players to continue playing for the club in adult football.

They swiftly moved up the leagues with five promotions in six seasons before being held back by their own ground facilities. Therefore, they gained admittance to the Combined Counties League by sharing with Cobham. They finished third in Division 1 and went up to the Premier Division and have since shared at Colliers Wood United and to continue the “C” trend they are now at A.F.C. Croydon Athletic. The F.A. moved them sideways in to the South Eastern Counties League for 2020-21 only to move them back again this season.

This season they are lying 17th with a 2-2-6 13-19 record, flirting with relegation as they did in the last completed season of 2018-19. They won through two rounds in the F.A. Cup before losing to Merstham and went out of the F.A. Vase to Tower Hamlets. Bulls, with three or four matches in hand on all the teams above them, were lying 7th and needing a win to keep in touch with the top three.

A wet morning gave way to a dry afternoon as the Bulls made three changes to their starting line-up with James Carr, Jack Griffin and Jake Prince making room for Kamen Nafkha, and two who been on the bench at Farnham, Fraser Barlow and Kieran Lester. Prince became a substitute, along with Ruben Mendes-Pestana and Jay Giles, albeit that Giles would only come on in an emergency. Joe Kilshaw, normally in midfield, moved to the unfamiliar position, for him, of right of the back four.

Balham were still missing their top scorer, Tom Read, as well as their captain Dan Dadd. Additionly they gave a debut in goal to the young Sam Riley, their third ‘keeper in as many games.

Despite the rain, the pitch could still have done with the “heavy roller”. It was rather “bobbly”, as Jersey found out. Nevertheless, nothing like as uneven as the notorious approach road to the ground.

Jersey kicked off attacking the verdant Cemetery End but Balham started well and could have been two or three up in the opening ten minutes. A defender’s disastrous cross field ball only managed to play in Luke Hedges but Euan Van der Vliet managed to parry his effort. A minute later Andre Cruz-Rosa blocked a clearance which rebounded high, but fortunately wide, of the Jersey goal. Sirak Negassi and Sam Pagano also had worthy efforts in these early stages.

Lorne Bickley led the Jersey riposte with two efforts before Adam Trotter and Sol Solomon both managed to give Lester scoring opportunities.

The match changed complexion significantly midway through the first half as Jersey scored twice in two minutes. Firstly, a Solomon corner on the left was well met with a firm angled Lester header. Two minutes later a lay off by Bickley gave Barlow a glimpse of goal and he drilled a low shot home from twenty yards.

Hedges had another attempt just before the half hour which Van der Vliet pushed away for a corner before the Jersey’ keeper made a tremendous reaction save to his left from Cruz-Rosa, only ten yards out.

The half ended with a near own goal by a Balham defender. Cutting out a low cross from the right the ball ballooned up and over Riley, but fortunately for Balham, landed on the roof of the net.

Balham again started well with a pinball situation in the Jersey six-yard box eventually being deflected just wide. At the other end Bickley reached the right by line and sent in a cross which Solomon, hurtling in, was defeated by the surface, and the ball flew well over the bar. Shortly afterwards, Bickley had a chance himself. Meeting a Lester flick-on his header hit the top of the bar and over.

Just after the hour, Nafkha pulled up after a tackle on the sideline. After treatment he briefly hobbled on but hamstring pulls are unforgiving. He was shortly replaced by Prince, with Barlow moving back to Nafkha’s position in midfield

Prince was soon set up by Bickley but he like Solomon before him, was beaten by the conditions. Balham substitute, Nuno Costa, had a shot blocked by a defender, only for it to run conveniently to Pagano. Probably seeing Van der Vliet bearing down on him he put his shot wide from ten yards.

A flurry of substitutions with a quarter of an hour remaining included Ruben Mendes-Pestana replacing Solomon. Prince blocked a clearance which almost rebounded in before Lester in the penultimate minute scored the third. He dispossessed a dilly-dallying defender on the edge of the box and fired home from twenty yards before Riley had an opportunity to re-position himself.

There was still time for Mendes-Pestana to try an audacious forty-yard lob and in the last minute of added time Van der Vliet maintained his clean sheet with a low save to his right from a Balham free kick. Balham must have left the field wondering how they had failed to score but a fifth successive league win sees the Bulls move up one place to 6th.

 

Balham 0; Jersey Bulls 3 (Kieran Lester (2) 25 & 89, Fraser Barlow 27)

 

Attendance – 78

 

Programme – £2, 16pp colour

 

Balham -Sam Riley, Erick Arias, Tomasz Wocial, Luke Hedges, Marco Erriu, Jake Henry (c), James Adebayo, Ash Snadden, Andre Cruz-Rosa, Sirak Negassi, Sam Pagano
Substitutes – George Marsden (for Adebayo 72), Nuno Costa (for Cruz-Rosa 57), Kojo Kyei (not used), Julian Fuller (for Pagano 72), Jack Noctor (Sub GK, not used)

 

White (black trim)/Black/Black; GK All Orange

Greg Cruttwell (Manager), Ebrahim Seedat (Coach), Emil Kot (Coach), Dare Jean-Pierre (Coach), Seneye Morrell (Physio.)

 

Jersey Bulls – Euan Van der Vliet, Jonny Le Quesne, Joe Kilshaw, James Queree (c), Luke Campbell, Kamen Nafkha, Kieran Lester, Adam Trotter, Lorne Bickley, Fraser Barlow, Sol Solomon

Substitutes – Jake Prince (for Nafkha 64), Ruben Mendes-Pestana (for Solomon 77), Jay Giles (not used), only three substitutes

 

Red/White/White; GK All Yellow.

 

Gary Freeman (Manager), Kevan Nelson (Assistant), Dan Seviour (Coach), Jason Carpenter (GK Coach)

 

Referee – Joseph Kasper (Sutton) – his first Bulls match

 

Assistants – Richard Marus (Worcester Park) & Gareth Mays (Tadworth) – lines for the Bulls matches at Redhill and Beckenham Town respectively, Jersey had not scored in either but that run was broken today.

 

Cautions – Trotter (JB) 86, Arias (B) 88, Queree (JB) 90+2

 

Corners – Balham (2) 3; Jersey Bulls (6) 11

 

Player of the Match Award (commentator) – Kieran Lester (JB)

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