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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.

info@bulls.je

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Jersey Bulls

Saturday August 21, 2021, 2:00 pm

The Trafalgar Ground

FA Cup

Match Report

The Bulls travelled 9 miles east of Brighton to meet the “Dockers” of Newhaven for their second F.A. Cup tie. Newhaven, like their previous opponents Horsham Y.M.C.A., play in the Premier Division of the Southern Combination. Newhaven had been well placed in both curtailed seasons. They were lying 4th in 2019-20 and 10th in 2020-21 with games in hand on those above them in both of those seasons.

This season Newhaven had opened with a draw at East Preston, followed by wins against Bexhill United and Horsham Y.M.C.A. before suffering their first loss of the season on Tuesday at Saltdean United. In the F.A. Cup they had beaten Camberley Town, Bulls’ rivals in the Combined Counties Premier South this season, 6-1.

The Bulls again made three changes to their starting line-up. James Carr came in for Jay Giles, who had not recovered from his thigh pull last week, meaning Giles missed his first ever Bulls match. In addition, Luca Margaroli and Ruben Mendes-Pestana, on the bench last week, started this time, swapping roles with Joe Kilshaw and Kieran Lester. The fourth substitute was Adam Trotter who was unavailable last week.

On a cloudy day, that saw the adjacent cricket and tennis matches abandoned when rain arrived on the hour, Jersey started off the match defending the Skate Park End, which is probably a unique sobriquet. Newhaven were combative opposition and started strongly, determined not to be overawed by the Bulls’ record.

Sol Solomon had an early half chance but his scuffed shot was easily cleared off the line by Bailie Rogers before Lukas Franzen-Jones had an opportunity at the other end which was blotted out by a lunging tackle from Kamen Nafkha.

Shortly afterwards, Jersey took the lead somewhat fortuitously. Luca Margaroli put in Solomon for a shot which was blocked. It rebounded to Margaroli twelve yards out whose shot was not hard hit but had the merit of being on target. This was sufficient as Newhaven skipper, Jake Buss, well positioned to stop it, only managed to help it in to the bottom left corner.

Four minutes later, Newhaven’s prolific striker, Lee Robinson, was set up beautifully by a slide rule pass from midfield by Seb Saunders. It bisected Jack Griffin and Luke Campbell but Euan Van der Vliet managed to get out swiftly and block the shot with his feet. Fraser Barlow fired in a riposte for the Bulls, but once again it was blocked.

Nafkha fired in another shot from twenty yards which Buss could only parry up and across his goal where the leaping Lorne Bickley attempted to finish it off. He also flattened Buss in the process and the referee deemed his attempt worthy of a yellow.

Dane Tasker replaced the dazed Buss in the Newhaven goal at half time and he became the fifth ‘keeper to face the Bulls in the F.A. Cup in just over two hours of action.

The second half opened with another contentious decision. A long ball in from the left to the back post was headed across the face of the goal towards Lee Robinson.

He was challenged by Campbell, Griffin and Nafkha in an aerial quartet that saw Robinson end up on the floor as the ball was cleared. There was minimal protest but the referee twenty-five yards away indicated that he had seen a push and awarded a 49th minute spot kick. Robinson’s brother, Ian, stepped up and shot low left but a strong right hand from Van der Vliet pushed it away towards the right side-line and eventual safety.

If that was one turning point in the match, the other came a quarter of an hour later.
Jonny Le Quesne lofted a long ball forward to the edge of the box where Solomon, marshalled by two defenders, brought it down with his right foot and then chipped the onrushing goalkeeper with his left. He made it look remarkably easy!

Campbell added a third when Barlow was floored as he was heading away from goal. The captain changed mode from his usual style and placed it in the left corner despite Tasker going the correct way.

With only a few minutes remaining Solomon put a gloss on the proceedings when a defender was not quick enough in clearing his first attempt. Without seeming to look up he turned and chipped the ball in to the right corner from twenty yards. It showed great positional awareness.

The win puts the Bulls in to the last 400 of the F.A. Cup where they will meet Vickers, Crayford and Dartford Athletic, better known as V.C.D., in the First Qualifying Round at Springfield on September 4th. V.C.D. play in the level above Jersey and won 3-2 on Saturday at Raynes Park Vale, who play in the same division as the Bulls.

 

Newhaven 0; Jersey Bulls 4 (Luca Margaroli 21, Sol Solomon (2) 64 & 86, Luke Campbell (penalty) 70) 

 

Attendance 157

 

Programme £1, 16 pages full colour

 

Newhaven – Jake Buss (c), Billy Barker, Ian Robinson, Jack Potten, Jack Meeres, Bailie Rogers, Seb Saunders, Charlie Bennett, Lee Robinson, Alfie Rogers, Lukas Franzen-Jones

Substitutes – Freddie Beale (not used), Tristan Jarvis (for A. Rogers 71), Kyle Woolven (for Franzen-Jones also 71), Cal Connor, Henry Watson, Rob Malila, Dane Tasker (GK for Buss 46)

 

Andy Cook (Manager), Kieran Ridley (Assistant), Kevin Woods (Physio.)

 

All Red (yellow trim to shirts and shorts); GK All Light Green (black trim to jersey), Sub GK Light Green/Black/Black

 

Jersey Bulls – Euan Van der Vliet, Jonny Le Quesne, James Carr, Jack Griffin, Luke Campbell (c), Kamen Nafkha, Fraser Barlow, Luca Margaroli, Lorne Bickley, Ruben Mendes-Pestana, Sol Solomon

Substitutes – Adam Trotter (not used), Joe Kilshaw (for Margaroli 62), Kieran Lester (for Ruben Mendes-Pestana 77), Jake Prince (for Bickley 66) (only four subs)

 

Gary Freeman (Manager), Kevan Nelson (Assistant), Richard Hebert (GK Coach)

 

Blue/Blue/White; GK – All Green

 

Referee – Richard Sargeant (Bognor Regis)

 

Assistants – Graeme Bolton (Brighton) and Stuart McKenzie (Eastbourne)

 

Cautions – Bickley (JB) 36, B.Rogers (N) 43, Nafkha (JB) 47, A.Rogers (N) 61, Barlow (J) 73 

Corners – Newhaven (3) 5; Jersey Bulls (2) 3

Player of the Match Award (commentator) – Sol Solomon (Jersey Bulls)

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