JERSEY caretaker football manager Craig Culkin says he’s going to the Island Games in Aland this summer to win the gold.

The Jersey Football Association released the names of their men’s and women’s squads today and Culkin, St Paul’s manager, is delighted with the squad that will be under his wing. Culkin will be handed the temporary position in the absence of manager Dave Kennedy, who is unable to travel and will step down from the Island manager’s post at the end of this season.

Culkin said: ‘There’s been a lot of begging and pleading to the players to commit over the past few weeks and I’m delighted everything is now sorted. It’s been extremely hard work getting it all together; we are there now and I believe we have a lot of quality and that we’re good enough to win the gold medal.

‘I’ve added a couple of players from what Dave [Kennedy] already had and it’s fantastic that Jersey Scottish’s Mark Brown has decided to go.’

Men’s squad: Stuart André (capt), James Hayward, Jack Cannon, Mark Lucas, Dave Le Roux, Chris Andrews, Russell Le Feuvre, Ross Crick, Ben Gallichan, Mark Ray, Andrew Bird, Jimmy Styles, Dave Watson, Luke Watson, JP Martyn, Mark Brown, Jay Reid and Craig Russell. Management team: Craig Culkin, Martin Cassidy, Kevin McCarthy and Steve Martin.

Ladies squad: Helen Lagadu, Leanne Bell, Michelle Bichard, Kerry Sauvage, Lisa McLaughlin, Lara Couvert, Pauline Smart, Becky Darts, Laura Robertson, Jodie Boterill (capt), Louise Van Der Vliet, Libby Barnett, Emily Farley, Karen Caygill, Lori Moran, Kirsten Du Heame and Anette Christensen. Manager and coach: Tony Hoyland, assistant manager/coach: David Fritton. Admin assistant: Nicki Warren.

Pictured: Island Games veteran striker Ross Crick will be heading for Aland this summer