JERSEY’S under-18 footballers will be hoping to be the first home winners of the Junior Muratti in six years tomorrow afternoon.

Springfield hosts the fixture and long-standing Junior Island coach Dave Walsh believes his latest group of players are good enough to retain the silverware, won following a 3-2 success in Guernsey last year.

Walsh said: ‘I’m happy with our squad. They’ve improved as a unit as the season has gone on and I hope that continues against Guernsey. The squad is good – they’ve worked well and this week we’re been working with them on the shape of the team.’

‘We know Guernsey will be organised and that they have a couple of dangerous players. However, we’ll concentrate on what we want to do and hopefully everyone will be relaxed and on their games.’

• Picture: Should brothers Sam and Tim de la Haye feature against Guernsey under-18s tomorrow afternoon they would become the first Jersey siblings to play in the same Junior Muratti since Paul McGinness came on to replace his brother Stephen in the 2000 match. Picture by Matthew Hottono (00661169)