Portuguese achieve double

Wednesday 22nd April 2009, 3:00PM BST.

DSC_4955_1COCA-COLA Combination Championship winners the Portuguese Club of Jersey completed a football league and cup double last night following a late goal to win the PW Touzel Memorial Trophy at Springfield Stadium.

Manny Fernandes’ deflected shot from the corner of the six-yard box struck a defender and the ball looped up and over St Brelade goalkeeper Nick Ashley to secure a 2-1 win.

Junior Muratti goalkeeper Ashley had kept Saints in the game with some stunning saves, the best diving low to his right to push away a powerful 20-yard free kick from José-Manuel Vieira.

Portuguese captain Carlos Carolo said: ‘It was a very lucky goal but overall we deserved it. St Brelade’s goalkeeper was brilliant throughout. We’ve had a very good season. We wanted to finish it on a high and we achieved that last night.’

• Picture: Captain Carlos Carolo with the Touzel Trophy, presented by Combination president Tim Darwin, as team mates celerbate. Picture by Rob Currie (00674172)


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    Phil

    Well Done Boys!

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