
JERSEY’S men won their third Island Games football tournament last night – their first since 1997 – with goals in each half from Jean-Paul Martyn and Chris Andrews giving them a 2-1 victory over Aland.
THEY say football is a game of two halves – and that was certainly true for Jersey’s men yesterday, as they turned an unconvincing 1-1 half time score against the Isle of Wight into a clinical 4-1 drubbing at the final whistle.
BACK-TO-BACK 1-0 victories have taken Jersey to the top of Group C in the men’s football tournament following a spectacular strike from Ross Crick yesterday.
THE smiles are back on the faces of Jersey’s women’s footballers following a deserved 3-1 victory against Greenland yesterday at Lemland.
JERSEY’S footballers won both their matches today with the men going top of their group after Ross Crick’s first-half goal was enough to help beat Rhodes 1-0.
JERSEY’S Footballer of the Year Mark Lucas helped Jersey to a straightforward 1-0 win over Saaremaa in their Island Games opener, but today’s match could be an altogether different story.
CAPTAIN Jodie Botterill scored the best goal of the game, but Jersey’s women were beaten 5-1 by Gotland in their opening Group B match at Finström yesterday.
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