Jersey Bulls manager Gary Freeman and his coaching team resign with immediate effect

The manager of Jersey Bulls and his senior team have announced they are stepping down with immediate effect.

Gary Freeman, Kevan Nelson, Richard Hebert and Dan Seviour have all resigned from their positions at the football club.

It comes after the Bulls narrowly missed out on promotion, losing 2-1 to AFC Croydon Athletic in the Play-Off Semi-Final of the Combined Counties Premier League South.

Freeman was Bulls' manager for five years and in his letter to the board, explains: "I have so many wonderful memories that will stay with me forever. The time, work, and effort everyone puts in largely goes unnoticed by others, but certainly not by me.

"You should be proud that you have built a football club that the island is proud of, a place where coaches and players can grow and test themselves and the public can get behind and support."

Chairman of the Jersey Bulls, Russel Le Feuvre says: "Gary will always be a Jersey Bulls FC legend, he came into the unknown and embraced every challenge thrown at him and the club.

"It has been an amazing five years and from the start to where we are now is a testament to him and his management team's dedication and the commitment, they have shown the club and the island."

Freeman became a "record-breaking manager" for the club as his team won every game of the 2019-20 season before Covid halted their campaign.

He also led Bulls through a memorable FA Cup tournament, going further than any offshore island had been before by reaching the Third Qualifying Round in 2021.

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