Muratti 2015
Jersey have shocked Guernsey to win the Muratti Vase for the first time in four years.
Jersey have shocked Guernsey to win the Muratti Vase for the first time in four years.
Jersey midfielder Jack Boyle has questioned the island’s games programme on the eve of the 2015 Muratti final against Guernsey at Footes Lane.
The Caesareans will look to win the Vase for the first time since 2010 and have warmed up with fixtures against the likes of the RAF and the Essex and Suffolk league.
But ahead of their annual fixture against their rivals and this summer’s NatWest Island Games where they’ll look to win a fourth football gold medal Boyle says they need tougher fixtures.
The former captain has been heavily linked with a move to Guernsey F.C but he doesn’t believe his team are as prepared as they could be to face his future teammates.
No disrespect to the Army and the RAF and sides like that, they come over here for a nice weekend not for a competitive game of football.
As soon as that changes and as soon as we get more competitive games as regularly as possible then things will be looking up.
From up above they need to look at other clubs and meet our match, get more regular games even if it means splashing out a bit and going away.
We need games if we want to compete with the likes of Guernsey.
The weekend event coincides with International Pride Month and the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The scheme has been backed by the island's Lieutenant-Governor, and is the first of its kind in the Channel Islands.
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