Premiership Arsenal take on English side Braunton Wanderers on day one of the two-day tournament. (Picture by Brian Green, 0608344)

EVERTON were crowned the 2008 BWCI Guernsey Mini Soccer Festival champions after they won a dramatic penalty shoot out against Glasgow Rangers yesterday.

‘Good stuff – I think we deserved it in the end,’ said the Everton coach John Doolan. ‘Rangers are a good side. We played them in the groups and it was 0-0, so we knew it was going to be tight.’

The final of the Shield competition was the culmination of a weekend of action that saw 20 sides battle it out. In front of an enthusiastic crowd of more than 700 at Foote’s Lane, the scores were deadlocked at 0-0 after the 16 minutes of normal time. This was no surprise as neither side conceded a single goal during the group stages the day before.

Josh Jefferies shone on the left wing for Rangers but despite all of his tricks and turns he, like his teammates, could not find a way through the Everton defence which was solid. And it was a similar story at the other end of the pitch.

Penalties were therefore required to decide the outcome.