More than a coincidence? Dave Rihoy (right) playing for Guernsey against the Army in the South & West Counties Championship in 2005, the last year Guernsey won the Muratti. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0168817)

‘We’d like to find a competition where we can play every six weeks,’ said GFA chairman Mark Le Tissier.

The only competition the Greens are presently involved in apart from the biennial week-long Island Games and the Muratti is the FA Carlsberg National League System Cup, which is a knockout tournament held over a two-year stretch.

Guernsey had taken part in the now defunct South and West Counties Championship for nine years before pulling out in 2007 citing a lack interest from the players and the island’s public.

‘I thought the competition had become tired, but if I look back we’ve won four Murattis in the last 17 years and three of these were when we were competing in the SWCC,’ said Guernsey coach Tony Vance.

‘You can’t ignore these statistics. Having regular competitive games gains success.’

Vance would ideally like the island side to enter a league or a round-robin style competition, which would give him the freedom to be able to try things with his team.

‘Every Guernsey game is a pressure situation be it the NLS Cup, the Muratti or the Island Games,’ he said.