Guernsey FC ever nearer happening

Friday 26th November 2010, 2:30PM GMT.

The coaching team of Colin Fallaize (centre) and Tony Vance (right) are vital for the success of the project, says St Martin’s president Henry Davey. (Picture by Pinnacle, 1033233)

GUERNSEY FC could be just weeks away.

Negotiations with sponsors are well advanced and while the ‘Is’ are dotted and ‘Ts’ crossed on a financial deal to back the new club for an attack on the UK football league pyramid, some of the most influential men in island football have given the GFA full and unequivocal support to make it happen.

They include St Martin’s Henry Davey, chairman of the club with potentially the most to lose from Guernsey entering a UK league and a 40-match league programme.

But, for the short- and long-term good of the game, it simply has to happen, said Davey, who has been impressed by the work of GFA’s Mark Le Tissier and Steve Dewsnip who updated the island’s senior clubs with progress this week.