Muratti foes heading different ways: Jersey football is keen to go down the small nations route, while Guernsey have joint targets of that and UK league football. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0965980)

‘BRING it all on,’ was the message of GFA chairman Mark Le Tissier  yesterday as he confirmed Guernsey were not only closing on a UK league place, but would want to be involved in any small nations tournament possibly sanctioned by Uefa.

Mike Kinder, the county secretary, was the GFA representative at yesterday’s meeting in London of interested parties in a new international tournament for minnows of the European region.

Six small national associations, including Jersey whose JFA chief executive Paul Creedon came up with the idea, were at the follow-up meeting, as were FA representatives who are thought to support the idea.

The Isle of Man were also represented along with Gibraltar, Madeira and one other unknown island nation that falls outside the existing Uefa membership.

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