Guernsey FC 5, AFC Wimbledon 6
Saturday 16th July 2011, 10:10PM BST.
Guernsey FC celebrate one of their five goals in this evening's match against Wimbledon. (Picture by Adrian Miller)
GUERNSEY FC are off and running after an extraordinary 6-5 defeat to AFC Wimbledon in the club’s inaugural friendly match at Foote’s Lane.
After taking an early lead through a stunning Ryan-Zico Black free-kick, Guernsey fell 3-1 behind at half-time thanks to goals from Jake Rose, Jerson dos Santos and Zachery Richards.
Ross Allen’s goal for Guernsey was sandwiched by dos Santos and Brendan Kiernan’s efforts for the visitors, giving Wimbledon a 5-2 lead.
Guernsey centre-backs Sam Cochrane and Tom Strawbridge both bundled in to pull it back to 5-4, before Cherno Mendy once again gave Wimbledon a two-goal cushion.
But it was Allen who rounded off proceedings, superbly slamming past Wimbledon keeper Jack Turner to round off the 11-goal thriller.
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Does anyone know if either Tony Vance or Colin Fallaise have any FA recognised coaching qualifications?
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Brilliant inaugural game from Guernsey FC last night. I’m sure the team will be disappointed not to have won, but they showed great teamwork, guts and some magical moments of crowd pleasing football.
It was, for me and my family, a great night out, and exciting to be supporting Guernsey FC on this journey. Well done Mr Mark Le Tiss, Mr Dewsnip et al.
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How big was the official crowd?
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If I heard correctly the crowd was 1,060.
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Great game and great performance!!! Hopefully more exciting attacking football from guernsey fc in the future!! Tighten up defensively and the season could be an fantastic journey!!! lois… decent crowd there!!! Fingers crossed there will be more support for the opening league game!!! Richie… I Believe tony has his FA level one qualification and started level two!! Experience and knowledge of the game is vital which Tony and Colin have!! Do you have good knowledge of the FA qualications? I have always been intrested to know how far FA qualified a coach can get!!
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Great game on Saturday night. Acording to their website (www.guernseyfc.com) the crowd totalled 1,064.
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