Le Tiss’s war cry

Saturday 16th July 2011, 2:30PM BST.

Peter Wilson (left) and Keith Mauger don Guernsey FC scarves and hats after each winning a set of free stand tickets for tonight’s historic match. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 1159902)

MATT LE TISSIER has issued a rallying cry to the Guernsey public ahead of tonight’s inaugural game for Guernsey FC against League two club AFC Wimbledon.

In the official match programme, which has been distributed to 18,000 islanders in recent days, the former Southampton and England star said GFC is the biggest progress in a century of Guernsey football, while urging the players to show pride.

‘You can stop dreaming now. The waiting is over,’ he says.

‘The most important development in Guernsey sport for 100 years is about to become a reality. Make us proud, lads.’