Island striker Ross Allen, who has declared his backing for Guernsey FC and is set to play an important role for the club should they be accepted into the CCL next season. (Picture by Matt Bunn/Pinnacle, 1033882)

Alan Constable has given unequivocal backing to the new Guernsey club in a feature article in the latest nationwide Non-League Paper.

He regards it as another example of a pioneering step by his league, similar to that of AFC Wimbledon, who are now pushing for promotion from the Blue Square Bet Premier Division where they lie second to Crawley Town.

Crucially, too, Constable strongly suggests that the official league vote on Guernsey FC’s entry is nothing more than a formality.

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