St. Paul's F.C. is a
football
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club based on the
Channel Island
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consist ...
of
Jersey
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
. They are affiliated to the
Jersey Football Association
The Jersey Football Association (JFA) is the body which co-ordinates football in
Jersey. The Jersey FA acts as a County football association of The Football Association, although in 2015 it applied to join UEFA as a full member. The Jersey ...
and play in the
Jersey Football Combination Premiership.
The club has one the top tier of league football in Jersey 21 times, a joint record, and has the won the top Channel Islands competition,
The Upton 15 times, second only to Northerners.
History
The club was formed on 10 May 1919 at a meeting of the Old St Paul's Association at St Paul's School.
On 5 June 2019 they made the decision to play in yellow and black, the colours on the Old St Paul's Association.
The first competitive match was against YMCA and they club lost 7–1 and was played at West Mount.
The club has a rich history of producing some of Jersey's most notable players, with the likes of
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux ( ; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.
As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...
and
Brett Pitman
Brett Douglas Pitman (born 31 January 1988) is a Jèrriais footballer who plays as a forward for Dorchester Town.
After starting his career on his native island, he moved to Bournemouth as a 16-year-old and went on to become a regular in their ...
coming through the ranks to become established professional footballers. In the 2009–10 season, they became the first club to win all six competitions in one season, by winning the league, four cups and the Upton (an inter-island cup final between the league champions of Jersey and
Guernsey
Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...
).
In 2015, the club created history by winning the Upton 9–0 against Guernsey Northerners, the biggest win in the history of the competition.
In 2018, two club players represented the
England national football C team
The England national football C team (previously known as the England National Game XI and the England Semi-Pro national team) are the football teams that represent England at non-League level.
Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it f ...
, Euan Van De Vliet and Harry Curtis.
Honours
Information sourced from RSSSF.
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Jersey Football League /
Jersey Football Combination – Champions (21): 1922–23, 1935–36, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
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Upton Park Trophy – Winners (15): 1923, 1949, 1951, 1980, 1982, 1987, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
*W.E. Guiton Memorial Trophy – Winners (19): 1960–61, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69 (shared), 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15
References
External links
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{{Jersey Football Combination
Football clubs in Jersey