Jersey Football Combination Explained

Jersey Football Combination
Pixels:	frameless
Teams:	9 (in 2021–22)
Relegation:	Jersey Championship
Levels:	1
Domest Cup:	Le Riche Cup
League Cup:	Wheway Trophy Charity Cup
Champions:	St. Peter
Season:	2022-23
Most Successful Club:	St. Paul's (5 titles since 2011–12)
Tv:	ITV

The Jersey Football Combination is the senior football league on the island of Jersey and is run by the Jersey Football Association.^[1]

Although the league is affiliated with the English FA, it does not form a part of the English football league system.^[2]

Each year, the league champion plays the champions of Guernsey's Priaulx League for the Upton Park Trophy.^[3]

History

Originally, the Jersey Football Combination consisted of five divisions, with the Premiership and Championship open to first teams, with separate leagues for reserve sides.^[4]

However, from the start of the 2015-16 season all first-team sides play in the Premiership, with a mid-season split into two divisions.^[5]

However, after one season this was scrapped and the format changed again. From the 2016-17 season onwards the top 8 teams play in the Premiership and the other 7 teams play in the Championship.^[6]

The Jersey Football Combination also selects a side to play in the FA Inter-League Cup. In 2012, the Jersey team qualified for the 2013 UEFA Regions' Cup. where they were eliminated in the group stage.^[7]

Clubs

At the beginning of the 2018-19 season there were 7 teams playing in the Jersey Premiership and 6 teams in the Jersey Championship.^[8]

• First Tower United (Championship)
• Grouville (Championship)
• Jersey Wanderers (Premiership)
• Rozel Rovers (Premiership)
• Sporting Academics (Championship)
• St. Brelade (Premiership)
• St. Clement (Premiership)
• St. John (Championship)
• St. Lawrence (Championship)
• St. Ouen (Premiership)
• St. Paul's (Premiership)
• St. Peter (Premiership)
• Trinity (Premiership)

Premiership

Champions

Source:^[9]

No.	Season	Champion
1	2011-12	Jersey Scottish
2	2012-13
3	2013-14
4	2014-15
5	2015-16
6	2016-17
7	2017-18
8	2018-19	St. Paul's
9	2019-20	Jersey Wanderers
10	2020-21	St. Paul's
11	2021-22	St. Clement
12	2022-23	St. Peter

All-Time Premiership Table

All-Time Jersey Premiership table from the start of the 2011-12 season up to the end of 2017-18 season.^[10]

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	Relegated	Pts per Match	Best Pos.
1	St. Paul's	7	119	89	18	12	404	122	282	282	5	2			2.37	1
2	Jersey Scottish	6	101	74	13	14	389	103	286	235	2	3	1		2.33	1
3	Jersey Wanderers	7	119	68	13	38	275	155	92	217		1	6		1.82	2
4	St. Ouen	7	119	46	21	52	214	219	-5	158					1.33	4
5	St. Peter	7	119	41	32	46	221	223	-2	155		1			1.30	2
6	Trinity	5	85	32	13	40	158	188	-30	109				1	1.28	4
7	Rozel Rovers	5	89	20	20	49	117	196	-79	80				2	0.90	6
8	St. Clement	4	66	18	8	40	89	178	-89	62				1	0.94	4
9		4	66	12	12	42	67	211	-144	51				2	0.77	4
10	St. Brelade	3	50	12	9	29	62	108	-46	42				1	0.84	5
11		2	34	6	5	23	33	107	-74	23				2	0.68	9
12		1	21	2	3	16	18	88	-70	9				1	0.43	8
13		1	14	2	2	10	12	44	-32	8				1	0.57	7
14		1	16	1	3	12	17	50	-33	6				1	0.38	9

Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.

League or status at 2018-19:

	2018-19 Jersey Premiership
	2018-19 Jersey Championship
	Defunct or not competing in 2018-19

All-time top scorers

Records began from the start of the 2011-12 season

width=20	Rank	width=145	Name	width=140	Years	width=55	Goals	width=55	Seasons Played
1	Kieran Lester	2011, 2014–	107	6 ^[11]
2	Craig Russell	2011–	98	8 ^[12]
3	Daryl Wilson	2011, 2013–	79	7 ^[13]
4	Karl Hinds	2013–	78	6 ^[14]
5	Jack Boyle	2011, 2013–	63	7 ^[15]
6	Matt Rawlings	2011, 2014–2016, 2017–	59	5 ^[16]
7	Jack Cannon	2011–2018	52	7 ^[17]
8	Charlie Petulla	2011–	46	8 ^[18]
9	Stewart Daynes	2011–2017, 2018–	43	7 ^[19]
10	Rupert Murray	2011–2017	42	6 ^[20]

Bold denotes players currently playing in the Jersey Premiership.

Records

Since the start of the 2011-12 season

Titles

• Most titles: 5, St. Paul's^[21]
• Most consecutive title wins: 5, St. Paul's (2013-14 to 2017-18)^[22]
• Biggest title-winning margin: 14 points, twice; 2011–12 Jersey Scottish (41 points) over St. Paul's (27 points)^[23] and 2016-17 St Paul's (54 points) over Jersey Wanderers (40 points)^[24]
• Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points and 7 goal difference – 2015-16; St. Paul's (+33) over Jersey Scottish (+26).^[25]

Goals

• Most goals scored in a season: 88, St. Paul's (2016–17)^[26]
• Fewest goals scored in a season: 9, Grouville (2017–18)^[27]
• Most goals conceded in a season: 92, Grouville (2017–18)^[28]
• Fewest goals conceded in a season: 10, St. Paul's (2014–15)^[29]
• Best goal difference in a season: 71, St. Paul's (2016–17)^[30]
• Most goals scored at home in a season: 37, St. Paul's (2016–17)^[31]
• Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 5
  • Rozel Rovers (2012–13)^[32]
  • Grouville (2013–14)^[33]
  • St. Clement (2015–16)^[34]
• Most goals conceded at home in a season: 40, Grouville (2017–18)^[35]
• Fewest goals conceded at home in a season: 3, St. Paul's (2014–15)^[36]
• Most goals scored away in a season: 51, St. Paul's (2016–17)^[37]
• Fewest goals scored away in a season: 3, Grouville (2017–18)^[38]
• Most goals conceded away in a season: 54, Jersey Portuguese (2016–17)^[39]
• Fewest goals conceded away in a season: 5, Jersey Scottish (2014–15)^[40]

Points

• Most points in a season: 54, St. Paul's (2016–17)^[41]
• Fewest points in a season: 1, Grouville (2017–18)^[42]
• Most points in a season without winning the league: 44, Jersey Scottish (2014–15)^[43]
• Fewest points in a season while winning the league: 34, St. Paul's (2015–16)^[44]
• Most points in a season while being relegated: 20, Trinity (2015–16)^[45]
• Fewest points in a season while surviving relegation: 14, St. Ouen (2013–14)^[46]

Le Riche Cup

The Le Riche Cup is the main cup competition in Jersey. Every final has been played at Springfield Stadium, St Helier.^[47]

Finals

Season! scope="col"

Winners	Score	Runners–up
2011-12	St. Paul's	6 - 1	Jersey Wanderers^[48]
2012-13	Jersey Scottish	3 - 0	Jersey Wanderers^[49]
2013-14	St. Paul's	2 - 0	Jersey Wanderers^[50]
2014-15	St. Paul's	3 - 0	Jersey Scottish^[51]
2015-16	St. Paul's	3 - 2	Trinity^[52]
2016-17	Jersey Wanderers	3 - 1	Jersey Scottish^[53]
2017-18	Jersey Wanderers	2 - 0	St. Peter^[54]
2018-19	St Peter	4 - 3	St. Paul's^[55]
2019-20	Rozel Rovers	Cancelled COVID - 19	St.Paul's

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	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Winning team won the double

Wheway Trophy

The Wheway Trophy is the second most important cup competition in Jersey, which also includes the top 3 clubs from Guernsey. Every final has been played at Springfield Stadium, St Helier.^[56]

Finals

Season! scope="col"

Winners	Score	Runners–up
2011-12	St. Paul's	2 - 0	Grouville^[57]
2012-13	Jersey Scottish	3 - 0	Northerners^[58]
2013-14	Jersey Scottish	6 - 1	St. Ouen^[59]
2014-15	St. Paul's	1 - 0	Jersey Wanderers^[60]
2015-16	St. Ouen	4 - 2	Sylvans^[61]
2016-17	St. Paul's	3 - 0	St. Ouen^[62]
2017-18	St. Paul's	3 - 2	St. Peter^[63]
2018-19	St. Paul's	3 - 1	St. Peter^[64]

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	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Championship

Promotions to Premiership

A record of every club to have been promoted to the Jersey Premiership^[65]

width=55	Season	width=145	Champion	width=145	Other Promotions
2011-12	St. Brelade	St. Lawrence
2012-13		St. Clement
2013-14		St. Lawrence, Rozel Rovers
2014-15		none
2015-16		Jersey Portuguese
2016-17		Grouville
2017-18		none

• a. Rozel Rovers beat St. Lawrence 3 - 0 (AET) in the Premiership Play-Off

List of Premiership Seasons

2017-18

Competition:	Jersey Premiership
Matches:	62
Total Goals:	260
League Topscorer:	Matt Rawlings (21 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Jersey Wanderers 11–0 Grouville
Biggest Away Win:
Highest Scoring:
Longest Wins:	5 matches St. Paul's
Longest Unbeaten:	14 matches St. Paul's
Longest Winless:	18 matches Grouville
Longest Losses:	17 matches Grouville
Nextseason:	2018–19
Updated:	26 May 2018
Season:	2017–18
Dates:	9 September 2017 – 26 May 2018
Winners:	St. Paul's
Relegated:	Grouville

The 2017–18 Jersey Premiership is the 43rd season of the Jersey Football Combination, the top Jersey professional league for Jersey clubs, since its establishment in 1975. The season started on 9 September 2017 and finished on 26 May 2018.^[66]

St. Paul's are the defending champions, while St. Clement and Grouville have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016-17 Jersey Championship.^[67]

League table

^[68]

width=20	Pos	width=145	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	Pts
1	St. Paul's (C)	18	14	2	2	59	20	+39	44
2	St. Peter	18	10	5	3	55	22	+33	35
3	Jersey Wanderers	18	9	2	7	56	28	+28	29
4	St. Clement	18	9	2	7	41	38	+3	29
5	St. Ouen	18	9	1	8	34	31	+3	28
6	Rozel Rovers	18	4	3	11	21	44	-23	15
7	Grouville (R)	18	0	1	17	9	92	style="text-align:centre; background:#FA8072;"	-83	1

(C) = Champions,(R) = Relegated

Results

Each team plays each other three times meaning that each team will play 18 games in total

1st set of results

^[69]

2nd set of results

^[70]

^a Home Walkover given to St. Paul's

Players

Top scorers

^[71]

width=20	Rank	width=145	Name	width=145	Club	width=55	Goals
1	Matt Rawlings	St. Clement	21
2=	Jake Prince	St. Peter	18
2=	Karl Hinds	St. Paul's	18
4	Jack Boyle	St. Paul's	13
5	Arthur Illingworth	Jersey Wanderers	11
6=	Dom Pougeolle	St. Ouen	9
6=	Jules Gabbiadini	Jersey Wanderers	9
6=	Harrison Moon	Jersey Wanderers	9
9=	Craig Russell	St. Paul's	8
9=	Sol Solomon	St Peter	8
11=	Kieran Lester	St. Paul's	7
11=	George Glithero	Rozel Rovers	7
13=	Ben Gallichan	St Peter	5
13=	Daryl Wilson	St Peter	5

Hat-tricks

^[72]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dom Pougeolle			5–0 (H)
Karl Hinds^7			9–1 (A)
Jake Prince			3–1 (H)	27 January 2018
Matt Rawlings^4			4–2 (A)	24 February 2018
Karl Hinds			10–0 (H)	7 March 2018
Arthur Illingworth			11–0 (H)
Ben Gallichan			9–0 (H)
Jake Prince			9–0 (H)
Jake Prince^4			11–1 (A)
Sol Solomon			11–1 (A)
Jake Prince			6–0 (A)
Matt Rawlings			6–0 (H)
Liam Spencer			6–0 (H)
Matt Rawlings^4			5–2 (H)	17 May 2018

Note⁴ Player scored 4 goals;⁷ Player scored 7 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

2018-19

Competition:	Jersey Premiership
Matches:	61
Total Goals:	255
League Topscorer:	Kieran Lester (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	St. Peter 6-1 Jersey Wanderers Jersey Wanderers 6-1 Rozel Rovers St. Peter 6-1 Jersey Wanderers St. Paul's 6-1 St. Clement Trinity 7-2 St. Peter
Biggest Away Win:	Rozel Rovers 0-9 St. Peter
Highest Scoring:	St. Paul's 7-4 Rozel Rovers
Longest Wins:	10 matches St. Paul's
Longest Winless:	12 matches Trinity
Longest Losses:	6 matches Rozel Rovers Trinity
Updated:	20 April 2019
Season:	2018–19

The 2018-19 Jersey Premiership is the 44th season of the Jersey Football Combination, the top Jersey professional league for Jersey clubs, since its establishment in 1975.^[73]

St. Paul's are the defending champions, while Trinity have entered as the promoted team from the 2017-18 Jersey Championship.^[74]

League table

^[75]

width=20	Pos	width=145	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	Pts
1	St. Paul's (C)	18	17	0	1	61	13	+48	51
2	St. Peter	17	13	1	3	58	24	+34	40
3	Jersey Wanderers	17	9	1	7	38	36	+2	28
4	St. Clement	17	5	4	8	28	36	-8	19
5	St. Ouen	18	5	1	12	18	44	-26	16
6	Rozel Rovers	17	3	3	11	25	56	-31	12
7	Trinity	18	3	2	13	26	45	-19	11

(C) = Champions

Results

Each team plays each other three times meaning that each team will play 18 games in total

1st set of results

^[76]

2nd set of results

^[77]

Players

Top scorers

^[78]

width=20	Rank	width=145	Name	width=145	Club	width=55	Goals
1	Kieran Lester	St. Paul's	15
2	Sol Solomon	St. Peter	14
3	Matt Rawlings	St. Clement	12
4	Harry Cardwell	St. Peter	11
5=	Fraser Barlow	St. Paul's	10
5=	Karl Hinds	Trinity and St. Peter	10
7=	Jack Boyle	St. Paul's	9
7=	Jules Gabbiadini	Jersey Wanderers	9
7=	George Glithero	Rozel Rovers	9
10=	Jake Prince	St. Peter	7
10=	Jody Byrne	St. Ouen	7

Hat-tricks

^[79]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Matt Rawlings	St. Clement	St. Ouen	4 - 0 (H)
Dom Pougeolle	St. Ouen	Rozel Rovers	4 - 1 (H)
Karl Hinds	Trinity	Rozel Rovers	3 - 2 (H)
Matt Rawlings	St. Clement	St. Ouen	4 - 2 (A)
Sol Solomon	St. Peter	Jersey Wanderers	6 - 1 (H)
Fraser Barlow^4	St. Paul's	St. Clement	6 - 1 (H)
Kieran Lester^4	St. Paul's	Rozel Rovers	8 - 1 (A)
Harry Cardwell^4	St. Peter	Rozel Rovers	9 - 0 (A)
Sol Solomon	St. Peter	Rozel Rovers	9 - 0 (A)
Ethan Boudin	Rozel Rovers	St. Paul's	4 - 7 (A)
Ricky Figueira	Trinity	St. Peter	7 - 2 (H)
Connor Maher	Trinity	St. Peter	7 - 2 (H)

Note⁴ Player scored 4 goals;

See also

• List of association football competitions

External links

• Results Website

Notes and References

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68. Web site: 2017-18 League table. full-time.thefa. 2018-03-31.
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70. Web site: 2017-18 Results 2. full-time.thefa. 2018-03-31.
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