Guernsey Football Association

The Guernsey Football Association, also simply known as the Guernsey FA or the GFA, is the body that co-ordinates and organises the sport of football in Guernsey. Although, as a Crown Dependency, Guernsey is not a part of the United Kingdom, the local FA is affiliated with the English FA, and acts as a county football association.

Guernsey Football Association
Founded1893 (1893)
HeadquartersThe Corbet Field
PresidentChris Schofield (title is Chairman)
Websitewww.guernseyfa.com

Organisation

The organisation runs the Guernsey national football team (which competes in the Muratti Vase and the Island Games), the Guernsey league representative XI (which competes in the FA National League System Cup) and the Priaulx League, the main league competition on the island.

The representative XI won the National League Cup in 2010 and qualified for the UEFA Regions Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stages in Macedonia. Following this run, the GFA proposed to establish a club which would join the English Football Pyramid in an attempt to offer the island's senior elite players the opportunity to progress further and test themselves at a higher level. In 2011 Guernsey F.C. was created.[1]

The Guernsey FA is based at The Corbet Field (home of Member Club Vale Recreation F.C.), in Saint Sampson, Guernsey.

Chris Schofield was appointed Chairman[2] in 2010 and replaced Mark Le Tissier who left to set up Guernsey F.C.

In March 2012, former Oxford United FC trainee, Angus Mackay, was appointed as the football development officer.[3]

Competitions

Presidents of the Guernsey Football Association
Name Périod
Alec Le Noury 1984 - 2004
Dave Dorey 2004 - 2005
Dave Nussbaumer 2005 - 2008
Mark Le Tissier 2008 - 2011
Chris Schofield 2011 -

See also

References
  1. "Guernsey FC Formed". Channel Television. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. "Chris Schofield". This is Guernsey. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. "GFA appoint new development head". BBC News. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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