Jersey FA secure Muratti Vase warm-up games

Jersey's football team will play two matches to prepare for May's Muratti final with Guernsey, should they beat Alderney in Saturday's semi-final.

The island side take on the Essex and Suffolk Border League club on 13 April.

Jersey secured a 1-0 win over on their way to winning the FA Inter-League Cup last season.

They will then take on Middlesex Wanderers on 11 May, a day before the same side face Guernsey as they tour the two islands.

Jersey have just returned from narrowly failing to qualify for the final stages of the Uefa Regions' Cup in San Marino.

Despite topping their group as they represented England, they lost out to Northern Ireland on head-to-head results after losing 2-1 to them in their second game.

"The one thing we did learn from the tournament in San Marino was that that was our level," Jersey boss Craig Culkin told BBC South West Sport.

"So it's important that we just don't let the good work we've done over the last nine months go to waste."

Last month it was announced that the Muratti final in Guernsey had been moved to 18 May due to Guernsey FC's fixture congestion.

Jersey travel to Alderney on Saturday for their bi-annual semi-final with the northern Channel Island.

The Ridunians have never beaten Jersey in the 108-year history of the event.