Guernsey FC to play 17 games in April as fixtures pile up

Guernsey FC will play 17 games in April as their fixture pile-up continues after making the FA Vase semi-finals.

There are three weekends where they will play consecutively on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

All the games are in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.

"In trying to allocate the remaining fixtures, efforts have been made to cause as little disruption to existing fixtures as possible," said the club in a statement.

Guernsey have only played 19 league games this season, in part because of their FA Vase campaign, but also severe weather in December through to the beginning of February.

During that period, they only played two league games as their Footes Lane pitch was waterlogged.

Guernsey still have five more games to play this month, and if they beat Spennymoor Town over two legs in the FA Vase semi-final, they will have to play four games in four days over the first weekend in May.

Earlier this week, assistant manager Colin Fallaize described their upcoming fixture list as "frightening".

Guernsey are 24 points behind leaders Egham Town with nine games in hand as they prepare to host sixth-placed South Park on Sunday

The islanders then travel to second-placed Epsom and Ewell on Tuesday night before the home leg of their FA Vase semi-final next Saturday.