Island Games 2015: Jersey FA set semi-finals target
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Jersey's last Island Games gold medal came in Aland in 2009
The president of the Jersey Football Association expects the island side to at least reach the semi-finals at this year's Island Games.
Jersey will host the Games for the first time since 1997, when they won football gold after beating Ynys Mon 1-0 in the final.
"The target's got to be to get out of the group and get into the semi-finals," Phil Austin told BBC Jersey.
"Once you get in the semi-final it could go either way," he added.
Jersey's Island Games record |
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Jersey won gold in 1993, 1997, 2009 |
The island side has never lost in a final, but has lost six semi-finals, winning the bronze-medal match five times (1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2011) |
Jersey failed to send a team on cost grounds to the 2005 games in Shetland and to Bermuda in 2013 |
The only time Jersey has failed to make the semi-finals was in Rhodes in 2007, when they finished fifth |
Jersey last won gold in Aland in 2009,, external but did not send a team to Bermuda two years ago because of cost.
"I think Jersey will be medal contenders," added Austin, who is also the chairman of the Jersey 2015 organising committee.
"But I think there are some very strong sides in there, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and I wouldn't like to pick the winner."
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