Guernsey FC are relegated despite victory in final match
Guernsey FC had spent the last 12 years in the bottom tier of the Isthmian League
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Guernsey FC have been relegated from Isthmian League South Central despite a 3-0 win at Harrow Borough.
The islanders finished a point from safety in the last of the four relegation places after Metropolitan Police - the only side they could catch - won 2-0 at already-relegated Sutton Common Rovers.
The relegation is the first in Guernsey's history and ends a 12-year stay in the eighth tier of English football.
Tom Vaudin and Fin Du Port went close in the opening exchanges before Jacob Fallaize put the islanders in front as he headed in Charlton Gauvain's corner at the near post.
Guernsey almost went 2-0 up after 28 minutes, but Sam Murray had a goal ruled out for offside.
Gauvain saw a goal-bound 33rd-minute header hit Murray before the Green Lions doubled their lead a minute before half time as Du Port fired in from distance as Harrow failed to clear a Brandon Wallace cross.
Gauvain did get a headed goal two minutes after the break as Wallace found him unmarked in the box.
But two goals in the final 10 minutes for Metropolitan Police ensured they send the Green Lions down.