St. Ouen F.C.

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St. Ouen F.C.
StOuenFClogo.gif
Full name St. Ouen Football & Sports Club
Founded 1919
Ground La Cache es Fresnes, St. Ouen
League Jersey Football Combination Premiership
2013–14 7th/9
Website Club website

St. Ouen F.C. is an amateur association football club in Saint Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands who play in the Jersey Premiership. The club plays in yellow and blue. [1] They play at St. Ouen. [2]

Association football team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Saint Ouen, Jersey Jersey parish

Saint Ouen is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the north west of Jersey. The parish is the largest parish by surface area, covering 8,341 vergées (15 km²).

Jersey British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.

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History

The club was founded in 1919. [3] They won their first honour in Jersey football in 1939, winning the Trinity Shield. [1] Under the supervision of Richard Collinson, who arrived in Jersey in 1977 to coach the Old Victorians and moved next to First Tower United before arriving at St. Ouen, the club set up Jersey's first football school of excellence. [4]

On 4 December 1972, St. Ouen played a friendly match against Scottish Old Firm team, Celtic at Springfield Stadium, Saint Helier. [5] [6] The game was intended as a preparation for Celtic's Scottish League Cup Final match against Hibernian. This meant that Celtic played their first team, which included Kenny Dalglish and Pat McCluskey, in the match. [6] Celtic won the match 11–1. St. Ouen's team on that day also included several professional guest players, including Southampton's Jim Steele and Mick Channon. [6]

Old Firm Celtic and Rangers, prominent rivals in Scottish football

The Old Firm is the collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers, which are both based in Glasgow. The two clubs are by far the most successful and popular in Scotland, and the rivalry between them has become deeply embedded in Scottish culture. It has reflected, and contributed to, political, social, and religious division and sectarianism in Scotland. As a result, the fixture has had an enduring appeal around the world.

Celtic F.C. Scottish association football club

The Celtic Football Club are a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow. They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5–2. Celtic established themselves within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the 1967 European Cup.

Springfield Stadium multi-purpose stadium in St. Helier, Jersey

Springfield Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in St. Helier, Jersey, set in a public park.

In 2006, St. Ouen were promoted into Division One after becoming champions of Division Two. [7] However they were relegated back into Division Two the following season [8] before again being promoted back into Division One the next season. [9]

In 2008, St. Ouen received planning permission from the States of Jersey for a new training pitch to be built, which overturned the decision from the planning officer of Jersey because of the perceived benefits of inclusiveness with the community. [10] In 2012, St. Ouen's goalkeeper, Paul Kemp scored two goals in St. Ouen's league game against Rozel Rovers. This was the first time a goalkeeper had scored twice in a match in Jersey. [11] Also in 2012, they won the Trinity Shield for the first time since 1939. [1]

The goalkeeper, often shortened to keeper or goalie, is one of the major positions of association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. This is accomplished by the goalkeeper moving into the path of the ball and either catching it or directing it away from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area goalkeepers are able to use their hands, making them the only players on the field permitted to handle the ball. The special status of goalkeepers is indicated by them wearing different coloured kits from their teammates.

Teams

St. Ouen have three men's teams playing in the Jersey Football Combination. St. Ouen also run teams at under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 levels. [2] They have also represented Jersey in the Channel Islands Champions League against teams from Guernsey. [12] St. Ouen also ran a cricket club for its members during the off-season [4] however the cricket club split from the football club in 1968 to become an independent club but retained the St. Ouen name. [13]

Guernsey island in the bailiwick of Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It lies roughly north of Saint-Malo and to the west of Jersey and the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. The jurisdiction is made up of ten parishes on the island of Guernsey, three other inhabited islands, and many small islets and rocks.

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

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  11. ↑ "Keeper scores – twice!". This is Jersey. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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