St. Paul's F.C.

St. Paul's

Full name	St. Paul's Football Club
Founded	1919;106 years ago (1919)
Ground	Clos des Pauvres, Saint Saviour
Manager	Andy Sheppard
League	Jersey Football Combination Premiership
2024–25	3rd of 8

St. Paul's F.C. is a football club based on the Channel Island of Jersey. They are affiliated to the Jersey Football Association and play in the Jersey Football Combination Premiership.

The club has one the top tier of league football in Jersey 21 times, a joint record, and has the won the top Channel Islands competition, The Upton 15 times, second only to Northerners.

History

The club was formed on 10 May 1919 at a meeting of the Old St Paul's Association at St Paul's School. ^[1] On 5 June 2019 they made the decision to play in yellow and black, the colours on the Old St Paul's Association. ^[1] The first competitive match was against YMCA and they club lost 7–1 and was played at West Mount. ^[1]

The club has a rich history of producing some of Jersey's most notable players, with the likes of Graeme Le Saux ^[2] and Brett Pitman ^[3] coming through the ranks to become established professional footballers. In the 2009–10 season, they became the first club to win all six competitions in one season, by winning the league, four cups and the Upton (an inter-island cup final between the league champions of Jersey and Guernsey). ^[4]

In 2015, the club created history by winning the Upton 9–0 against Guernsey Northerners, the biggest win in the history of the competition. ^[5]

In 2018, two club players represented the England national football C team, Euan Van De Vliet ^[6] and Harry Curtis. ^[7]

Honours

Information sourced from RSSSF. ^[8]

• Jersey Football League / Jersey Football Combination – Champions (21): 1922–23, 1935–36, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1999–2000, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, ^[9] 2015–16, ^[10] 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, ^[11] 2020–21

• Upton Park Trophy – Winners (15): 1923, 1949, 1951, 1980, 1982, 1987, 2000, 2009, ^[12] 2010, ^[13] 2014, ^[14] 2015, ^[15] 2016, ^[16] 2017, ^[17] 2018, ^[18] 2019 ^{[19] [20]}

• W.E. Guiton Memorial Trophy – Winners (19): 1960–61, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69 (shared), 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15

References

1. "Sportscene - Our Sporting Century - St Paul's". BBC Sounds.
2. "Graeme Le Saux calls for more support for gay footballers". BBC Sport. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
3. "Ipswich Town striker Brett Pitman says Jersey league is 'pointless'". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
4. "Craig Culkin departs as St Paul's boss". BBC News. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
5. "St Paul's crush North in Upton match". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
6. "Paul Fairclough has named his England C squad to play Republic of Ireland in May". The Football Association. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
7. Levison, Jake (6 November 2018). "Footballer flies 8,000 miles for FA trip". mylocalnews. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
8. "Channel Islands - List of Champions". RSSSF .
9. "St Paul's clinch Jersey Premiership title without playing". BBC Sport. 14 April 2014.
10. Pryor, Tom (4 May 2016). "Jersey Premiership: St Paul's beat Scottish on penalties in title-deciding play-off". BBC Sport.
11. "St Paul's seal sixth straight Jersey title to equal all-time record". ITV News. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
12. "Upton glory". Jersey Evening Post. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
13. "St Paul's beat Bels to lift Upton Park Trophy". BBC Sport. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
14. "Jersey Premiership champions St Paul's win the Upton". BBC Sport. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
15. "Jersey champions St Paul's crush Northerners in record Upton win". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
16. "St Paul's retain Upton Park Trophy". Guernsey Press. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
17. "Upton 2017: St Paul's crowned Channel Island champions again". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
18. "St Paul's win historic fifth successive Upton after 2-0 win over Rovers". BBC Sport. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
19. "St Paul's win Upton after 3-0 win over Guernsey champions St Martins". BBC Sport. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
20. "St Paul's end exceptional era with sixth Upton". ITV News. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

External links

• Official website