7th August 2018

Jersey Bulls FC is formed

With a home ground at St Helier’s Springfield Stadium, the Bulls signed up 30 players for its first season, and appointed Gary Freeman as its first manager. Three months after its founding, the English Football Association welcomed it into Division One of the Combined Counties League. Its first season saw it victorious in each of its first 15 games (excluding the two friendlies it played before the season opened, both of which it lost).

Other events that occured in August

01
Dolmen discovered on Le Mont de la Ville
The dolmen below Le Mont de la Ville was discovered when the area was cleared to create a parade ground in August 1785.
02
Jersey judge and prosecutor find themselves prosecuted in court turn-around
A bit of clever argument from the accused saw a court in Jersey reconsider who exactly was to blame in an unusual case.
03
Napoleon lays into Jersey in the French press
Napoleon accused Jersey of granting asylum to criminals condemned to death, then sending them on raiding missions back into France.
04
Bailiff Philippe de Carteret II dies
Philippe de Carteret II was the third Seigneur of Sark and from 1627 until his death was also Bailiff of Jersey.

Also on this day…

Occupying forces mount desperate raid on Granvillle
Occupying forces mounted a raid on the French port of Granville when their own stocks started to run down at the end of the war.

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