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).
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Other events that occured in August
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.
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The first aircraft lands in Jersey
- Pilot Jean Benoît landed the first aircraft on Jersey, bringing it down on the beach at St Aubin’s Bay as part of a race from St Malo.
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The King of Patagonia invades Minquiers
- French novelist Jean Raspail claimed Minquiers in the name of the king of Patagonia, who by then had been dead for a century.
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The National Trust for Jersey holds its first formal meeting
- The Very Reverend Samuel Falle, the Dean of Jersey, chaired the National Trust for Jersey’s first official meeting.
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