The Jersey Football Association’s name was drawn from 43 other County associations to undertake the role at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Sunday 10 August.Brian Oliver, the JFA’s development officer, said: ‘I can’t believe it.
Now that Wembley is being rebuilt the FA only have the FA Cup final and the Community Shield to select ball boys for and we’ve been very lucky to get one of the games.’Everyone is thrilled and excited by it and I’m sure it will be a once in a lifetime experience for the youngsters and it will be an opportunity for them to see first hand what it is like for a professional player to play at a high standard.’Oliver, Director of the JFA Lloyds TSB Centre of Excellence, added: ‘Following confirmation of our success we wanted to provide a football opportunity to those who apart from Guernsey have not benefited from an off-Island experience representing Jersey.’So anyone at the Centre who played for the JFA at the Mondial Pupilles last year or this year were not eligible.’Oliver and Centre of Excellence coach Tony Parkinson will accompany James Walsh, Michael Weir, Aaron Crowe, Alex Gee, Mark Chipperfield, Adam Lester, David Kenyon, Pierce Cummins, Sam Habin, James Jones, Luke Campbell and Stevie Reid to Cardiff next month.
