Jersey Bulls manager Elliot Powell criticised the match officials after their controversial 2-1 home defeat by Herne Bay in Isthmian League South East. Herne Bay got off to a perfect start as Steven Townsend put them ahead in the seventh minute but the hosts felt the ball had gone out of play in the build-up. But Herne Bay got an 80th-minute winner when Joe Alatise rose highest at the back post to head in a corner despite protests that goalkeeper Pierce Roche was fouled as the ball came in. That was as bad a set of officials as I've ever seen," Powell told BBC Radio Jersey. The loss leaves Bulls in 11th place in the table as Herne Bay move up a place to seventh.

Source: BBC December 20, 2025 23:47 UTC