Hosts finish strongly to end Sarnian hopes of gold

Isle of Wight 4, Guernsey 2 (AET)

IT IS fast becoming Guernsey's trademark.

Dominating the opening stages of a match, playing free-flowing and confident football, yet failing to kill teams off in the process.

Yet again it happened here as the Sarnian's gold-medal dreams collapsed in a thrilling extra-time encounter with the hosts at Newport on Friday.

It is something Tony Vance is sure to address, although you wonder how much fuel this talented squad currently has left in the tank, such have been their non-stop performances over the past three years.

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