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Paul Jones left emotional as FC Isle of Man’s dream is realised

The island club were hours from playing their first match, a friendly against Guernsey last August, when he saw supporters heading to the Bowl decked out in club merchandise.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 July 2021

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PAUL Jones doesn’t mind admitting that he became a little emotional on the day his FC Isle of Man dream came true.
The island club were hours from playing their first match, a friendly against Guernsey last August, when he saw supporters heading to the Bowl decked out in club merchandise.
“Dads and mums and families were walking to a game of football with shirts on,” said Jones, the club’s director of football. “I was stood waiting to greet the Guernsey coaches coming in and I had tears in my eyes. We had 2,500 people in the ground that ...

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