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Jersey Bulls’ eight-game unbeaten run – which had lifted them to the top of the table – came to an end with a 1-0 defeat at home to AFC Croydon Athletic on Saturday.
The rival football team, owned by multi-award-winning musician Stormzy, made a trip to Jersey to take on the Bulls on their own turf this weekend.
The Rams took home three points after defeating the Bulls at Springfield Stadium.
Bulls manager Gary Freeman said: “[It was] definitely frustrating, particularly in the first-half we weren’t playing the football we want to play.
"The first-half we sat off too much and let them play which is unlike us.
“There was not much in it, but they got something to hang on to and in the second-half, we didn’t create enough.
“We know Croydon are a decent team. They haven’t had the best start to the season, but they’ve got a new manager in and they will be up there with the backing they have got.”
Pictured: Jersey Bulls manager, Gary Freeman, described the opponents as "very tough challenge".
“This is a very tough league and we need to make sure we bounce back and are ready to go again in the next game,” added Freeman.
“You don’t want to have back-to-back defeats so the important thing now is reacting well next weekend.
“We are in a position where we cannot afford to lose too many – we need to make sure we are winning games and the lads that do that will stay in the team.
“We keep saying the squad is in a good place, but today was not good enough – that’s the reality of it.”
At the beginning of the season, rapper Stormzy joined forces with Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha to buy AFC Croydon Athletic.
Pictured: Goalmouth action from Jersey Bulls’ shock home defeat to AFC Croydon.
Stormzy and Zaha followed in the footsteps of Hollywood actors and Wrexham AFC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney earlier this year as they became the latest celebrities to purchase a football club.
The two stars both grew up around the corner from Croydon Athletic’s 3,000-capacity Mayfield Stadium in South London, and made the decision to invest in the club in order to "do what’s right for the local community".
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