When Guernsey beat Walton Casuals 4-1 at Footes Lane last Wednesday, they had two supporters visiting all the way from Australia thanks to the popular computer game Football Manager.

Nicholas Geurts, 24, and his brother Anthony hail from Cobram, Victoria - about 250km north of Melbourne - are travelling round Europe to see their favourite football teams.

He started a new save as Guernsey a few years ago and his experience on the game sparked an interest the the club and he has followed our results from a far.

With a trip to Europe booked in, the brother saw it as the ideal chance to pop over to Guernsey for one night to see the real Green Lions in the flesh.

“A few years ago I downloaded an editor pack on Football Manager, which allows you to manage teams down to the 10th level of English football,” Nicholas (on the right in the photo) told GuernseyFC.com. “I went looking for a club that was a bit different from the rest and found Guernsey - being an island way off the coast, it was perfect.

“I started managing them and had a lot of success with promotions early on, with Ross Allen banging in 40 goals a season. I kept going until I won the Champions League, which took about 15 seasons.

“My brother (left in photo) and I are on a European tour to see all the clubs we follow. He supports Eastleigh [A former non-league club of ex-GFC president and Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier] so we went there too as well as the Manchester derby. We are going to see Everton, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Roma, Ajax and Salzburg. So while we were in Europe we thought we’d take the opportunity to come over to Guernsey to see the real thing.

“It’s still a lot of the same players that were on the game when I started, which is rare this far down. We really enjoyed the experience and it was great to see them win in an exciting match - we picked a great night to visit.

“It was literally a one-night visit to the island. We’ve been following the team’s progress in real life and will continue to follow them. We bought a Guernsey shirt and scarf as souvenirs.”

The brothers met and chatted with manager Tony Vance after the game, which saw the Green Lions win their second home game in a row thanks to goals from Dave Rihoy, Ross Allen, Marc McGrath and Craig Young.