Yet, and this is the strange thing, for half an hour in the Blanche Pierre Lane lunchtime sunshine, Guernsey gave as good as they got.
In fact, there will be many who will argue they were slightly the better side.
Guernsey 0
Jersey 6
Lockley, Solomon 2 (1 pen), Martins-Figueira, Le Mercier, Kilshaw
But once Elliott Lockley fired Jersey ahead in the 32nd minute, Guernsey folded.
It took a second goal from the penalty spot in the first couple of minutes of the second half to nail the home side, but once that Sol Solomon spot-kick went in the Greens capitulated.
Heads dropped, the solid defending of the first quarter evaporated and any semblance of team work, disappeared.
Jersey coach Joel Hayward went some way to explaining how a great tussle which, for a while, had many wondering whether the first penalty shoot-out in the history of the competition might be a reality, turned into a procession.
‘All the Star Trophy games I’ve been involved with the first goal makes all the difference,’ said Hayward.
‘Guernsey were then having to chase the game and our two wide players really got some joy.’
Jacques Isabelle, the Guernsey coach, tried hard to take some positives, but admitted ‘Jersey were bigger, better and fitter’.
‘Even when they’d scored I was walking to the changing room relatively pleased, felt hard done by because it should have been at least 1-1, or even 2-1 to us.
‘The first half was competitive but when they scored their second we crumbled.
‘Their (Jersey) mentality was better.’
Only when these two test of youngsters fully develop physically will we know how they match up as footballers, because clearly Jersey had a big advantage on the ‘sizeometer’.
There was impressive physicality and teamwork about their play, while Guernsey produced some neat individual skills but were over-powered long before the end.
Big central midfielder Brad Le Mercier produced the first serious attempt when, with five minutes gone in the 80-minute affair, he shot from distance and Lorcan Smith watched it fly just wide of his left-hand post.
At that stage Tyler Crowther was busy biting at the ankles of the bigger midfielders in the opposition and frequently Guernsey produced some neat approach play without being able to create anything worthwhile for their fast striker, Alastair Chalmers, who had little to work with all game.
The sad fact was that neither of the two Jersey keepers, who shared a half each, had a serious save to make other than the fine stoppage-time stop from Daniel Birrell to deny Chalmers on the first occasion he got away from his markers.
Joe Kilshaw, one of two sons of former senior Muratti stars in the sister isle’s line-up (Josh Coutanche being the other), produced the first shot of the game, but Smith was up to it and parried the effort for a corner.
Kilshaw was one of four players to pick up yellow cards – three of them wore red shirts – as the visitors threw themselves into tough challenges, but Guernsey were giving as good as they got in that respect while the scoreboard was even.
It all changed just before half-time.
Jersey broke down the left and when a diagonal pass eluded the home defence Lockley came in from the right touchline to fire his side ahead.
On the verge of half-time Kilshaw almost added a second but Smith saved well, but the keeper was soon picking the ball out of the net a second time when just after the break a defensive mix-up ended with Sam Archenoul chopping down Coutanche and Solomon tucked the penalty away.
Two soon became three, four and five.
Martins-Figuiera headed a third and further good chances went begging for the visitors before Harry Lloyd’s free kick picked out Le Mercier who headed in.
Substitute Tom Walden and had an effort blocked by Birrell and as the ball ran loose it was quickly despatched to the other end where Solomon finished cooly.
Kilshaw completed the scoring with a belter from the edge of the box.
Hayward praised his subs for the influence they had on the match.
‘Those that came on, we could not have asked more of them.
‘Everyone that came on was able to put our plans into practice and the good things is that two of our side, Solomon and Coutanche, are only Year 9s and will be available next year.’
That does not bode well for Guernsey hopes of quickly ending this poor recent run of results.
Guernsey: Smith, Frolich, Archenoul, Tough, Henderson, Gauvain, Wilcox, Crowther, Felbabel, Brown, Chalmers.
Rolling subs: Mahy, Stevenson, Chisholm, Fletcher, Walden, Leaver.
Jersey: Sundby, Lloyd, Quinn, Kilshaw, Herridge, Breese, Lockley, Le Mercier (c), Solomon, Martins-Figueira, Coutanche.
Rolling subs: Birrell, Pestana, Turmel, Darwin, Pereira.
Referee: T Sarre.
