Mick Ward, the Flanagan’s Onions coach, admits his team’s FA Cup final against Dandy Town Hornets at the National Stadium will the biggest game many of his players will have been involved in.

Onions have had a strange season, suffering relegation to the second tier after three seasons in the Premier Division, but reaching the first major final in the club’s brief history.

Ward, who will have a full squad to pick from, said winning Bermudian football’s flagship cup competition would certainly help soften the blow of dropping down to the First Division.

“It would be great to end the season on a high note by winning some silverware,” Ward said.

“It will certainly be the highest level of game I’ve ever been involved in and I’m sure for some of the other guys as well.

“I imagine it will be a great occasion, the National Stadium has a lovely pitch and I’m sure plenty of supporters will turn out to create a good atmosphere.

“The players are excited about the game, but it’s important we keep calm and don’t get ahead of ourselves.

“The lads are well up for it and it’s going to be difficult to pick a team, which is the kind of headache that you want.”

Onions’ opponents Hornets could certainly claim to have the physiological edge, having condemned Ward’s side to 12.30pm football next season after thrashing then 5-1 in their final league game of the season at Goose Gosling Field a few weeks ago.

Ward, however, does not believe too much can be read into that result, pointing out that it was the worst his side had performed all season.

“It was the last game of the season and perhaps some of our guys had one eye on the FA Cup final rather than the league game,” he said.

“It was certainly the best I’d seen Dandy Town play and probably the worst I’d seen us play, especially in the first half.

“We know that we can match them and we have beaten them a couple of times. Hopefully we can come good on Sunday.”

Ward said that an FA Cup final triumph would provide the perfect tonic for Onions going into next season as they look to return to the top flight at the first time of asking.

“It’s a big downer to go down and after this game we will be looking at the First Division, and we hope to come back up,” he said.

“First and foremost, we are fully concentrating on this game and doing everything we can to win it.”

The final kicks off at 4pm.