between PHC and Vasco a `no brainer' as to who should win.

In one corner stands PHC, a club decorated with nine FA Cup championships and 16 total trips to the finals.

Long have the Zebras been regarded as giants. A side that time and time again has managed to rise above all manner of opposition in its quest for trophies.

Only one club -- Somerset -- also with nine FA Cups to their credit can match PHC, and PHC would no doubt like to get a leg up on their perennial arch rivals and establish themselves as the most successful club in FA Cup history.

Meanwhile, the other side of the fence has Vasco, the defending champions, with but three titles to their credit and little else.

However, history can often be a misleading thing and would seem to have little bearing on tomorrow's affair at Southampton Oval.

Both teams have been erratic and have struggled at various periods this season.

Still, Vasco, at least up until Sunday's loss at Dandy Town appeared to have righted the ship, having gone undefeated in eight previous outings.

Once a side containing players of mostly Portuguese descent and limited talent, this year has a veritable potpourri of nationalities. A side some have said is "the best team money can buy''.

While Vasco have always rebutted assertions that their players are paid, there is no denying that the team contain's players of immense talent and when on are virtually unstoppable.

With Corey Hill in attack, Karl Roberts and Mark Ray in midfield and the triumvirate of Donovan Livingston, Paul Towlson and Kentoine Jennings bolstering the defence Vasco are indeed a side to be reckoned with.

PHC, meanwhile, have just two victories in their last nine outings and are truly struggling.

Youth flows in abundance, with five players, Raynell Lightbourne, Dano Outerbridge, Ottis Steede, Blenn Bean and Shawn Simons members of the Bermuda Under-23 squad, but this involvement has probably hurt the Warwick club more than anything as the quintet's time away has wreaked havoc with game plans.

All will be available for Sunday's match and assistant coach Alfred Eve was optimistic of his men's chances.

"Our chances are just as good as Vasco's,'' said Eve. "Just like any other match we're going out there to win.

"Vasco are about the only team in the league that has a full group of mature individuals and come with a lot of experience.

"It's just a matter of us going out and competing. We at PHC try to win every game we play.

"...we have to rise to the occasion, it's do or die time.'' As far as pressure being on the Zebras to do well Eve responded: "Every game is pressure the way football is played these days.

"All the games are like FA Cup finals.'' The second semi-final is scheduled for March 5 when St. George's take on Devonshire Cougars at White Hill field.

Starting the action off at 12.30 tomorrow will be the Crystal Palace semi-final between Somerset and Devonshire Colts, the match having been switched with the other semi-final between North Village and St. George's which will now take place on March 5.

Two two league matches are scheduled for this weekend with one First and Second Division match tonight at Somerset. The Trojans take on Devonshire Cougars -- teams second from the top and second from the bottom in the standings -- in the 9.00 contest, which follows a Second Division encounter between Port Royal and Wolves. Both matches were rained out on January 29.