Kyle Lightbourne was denied a chance yesterday to add his name to the list of coaches who have won every title in their career as his side went down to North Village in a penalty shoot-out in the Dudley Eve final.

Lightbourne, who has been at the helm of the Warwick side for only three years, has all of the domestic trophies on his coaching resume apart from the Dudley Eve and will now have to wait at least one year before completing the grand slam.

In defeat, the former Bermuda international credited his side for a courageous performance, particularly after going down to ten men when Casey Castle was sent off for a second bookable offence.

"It was an evenly matched game, they came into the match in the second half," said Lightbourne, who had to watch from the stands as he serves a suspension. "I thought we got a fortunate goal ourselves, and we knew that it was going to be a tight game.

"Everyone has been saying in the newspapers that it would be close and it's a shame that someone had to lose.

"We showed character after going down a man but with that being said they were bossing the game when it was 11 versus 11.

"We could have nicked it at the end with Lloyd's header and with a few one-on-ones we could have done better . . . but we gave it our all.

"It wasn't a pretty game and sometimes finals are like that."

Looking back at the second half, Lightbourne pointed out that it was a case of tired legs that saw his side squander good chances in the closing stages.

And the side have little time to recover from defeat as Sunday will see them take on league champions Devonshire Cougars.

"It was definitely a case of tired legs out there and that was going to happen as the game wore on.

"I sent out instructions to keep shape because when you are down a man the opposition feels that they should win the game and they leave gaps at the back.

"That's what was happening, but we didn't have the legs to get the ball in the back of the net."