his ninth and 10th goals of the season early and late in yesterday's final at National Stadium.

And it could be his last goals for the new FA Cup champions as afterwards the 26-year-old Pearman admitted he and team-mate Kenny Hill were pondering a return to Second Division side Wolves next season after two years in Boulevard colours.

"I haven't made up my mind on that yet,'' said Pearman who stunned Colts with his seventh-minute opener. He also scored in the previous rounds against PHC, Hamilton Parish and Dandy Town.

The versatile Pearman then put the match out of the reach of Colts with a second strike in the 86th minute, which made it 3-1. Boulevard grabbed a fourth in the 89th minute though the final scoreline does not show how close the match was in the end.

In the second half Colts attacked relentlessly and pulled the match back to 2-1 with a goal from substitute Harrison Trott in the 64th minute, just five minutes after he replaced Dennis Williams.

As the Boulevard players shoved forward their injured captain Albert Smith to receive the first winners' medal from Premier Sir John Swan, some Colts players stood there holding their losers' medals with tears in their eyes after a season in which they finished second in the league to Somerset and also recently lost in the Friendship Trophy final to North Village.

The bridesmaid tag will stay with them for the duration of the summer while Boulevard will be celebrating their second FA Cup triumph in three seasons.

With the medal proudly around his neck, Albert Smith knows his team-mates did not forget him in their moment of glory. "It's one of the greatest feelings I've ever had,'' he said.

"They (Colts) had a lot of pressure but we absorbed it.'' Smith expects to spend the next few months strengthening the knee and at this stage is not looking too far ahead to next season.

"I'm just going to rebuild it and see how it goes,'' he said.