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Boulevard facing a tough road

away tie against perennial powers Somerset Trojans in the second round of the FA Cup.The draw for the Island-wide soccer classic was made at the Bermuda Football Association office yesterday.

away tie against perennial powers Somerset Trojans in the second round of the FA Cup.

The draw for the Island-wide soccer classic was made at the Bermuda Football Association office yesterday. But while December 4 has long been reserved for the matches, the venues remain undecided.

Those teams with grounds will obviously play at their own facilities if they are the home team, but additional scheduling arrangements will have to be made if teams who share grounds have to be moved to other venues.

In addition to the Somerset--Boulevard clash, there are two other fixtures that feature all First Division teams: PHC against Devonshire Colts and Vasco against Hotels.

However one of the most interesting match-ups could be that involving the two top teams in the Second Division, Hamilton Parish and Wolves -- both of whom are favoured to win promotion this season. It is the only clash between teams of that division.

Devonshire Cougars, who should be pleased by being drawn against Second Divisioners Prospect in the FA Cup, will tonight be focussing on their First Division game against Dandy Town at Devonshire. The opening Second Division match has Wolves taking on St. David's at 7 p.m.

Cougars were clearly affected by their humiliating 5-1 home loss to North Village on Monday night and holding down firmly on to last place in the tables could lead to drastic changes -- including player and coaching moves -- unless coach Josef Gooden is able to show that he can still motivate the team.

Town haven't been playing nearly to their potential, but there has been improvement in their play in recent weeks and appear likely to move from their seventh place position to the middle of the tables.

The BFA announced yesterday that the First Division game between Vasco and Devonshire Colts, originally scheduled for PHC tonight, has now been shifted back to Sunday at PHC, starting at 3.00 p.m.

Another change to the schedule has the Commercial League game between Exiles and Devonshire Rec. being played at Shelly Bay, starting at 3.00 p.m.