Nakia Smith and his two sons, Naquan and Nacori, will play against each other when North Village make history by competing in the Central Counties for the first time on Saturday at St John’s Field.

Nakia will play for Village while Naquan and Nacori both play for Central Counties holders Western Stars.

Nakia is a former Village footballer while Nacori also plays for the Rams. Naquan has played football for Somerset Trojans, as well as competing in the 2012 and 2013 Carifta Games in the javelin.

Village, more known for their exploits on the football field, will rely on a number of former league players against Stars.

They have former St George’s Cup Match player Dale Fox in their ranks, while Allen Walker, the team’s captain, previously played for Bailey’s Bay.

Dion Ball is also a former Bay and Devonshire Recreation Club player as are Rudy Smith and Mike Levon. Kennedy Wainwright played for Southampton Rangers and Aron Kikkeri turned out for Somerset Cricket Club.

“One of our players, Nakia Smith, has more pressure than the rest of us, as two of his sons play for Western Stars,” Andrew Griffith, a North Village club official, said.

“They will gunning for their father and I’m sure that he does not want to be shown up by them. He’s a strong batsman and looked very good in a warm up match on Sunday. He has not played cricket since he stopped playing for Young Men’s Social Club.

“North Village are predominantly a football club, but we do have teams that participate in netball, cricket and golf. We view our participation in the Central Counties like an FA Cup game — a small team trying to knock off the established big boys.

“We will use our white pants and the North Village Masters team’s football jerseys as this is our only game that we need it this season ... and the final if we beat Stars!

“We are also looking for coloured pads as we do not use them during our regular season. It’s easy to see that our participation is not without its administrative hardships.”

The Central Counties has been reduced to just two teams for the past couple of years after the withdrawal from the league of Police and Social Club, who have been invited to return to the competition.

“North Village participated frequently in the Commercial League but stopped doing so about five or six years ago,” Griffith said. “Last year, a few members asked if we would be interested in participating again.

“I’m a member of the NVCC Board and started to do an informal survey of the members and people that I know to see if we had enough interest.

“We ultimately decided that there was enough interest and entered last season’s Commercial League and found that it was a good experience.”

The invitation to play in the Central Counties this season was also met with enthusiasm by the Village players, including Griffith who started playing cricket again last year in the Commercial League for the first time since his school days.

“There were two hurdles to clear, first were the players interested?” Griffith said. “The players have been excited about this from the first mention of it. Everyone is eager to play and picking 11 players will be a difficult task.

“The second issue was whether North Village were interested in entering a team. The North Village board were completely supportive.

“Once these two issues were addressed there was no doubt that Village would participate.”