BERMUDA head coach Kyle Lightbourne will be hoping for a repeat of 1992 when his national side travels to Haiti to play in the Under-20 World Cup qualifying campaign. Bermuda leave on Sunday and open their Group G schedule against the hosts at the Saint Marc Stadium which is about 45 minutes west of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.

Fourteen years ago Lightbourne was part of the national team which made Bermuda history by coming away the victors against Haiti following the home and away legs of the World Cup qualifying campaign.

Bermuda had won 1-0 on home soil and although they lost to Haiti 2-1 in Port-au-Prince they went through on account of Shaun Goater's goal which counted as double as an away goal.

"It is going to be tough down there, there is no doubt about that," said Lightbourne this week. "Haiti have some very good players and they are hungry for success. They may be a poor country but they love their football."

In 1992 Bermuda played Haiti in front of 25,000 fans and Lightbourne said he will be talking to his troops about what to expect.

"I would have to say that many of our players will not have played in front of crowds of that size before," he said.

While this match is a qualifying one for the Under-20 World Cup and may not produce the huge numbers Haiti gets out for the senior national side, there will still be thousands of fans to contend with.

And the Bermuda players will also get another shock. "I don't think any of them will have visited a country which is poor as Haiti. It really is a shock to see although hopefully it will be a learning experience for our players ? just to see how some other people live and survive," said Lightbourne who 14 years ago began his professional career after the games against Haiti.

Another aspect Bermuda players will probably have to face is the prospect of seeing heavily armed police at the stadium.

Lawrence Trott, who in 1992 travelled with the Bermuda team to Haiti as a sports reporter for The Royal Gazette, said this week: "It was shocking to see the armed police everywhere."