of luck when they take on Dandy Town yet again in the FA Cup competition tomorrow -- at a neutral venue.

The Bermuda Football Association has decided to switch Cougars' quarter-final home tie against Town from Devonshire Rec. to Wellington Oval in the wake of last weekend's bottle throwing incident which forced their league match with Devonshire Colts to be abandoned in the closing minutes after Cougars had been denied a late equaliser.

And considering their lack of success at home against Town in the FA Cup in the last couple of seasons, Cougars may be hoping the change can help give them a chance to reverse the hold that Town have had on them in this competition.

Twice, while a Second Division team, Cougars were beaten at home in the FA Cup by Town, going down 2-1 in the quarter-finals last season and 4-0 to the Hornets in the first round in 1992-93. Town also got the better of Cougars in the league earlier this season when they won 2-0.

Ironically that was also the last time Cougars were beaten in six league and cup matches (the outcome of last weekend's match is still to be determined), and Town will find different opponents from that meeting in November when they both step onto Wellington Oval for the first time this season.

Still, Town should be favoured to book one of the semi-final places. They have the threatening Carlos Smith and Darron Simons to lead their attack while Cougars will counter that with their own strike force of Philip Clarke and Clevie Campbell.

The match is one of four scheduled as the competition reaches the quarter-final stage. This year there are no Commercial or Second Division teams remaining which means no David-Goliath type upsets will be produced.

However, because of the way things have been going in the First Division this season, the outcome of the four matches remains difficult to predict. Cougars beating Town is certainly a good possibility, though they will have to perform much better than they did against Colts a week ago.

The other three matches promise to be just as close as defending champions Vasco travel west again to take on Somerset in the top match while St.

George's will be seeking their second win this season at Bernard Park over North Village. PHC against Devonshire Colts is another evenly-balanced match.

Colts showed some signs of revival last weekend as they were headed for what would have been a surprise win over Cougars, considering the bad patch they had been going through.

PHC, too, have not had a good New Year, made worse this week by the untimely death of former defender Osei (Chuck) Jones.

A total of six of the eight teams are in the quarter-finals for the second straight year, the exception being PHC and Somerset.

Most of the teams will have players available after two weeks of boot camp at the Bermuda Regiment, with Lamaul Crofton returning for Somerset and Dean Bailey to boost St. George's defence.

Village are understood to be without top scorer Dennis Robinson, leaving captain Elliott Jennings to carry their attack.

Three of the matches will be preceded by Crystal Palace quarter-final games, starting at 12.30.

At PHC Stadium the young Zebras will take on North Village while Wolves will meet Devonshire Colts at Bernard Park and Somerset will take on BAA in the west end. St. George's have a bye.

The BFA announced yesterday that the Friendship and Shield matches rained out at BAA on Tuesday have been rescheduled for PHC Stadium next Thursday night.

The opening match sees St. David's taking on Port Royal while the Friendship match is between Somerset and North Village at 9.00.

A meeting will be held on Monday evening at Police Recreation Club at 7.30 for coaches to discuss the possibility of establishing a coaches association.

RACE IS ON -- Philip Clarke of Devonshire Cougars (left) will lead the Devonshire Cougars attack against Dandy Town while Darrin Walker (right) and St. George's have their sights set on FA Cup success against North Village in tomorrow's quarter-finals.