they take on Devonshire Colts in the 27th final at Wellington Oval tomorrow.

For the first time since 1989 the cup final will be held at a club ground as the closure of National Stadium for track repair work has made the usual venue unavailable.

The two teams met earlier in Group B of the competition when the match ended 1-1. And indications are that it will be close again.

"That match was pretty exciting for the fans, I thought,'' said Town coach Mark Trott of the previous meeting.

"I expect it will be a pretty good game. Hopefully the conditions will be good and the wind will not be a factor. Both teams should be able to go out and give a good account of themselves.'' Town have made three appearances in the final winning in 1987-88 against PHC before losing in 1989-90 to Somerset and winning again the following year against PHC.

The expansive Wellington Oval should make for a wide open game. And the team that makes the best use of that space on the Island's biggest field will have a decided edge.

"Fortunately we have played well on most of the grounds, but for some reason we can play better at larger grounds and at Somerset where the surface is really good,'' said Trott.

"Hopefully we will play the type of soccer we are capable of playing at Wellington Oval.'' Town will rely heavily on the experience of midfielders Devarr Boyles and Paul Cann and Darron (Duke) Simons' scoring know-how.

Aljame Zuill has reclaimed a starting position in his return to Colts from Cougars and he is a key man in their attack now that Ellington Weldon has moved to Wolves.

One blow for Colts will be the loss of young winger Melchisedec Gibbons (just Mel to his team-mates) who picked up a third booking of the season in the last match against Southampton Rangers and serves a one game ban.

That may open the door for Marvin Belboda to get a starting role, though he has been most effective coming off the bench, as was the case against Vasco in the semi-finals recently when he netted twice in the 4-2 win.

Joint coach Darrin Lewis admits colts do have some options in attack despite Gibbons' absence.

"The coaching stage of Ray Jones, Eugene Joell and myself will sit down on Tuesday night at the last session and go over the combination of how we want to play,'' said Lewis.

"We have some firepower up front. Basically it's just finding the right combination and also holding some cards back in case we do need an injection late in the second half.'' Colts will always be remembered as the first team to win the trophy in 1972 when they beat Somerset 3-2 in an exciting final.

But they haven't won it since, losing in the next two finals to North Village, again in 1978 to the Red Devils and in 1993 to Boulevard.

Tomorrow's opening match at 12.30 sees St. George's playing Devonshire Colts in an Under-19 League match.

Sunday's FA Cup replays have been rescheduled for Thursday night at St. John's Field, Bermuda Football Association announced yesterday.

St. George's All-Stars meet Ireland Rangers in the 7.00 opener and Paget play MR Onions in the second match.