Local soccer's version of the Final Four visits Wellington Oval tomorrow as a quartet of teams do battle for FA Cup supremacy.

PHC, North Village, Devonshire Colts and Wolves each head east knowing that all out effort will be required if they are to have their names among the final roll-call.

Most familiar to such a calling are the Zebras, having won the competition nine times, a record they share with Somerset. However, it's been nearly a decade since they last held the silver trophy.

Village, PHC's foes for the 12.30 p.m. curtain raiser which is a replay of an earlier drawn tie, have more immediate related history as the defending champions.

And Red Devils' coach Scott Morton is very much aware of how all guns are aimed at them.

"The saying goes that it's harder to defend than to win it, so we know that we have a battle on our hands, but we will be putting our best foot forward,'' said Morton, who has his side in contention for the Triple Crown of league, Friendship and FA Cup titles.

"Aside from the league title this represents the second most prestigious trophy around, so we place a high priority on this, especially being the defending champions.'' To achieve such, his men will have to do a better job of finishing the chances they create, something Village have specifically worked on throughout the week.

"We feel that, collectively, as a team we've been playing well, but in the last third, the goal scoring which is most important, has been letting us down,'' continued Morton. "This week in training all we've been concentrating on is the finishing aspect.

"It's said that you can't teach anybody how to score, so it's on them now.'' Similarly for PHC they must make scoring a premium, but it will be made more difficult by the fact that they will be without the services of key front-man Stephen Astwood.

McLee Smith looks the most likely to come in for the forward, but assistant coach Mark Wade said that he and head coach Sammy Swan will further weigh their options as to how they fill the position.

"We're basically approaching the game as we would any other game as much as we can, but it is the FA Cup and things don't always go as they should, particularly if you judge from the last foray that we had with Village,'' said Wade. "This is a different game, different venue, bigger field, so we're going to have to make some tactical changes. We'll be without Stephen Astwood, who has a one game suspension, so there definitely will be some changes, tactical and personnel wise.

"We're looking to not show Village the same thing we showed them the last time and, hopefully keep them off balance. And if we can capitalise on the chances we get I think we should get a good result.'' As far as claiming fame as the only 10-time winners, Wade, while noting the importance of history, was more concerned with today's players making names of their own.

"In terms of history and in terms of the club that's always important. We always like to make history,'' he said. "But for this crop of players I feel it's more important for them to create their own history. It's really a stage for them to start their own legacy.'' The second match will feature last year's beaten finalists Devonshire Colts against Wolves (2.30 p.m.), a team struggling to regain the form that saw them lift the Martonmere Cup late last year.

Colts have a dilemma in the form of an injury to captain Shannon Burgess. It was still unknown yesterday whether he would be able to occupy his familiar role in the heart of the defence.