Somerset Eagles coach Kenny Thompson yesterday hailed Giovan Logie's game-winning brace that catapulted the First Division side through to the FA Cup quarter-finals for the second time this decade.

The son of national cricket coach Gus Logie converted in the 81st and 115th minutes to seal Eagles' memorable 2-1 come-from-behind win over Premier Division rivals Hamilton Parish at White Hill Field o Sunday after coming on as a late sub.

It was a clinical demonstration of finishing that received rave reviews from coach Thompson who hopes the 17-year old Saltus Grammar School student can carry his goalscoring touch over into the league where Eagles remain in contention for promotion.

"When I made the the change to bring on Giovan it was just a matter of communicating to him that I knew a chance would come his way and he had to be composed in order to make the most of it. It was just a matter of ensuring he could handle the moment, which he did," Thompson reflected.

Despite falling behind to an Irving Burgess first-half goal following a defensive mix-up, Eagles controlled most of the match and it always seemed a matter of time before they converted their dominance into goals.

Enter Logie and the rest is, as they say, history.

"I just want to thank Kenny for having faith in me and for giving me this opportunity," the youngster said. "We were confident going into the match because we knew we could pull it off."

Eagles are now one of two First Division teams having progressed to the quarter-finals, the other being 2002-03 losing FA Cup finalists Prospect who edged Ireland Rangers 3-2 on Sunday.

Eagles have also reached the semi-finals of this season's Shield competition and coach Thompson attributes his club's revival to good team balance, depth and superior fitness.

"We have a had a good situation at the club this season in which we have a very committed core of senior players," he added.

"We have also been able to give opportunities to some of the younger players coming up through the academy programme, which is a good situation for them to be in because they can develop more comfortably with the assistance of the senior players. It's just a good group of players that we are working with at the moment."

Eagles are now one win away from reaching the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since the 2002-03 season. And even though the club's main priority lies with gaining promotion to the top tier, Thompson doesn't mind the added burden of playing in the FA Cup as it allows him an opportunity to assess how his team match up against the proverbial big guns.

"The game yesterday (against Parish) enabled the players to see exactly what they are capable of playing against one of the teams in the top flight," he said. "And I felt that we were very much in control of the entire match.

"Technically and physically we felt pretty comfortable and I think this result will give the players a lot more confidence as we move forward."

Eagles will now turn their attention to tomorrow's night crunch league clash with fellow promotion hopefuls St.George's Colts at Somerset Cricket Club and on Sunday they travel to Malabar to take on unpredictable Ireland Rangers.

The White Hill Club presently lie in second place on goal difference over St.George's after recently being awarded maximum points for a September 2008 league clash with X Roads that failed to get underway due to an unprepared pitch.

With one big FA Cup scalp already in the bag, Thompson has urged his charges to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground and keep focused on the bigger picture which remains promotion.

"It's important that we don't become complacent," he warned. "We just now have to manage the physical recovery aspect between matches because we do have a heavy schedule coming up."