PHC coach Kyle Lightbourne is on the verge of completing a clean sweep of every major honour in Bermudian football.

If Zebras prevail against Shaun Goater's North Village in tomorrow's Dudley Eve final, Lightbourne will have captured six pieces of silverware in just over three seasons as coach of the Warwick men.

He claimed a memorable treble (the Premier Division, FA Cup and Martonmere Cup) in 2007-8, lifted the Charity Cup and Friendship Trophy in 2008-9 and is now one game away from adding the elusive Dudley Eve to his impressive list of honours.

"I was aware that I've almost won the full set as a coach. You always want the ultimate prize and to win finals," said Lightbourne. "I still consider this competition to be the Martonmere Cup in terms of its format, but it's another opportunity for the club to win a trophy. We've reached a quite a few finals since I've been coach and won our fair share of them."

Despite his staggering trophy success, many remain unconvinced that the former English professional deserves a place in the top bracket of the Island's coaches.

They point to his mixed fortunes with Bermuda Hogges and his short stint as national team boss as evidence that the jury is still out on his coaching credentials.

But Lightbourne, who won the hearts of Walsall FC supporters but bore the brunt of the boo boys during his time at Stoke City, is not the type of character to be affected by public opinion and is adamant he has nothing to prove ahead of tomorrow's game.

"I mean, Andrew Bascome and Kenny Thompson have been coaching for a longer period than myself. You know, they deserve the recognition for what they have done. Most of those guys have won trophies at different teams and that puts them in a different light than myself. Maybe it's because I've had the Hogges and on the pitch we haven't been successful," he said.

"But if you look at my national team record it was quite good. As a coach I think I've done fairly well and I think all of my players understand what way I want (to play). I do get a response at times (from my players) and that's how I judge myself."

Lightbourne believes he and Goater are cut from the same footballing cloth having both been schooled in the English lower leagues before gracing the Premier League with Coventry City and Manchester City, respectively.

And he therefore envisages tomorrow's battle being another tightly contested encounter, played in a similar vein to their previous meetings this season which both ended in draws.

"Shaun and me are kind of same in the way we think the game should be played," Lightbourne added. "Since Shaun has been coaching Village they have steadily improved. I like what Shaun's doing with Village; he's weeded out those players who think they're bigger than the game and hasn't been afraid to bring in the youth.

"Village fans have told me that they got away with two draws against us this season, but although we dominated both games we still couldn't beat them.

"It will come down to who wants it the most on the day. All you can do is prepare your team as best as you possibly can."

Tomorrow's game at the National Sports Centre (NSC) kicks off at 3 p.m.