St David’s Warriors are looking forward to having another crack at PHC Zebras after the two teams were told to replay their FA Cup tie, which PHC won on Sunday.

All square after the end of 90 minutes in the first-round game, Jahnai Raynor scored PHC’s winner 22 minutes into extra time.

However, extra time is not supposed to be played until the semi-final stage of the competition, which is why the referees at two other games, Southampton Rangers’ draw with St George’s and the 3-3 draw between Boulevard and Wolves, called an end after 90 minutes on Sunday.

The Bermuda Football Association confirmed yesterday that Garic Swainson, the referee in charge, had erred in playing extra time and said that the match must be “replayed in its entirety.”

In making their decision the BFA pointed to rule 16 (a) which states that in all games prior to the semi-finals “there is no overtime and there will be a replay” in the event of a draw.

What the BFA has not made clear is if Sunday’s game, with all its goals and bookings, will be considered null and void, or if the result at the end of 90 minutes, when the teams were drawing 1-1 will stand.

The word entirety appears to suggest that the game should start from scratch at St David’s, or as a home game for the First Division side.

However, PHC are under the impression that they will be the home side, with the game likely to be played under lights in midweek at Somerset Cricket Club, PHC’s ‘home’ venue for night matches. Whatever happens, Otis Minors, the St David’s coach, said his side were happy to have been given a second chance to face the Premier Division club.

“The boys are very happy to be playing again, especially against a team like PHC,” Minors said. “They’ve got a lot of history, so it gives us another chance at them.”

Minors had already said yesterday that he would appeal if the BFA did not order a replay, and said he had told Swainson that he thought the game was over.

“No one could find the match commissioner to really confirm the actual rules,” Minors said. “There was a little mix-up, but it was an easy fix.”

St David’s might consider themselves lucky to be getting a second chance, considering the number of opportunities that PHC missed in normal time to put the game beyond their First Division opponents.

That though is in the past, and Minors thinks his team could still pull off an unlikely upset. His only concern is if the game is played on a smaller field than the larger pitch St David’s play their home games on.

“A smaller field might be an advantage to them, but it works,” Minors said. “And we’re definitely looking forward to it, trust me.

“I don’t see why we can’t compete again, I think we could probably take them over the next round.”

PHC, meanwhile, have no issues with resolving the cup clash “in the right way”.

“It’s only the right thing to do,” Mark Wade, the PHC coach, said. “We should have known the rules beforehand and made sure that they were followed.”