It is a homecoming that has been almost 16 years in the making.

On Sunday top-flight football will return to PHC Stadium for the first time since the end of the 1998 season when PHC Zebras take on North Village in the Premier Division.

Jonathan Ball, the PHC president, announced the move this morning calling the achievement “a major success”.

“The entire public should be proud of this accomplishment,” Ball said. “The progress that has been made is due to the invaluable support of the corporate sector, government, and the wider community. The PHC executive want to send a huge ‘thank you’ to all involved.”

Ball said that the reopening of the ground is just the first step in the club’s bid to meet its long-term aim of making its self financially stable.

“The reopening of PHC Stadium is by no means the finished product,” he said. “PHC is still working towards a clubhouse and other field amenities in order to service our various youth programmes and to build a solid financial platform. The reopening of PHC Stadium is a small but positive step in achieving our longer term objectives.”