Not since the 1984-85 season has there been a major upset in Bermuda's FA Cup final.

But tomorrow, First Division Prospect will attempt to add their name to the history books when they bid to wrest the cup from current holders North Village in the season-ending showpiece at the National Sports Centre.

Prospect will aim to duplicate the performance of now defunct Hotels International who, 18 years ago, surprisingly defeated a powerful PHC Zebras 2-1 in the final.

Prospect find themselves in tomorrow's big game despite a 5-2 thrashing at the hands of Devonshire Cougars during the March 9 semifinal at Somerset Cricket Club. Cougars were later forced to forfeit the match after it was learned that they fielded an ineligible player.

Thus Prospect are only the second First Division club in six years to reach the final. Wolves were the last team to achieve that feat in 1996-97.

However, the Devonshire underdogs could not have picked a worse time to have three of their key players either unavailable to play or nursing injuries.

Veteran Paul Towlson is reported to be off the Island, while utility player Quinton Francis and skipper Clifford Roberts are still said to be on the mend.

Officials from the First Division club refused to speak to The RoyalGazette throughout this week.

Scott Morton's men, meanwhile, are primed and ready for the big game as they themselves seek a place in history by clinching a successive league and FA Cup double.

Tomorrow will mark the club's fourth straight FA Cup final appearance. Village defeated Devonshire Colts in the 1999-2000 final to bring to an end a 14-year drought in the prestigious competition before finishing as runners-up to Colts the following year.

However, it did not take the Reds very long to find their way back to the winner's circle as Village recorded a comfortable 3-1 win over Dandy Town in last year's final - a performance that ended departing Town coach and former Village maestro, Andrew Bascome's illustrious career on a sombre note.

Village coach Morton, unlike his opposite number, was eager to let his intentions known yesterday.

"You can definitely expect for us to attack all out," he declared. "There's absolutely no reason for us to play any other way. We know that it is only one game and nothing will be held back. They (Prospect) have a point to prove on the field just as we do. But obviously we will be looking for the victory . . . and looking to do it convincingly."

In total, Village have won six FA Cup titles, second only to perennial cup giants PHC and Trojans who have each hoisted the trophy on nine occasions.

PHC, Trojans and Young Men's Social Club are the only clubs to have won the cup three times in a row while BAA Wanderers were the inaugural winners in 1955-56. Zebras have appeared in the final a record 17 times, Trojans 12 and Village eight.

Now defunct Vasco managed five FA Cup triumphs between 1980-81 and 1997-98 while both Colts and Boulevard have each won the coveted prize four times.

Preceding tomorrow's final will be the AS&K Under-17 youth final between Devonshire Colts and North Village starting at 12 noon, while PHC and Hemisphere Royals will compete in the Women's FA Cup final at 2 p.m..