`Nothing personal, just business'.

It would have been easy for Robert Calderon to gloat and deride North Village after his Hotels side had banished the self-destructive Red Devils from the FA Cup on Thursday night.

But there was the coach actually expressing remorse for a team which less than two years ago told him his services were no longer required.

For all the agony and embarrassment Calderon suffered at the hands of management, fans and even players, the ties still tugged.

Yet there was no "I told you so'', "take that'' or any other derogatory comments or revelry.

"I want to feel it (satisfaction), but at the same time I really feel sorry for them,'' said Calderon, who also enjoyed a stellar playing career as a member of the North Shore club, "because they have nothing else to play for and for them to go out like this is sad.'' Hotels downed Village 2-0 in a match marked by the senseless early sending off of Jamel Smith and the later ejection of goalkeeper Dwayne Adams.

The first incident allowed underdogs Hotels to gain control and Calderon highlighted the extra man as a major factor in his team being able to overcome the odds.

However, even without the charity he was always confident of achieving a positive result.

"People will eventually probably give this team credit for the amount of experience we have,'' continued Calderon. "We have a lot of players of First Division quality and experience who know what is required to do well.'' Set up by the result was an all Second Division affair on February 23, when Hotels, who lead the division, face off against fourth placed Wolves, guaranteeing a Second Division finalist for the first time since 1988, when Devonshire Colts reached the final before losing to Somerset 2-1 in a replay.

Calderon got the better of former national squad team-mate, now coaching adversary, Dennis Brown, in a previous meeting -- Hotels won 3-1 -- but was not taking anything for granted.

"Wolves are going to give us a tough time and I expect the match to be even tougher than the first, as they have a lot of incentive to beat us,'' he said.

"One, we beat them already and, two, they are this far in the FA for the first time.

"I feel good about it, but I'm very conscious of what we're up against.'' Brown, meanwhile, after watching his youth laden side extinguish the hopes of powerhouse Vasco during their replay on Tuesday night and witnessing Hotels' destruction of Village, was similarly eager.

"I feel that it's a good match-up,'' said Brown, enjoying a good run in his first season at the helm of the Devonshire outfit. "Even before it was decided I felt that at this stage there was no easy game, that it doesn't matter who you play.'' Asked if there was a revenge factor involved, Brown was noncommittal.

Rather than look back he preferred to point ahead.

"The only thing I'm going to say is that we did not acquit ourselves well on that day,'' said Brown, who in recent weeks has fielded several of the club's junior players. "They intimidated us then, but going into the FA we're going to be prepared both mentally and physically for whatever may come.

"Since then my young players have responded well to teams trying to intimidate and knock them off the ball. They really grew up a lot in the last two matches (against Vasco). But I'm not going to make any predictions other than that you will see us give a strong performance in the semi-final.''