10 years on Tuesday night.

But coach Robert Calderon's reading of the riot act in the Somerset Cricket Club dressing room prior to the semi-final with Boulevard was as much aimed at providing impetus in their last-ditch bid to avoid relegation as inspiring a meeting with Vasco for the Friendship Trophy on April 5.

Whichever, his call for greater enthusiasm seemed to do the trick, and with the aid of a couple of debateable refereeing decisions, his side romped to 4-2 semi-final win over Boulevard.

Calderon hopes that the same enthusiasm is retained for tonight's twice-postponed but crucial league battle with North Village at Devonshire Rec. and Sunday's equally important bottom of the table clash with PHC.

"We played better,'' he said of Tuesday's stunning victory. "But as I mentioned to the players before the game, the result was important for the remaining games in the league. And the win certainly puts us in a better frame of mind for tonight. I said some strong words to the players, but I kind of think it helped. I had to say what I had to say. Maybe some of them thought it was unfair but I finally got their attention and I don't want it to rebound on us now.'' The return of Dennis Robinson from suspension seemed to inspire Calderon's charges, whose greater willingness to attack paid dividends with a relative feast of goals for a side that has knocked in only nine in the league all season. Certainly his presence took some of the responsibility off the shoulders of former Wolves frontman Marlon Lindsay, who reacted by claiming two strikes and setting up a third for Joseph Weeks.

Robinson himself grabbed the other from one of two penalties awarded in a three minute spell against the unfortunate Donnie Charles; he put the other wide.

Calderon said: "I sometimes think you have to play with Dennis to appreciate him. He upsets some people because he is highly strung but he is also very committed and takes the game very seriously.'' Charles was ordered off for something he said after the second penalty -- leaving Boulevard with just ten men for the last 23 minutes. But Calderon leaped to the defence of maligned referee Stuart Crockwell.

"His rulings definitely had an impact on the game,'' said Calderon. "But I didn't see the first penalty. I'd just turned round and then someone said it was a penalty. However I thought the second was definitely a penalty. The defender made contact with a player who was beyond him.''