With an English coach and playmaker, Launceston United were looking to replicate the nation's overnight success at the European Football Championships.
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Twelve hours after England had defeated Croatia 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in London, there were some uncanny parallels at a somewhat less celebrated venue on the opposite side of the planet.
It may be the home ground of a side with Croatian roots, but KGV is also named after an English monarch and the similarities with Frank Compton and Jess Robinson's homeland didn't end there.
Certainly, the urinals in the toilet block behind the main stand offered a poignant throwback to fondly-remembered, equally-salubrious sanitary offerings at countless lower division English football grounds.
Meanwhile, the Yorkshire accent of Football Tasmania's referee development manager Tony Peart and some very English looking clouds rolling down off Mount Wellington only served to enhance the numerous similarities.
However, unlike the previous night's repeat of the 2018 World Cup final, Tasmania's senior cup finals could at least be enjoyed without having to rely on Optus Sport to maintain an internet connection.
And, between them, Football Tasmania and four committed teams put on a splendid show (urinals aside).
With a Northern side in all three statewide cup deciders, United and Devonport were seeking to avoid the fate suffered by Ulverstone three days earlier with a 7-1 thumping by South Hobart in the under-20 final.
United were first on the agenda, handed an 11.30am kick-off against Olympia which would have required a pre-dawn departure had the squad not chosen to travel down the night before for some team bonding and hotel bacon.
KGV looked the part, it even had a plinth for the ball.
An indicated maximum capacity in the main stand of 80 was roundly ignored as fans flooded in and it wasn't long before the crowd looked like surpassing the previous day's dismal AFL effort at Bellerive Oval, although, to be fair, that's a fairly low bar.
United did themselves proud, a professional performance embodied by Compton taking a phonecall as the game kicked off, presumably to deal with media commitments or some lucrative kit sponsorship deal.
A former England youth international, Robinson was the best player on show and deservedly put United in front.
However, the Chambers double act of Charlotte and Madi (no relation) struck either side of half-time before the latter ensured football wouldn't be coming home for the English connections.
The top two sides in the men's statewide league took centre stage in the afternoon with Glenorchy and Devonport putting on a splendid advert for the NPL Tasmania.
With Launceston City's captain Jarrod Linger and senior president and father Danny among the crowd, two goals with City connections took the game into extra-time.
Having scored Glenorchy's solitary goal in the semi-final at Prospect, the brilliantly-haired Nick Naden fired the home side in front late on, but Strikers still found time for a scrambled and somewhat controversial equaliser from former City midfielder Daniel Syson.
By the time that extra-time was kicking off so was the main stand with its, er, 80-ish supporters providing a cracking atmosphere.
Such was the excitement on offer that even though Devonport went ahead for the first time with just two minutes left on the clock, the Knights still found time for another equaliser as Oscar Thomas cancelled out Kieran Mulraney's would-be winner.
Like many an English major tournament campaign, the contest ended with the inevitable penalty shootout, Glenorchy once again assuming an early advantage before a post and keeper Nathan Pitchford ensured a Strikers victory.
With entertainment this good, who needs international competition anyway?