Students could be legends

The footballing students of Edinburgh University embark on the opportunity of their academic sporting lives when they travel south tomorrow to face Hartpury College in the final of the British Universities and Colleges Championship.

The venue for the final is Bramall Lane, home of Sheffield United, and the kick-off is scheduled for 6.00pm. Edinburgh University have already won five games in this season's competition with victories against York St John's, Sheffield Hallam, Leeds, Birmingham and in the semi-final against Bournemouth.

Douglas Samuel, the Edinburgh University head coach, is taking a squad of 18 players with a message for all of them: "You have a chance to etch your name in the history of Edinburgh University Football Club - go and grab it with both hands!"