then rescinded that move in a turn of events that threatened to rock the BFA in the midst of this World Cup campaign.

Bean, who was head of the BFA before Donald Dane took over in 1987, was all but prepared to resign his position after disagreements over the national team's management make-up.

BFA president Charlie Marshall yesterday confirmed that Bean was convinced to stay on as the association feared negative publicity in the build-up to Sunday's World Cup match against Jamaica.

"He did resign and then withdrew his resignation,'' said Marshall. "He is now on his way to El Salvador to make sure everything is in order. He will also be checking on the facilities in Florida where the team will be based.'' Mark Trott, who has been demoted to assistant tour manager behind Gregory Grimes for the away matches, is believed to be at the centre of the issue.

Trott was tour manager when Bermuda travelled to Haiti and Antigua in the previous rounds, but had been kept in limbo until just recently over whether he would be included at all for the second round's away commitments.

It was coach Gary Darrell's and the team's wishes to have Trott involved that sparked to rift, but Marshall believes that it is all resolved.

"To the best of my knowledge.'' he said. "There have got to be some changes in the coaching programme and the country will see this, especially after we get past the World Cup.

"The main problem is that we had no preparation for it, so we had to put everything else aside.'' Marshall confirmed that both Trott and Grimes will leave the Island with the national team on Thursday. Bermuda play on consecutive Sundays against El Salvador, Jamaica and Canada before returning to complete the second round qualifiers at home to Canada on December 6.

"In every organisation you will have disagreements but we had to sit down and do what was best for football,'' added Marshall. "There was a difference of opinion and the issue has been resolved.

"Both of them will accompany the team with the full complement of players. We were elected to run the administration of football and not worry about personality clashes.'' Marshall echoed the sentiments that Bermuda caught a break in taking a point from Jamaica after a sound performance from goalkeeper Dwayne Adams.

"All of Bermuda should be very proud of our team,'' he said. "It has been a total Bermuda commitment; I don't think we have seen the people rallying around one another like this since the hurricane.

"I was very impressed with the Jamaican squad and I was also impressed with our young men. I thought we were fortunate to come away with a point. We found it difficult to adjust to their style of play but we know what to expect now and will have our work cut out.

"But after winning against Haiti and Antigua, everything else from now is gravy. We have shown that a little country like Bermuda can compete. Now we have to make our domestic football more attractive, so we can get back to the family days of old when it was fun to come out.'' FLYING STUDS -- Bermuda defender Voorhees Astwood has his hands, and almost mouth, full with Jamaican Winston Anglin on Sunday.