Bermuda Football Association president Larry Mussenden has blamed a glitch in the association?s computer system for the failure to produce a financial report at Thursday night?s adjourned Annual General Meeting at Police Recreation Club.

Just over an hour into the proceedings BFA treasurer Delroy O?Brien made the revelation that no financial records were available for those members in attendance.

Affiliates then voted in favour of suspending the meeting until an audited report could be presented to the floor and the AGM was put back for at least another six weeks.

Had the meeting continued, Mussenden was expected to be challenged for his post by former national coach Mark Trott who has gathered the solid backing of former national coaches, two BFA honorary vice-presidents, a former top BFA executive and six former professional players.

?We encountered a computer malfunction in our office that required a lot of the accountant work to be put back into the system,? Mussenden explained yesterday. ?And even though we had back-up systems in place it caused the audit process to be delayed.?

Mussenden added that due to the ?normal? rush of player registration, player transfers and other routine functions which took place at BFA headquarters over the summer months, additional strain had been placed on the computer system which ultimately led to the malfunction.

?We have tried very hard to try to get the accountant information back in as well as get the audit ready. And under the constitution there is a mandate that states we have to have the AGM in the month of September,? he added.

?And so we set the date for the AGM and worked very hard towards getting the auditor?s report ready for that. But it is possible to have and entirely acceptable to have an AGM, as we?ve done in previous years, without the auditor?s statements.?

However, affiliates voted not to continue, added Mussenden.

?The affiliates were of a view that they want to have sight of the auditor?s report before moving on with the rest of the AGM?s agenda or elections,? he said. ?So whilst we set out in good faith to have the reports it was not possible and I am just as disappointed as the next person that they weren?t ready.

?But we have accepted this (malfunction) as an everyday part of business.?

While many had predicted the AGM, attended by 20 out of 21 affiliates, would be heated, Mussenden described the atmosphere inside the building as ?lively, serious and at times jovial?.

?It was football at work. The AGM began with approximately ten out of 19 honorary vice-presidents and it was for all intents and purposes as full a house as you can get. And we need to have that kind of support at every congress meeting,? he said.

?The AGM was magnificent and well attended and was further enhanced by the presentation of the FIFA Order of Merit to Clyde Best (see photo Page 22). That was a very touching moment for me and I think also for the affiliates because he (Best) received a standing ovation. Everyone stood on their own volition for the presentation and it again showed what a wonderful family (of football) we have.?