as new directors of the Bermuda Football Association this week.

The appointment of the five officials will complete the implementation of recommendations forwarded by a Special Committee chaired by Sir John Sharpe which was formed to investigate local soccer during its leadership crisis earlier this year.

In addition to Mussenden, other names linked to the positions are Andrew Starling, Allan Peacock, David Kneisler, Rudolph Hollis and Eddie Lamb.

Lamb confirmed yesterday that he would be willing to serve if asked.

Recommendations regarding the directors were seen as among the most important submitted by the committee.

They suggested that future directors of the BFA should include those with "professional or managerial experience'' to be appointed by the executive committee with assistance from their honorary vice presidents within a period of 30 days after the AGM on July 30.

However, the BFA would not reveal the names of any prospective directors yesterday with president Neville Tyrrell and General Secretary David Sabir only willing to confirm that they were in process of making the appointments.

"As far as the nominees concerning the directorship all I can say right now is that they will be announced in due course,'' said Sabir.

Tyrrell did, however, confirm that they would be "business people'' whose input would be "immensely welcomed.'' The naming of Mussenden would come as no surprise since he spearheaded the BFA's Sponsorship and Fundraising team that got unprecedented support from major businesses while raising more than $100,000 for the recent Bermuda Under-17 International Youth Tournament at National Stadium and the youth team tour of Trinidad and Tobago last week.

The Sharpe committee made it clear that the BFA should look beyond their immediate affiliates considering the "scarcity of managerial resources in many clubs''.

It added: "Both in the BFA executive and in club management there are dedicated older persons and bright young people with whom we are very impressed. But in both, there are insufficient persons of professional, administrative or managerial skills and expertise. We have met no-one who disagrees with this.

"Over the past couple of decades, in both black and white working men's clubs, these types of persons seem to have been attracted to other sports such as golf, tennis, boating etc. Most are no longer interested in playing soccer, but we know that some could be interested in helping in the administration of soccer at the club and or the national level.''