The Corona League kicks off in less than a month and for one of the league's founders, Mike McGrath, the moment cannot come soon enough.

A six-a-side tournament on October 3 will be the first official action for an organisation that has been financed, planned, and put into action in a matter of months. The league itself kicks off a week later, although the first round of matches have yet to be finalised.

For McGrath and his fellow founders the first kick will be the culmination of hard work that has seen them rally teams whose future looked bleak after the demise of the Commercial League.

During the past six months the founders have been artists, treasurers, web designers and rule makers, alongside the small matter of being the executive body for the new set-up.

"We're all waiting for that first kick of the ball, everyone has worked very hard to get this together and that's why it has been, and will be a success," said McGrath. "We took a bunch of determined people and created something from nothing, and that included getting sponsors at a time when money is tight.

"We are very grateful to Corona for backing us, because it wasn't as if we were a league that had been in existence for 20 years, we approached them and said 'we have an idea' and they backed us, and we couldn't have done it without them."

Not that the journey hasn't sometimes been a difficult one.

The loss of the Commerical League shook some of the clubs, and took time to accept. And starting a new football competition from scratch is never easy.

However one thing that McGrath insists was never in jepordy was the league's relationship with the Bermuda Football Association.

"We're not trying to reinvent the wheel," he said. "And it is not our intention to be a thorn in the BFA's side.

"We fully understand the path the BFA have taken, and would be as happy as anyone if Bermuda football gets stronger as a result.

"Right from the start we have talked to the BFA about our plans, and we hope that they appreciate our point of view as well.

"The players in this league aren't ever going to play for Bermuda, but we do want to play football, and this is, first and foremost, a recreation league.

"It will just be a lot stronger than some other recreation leagues that you might find around the world."