Bermuda Football Association (BFA) treasurer Andrew Griffith publicly announced his resignation yesterday, thus becoming the association's second top executive to throw in the towel in less than two weeks.

Griffith cited work and personal commitments as the primary reasons for his resignation which arrived fresh on the heels of former BFA colleague Charles Clarke who stood down last week under similar circumstances.

Speaking to The Royal Gazette, Griffith described his role at the BFA as "challenging" and revealed that there are "dissidents" within the association's corridors of power who don't see eye- to- eye with president Larry Mussenden who will face off against Richard Calderon during the BFA's upcoming AGM at the end of the month.

"There is definitely a divide within the BFA.

"I don't want to go into naming people, but people out there know who they are. They are the ones that make things difficult," he argued.

"There are people that are dissidents on the executive that take things personally or always feel that a decision is some sort of conspiracy when really it's just people trying to act in the best interests of football."

Griffith admitted that there were times when he himself disagreed with his fellow BFA colleagues, including president Mussenden whose lack of football experience has often been scrutinised by his critics.

"I had friction with him (Mussenden) but there were others who I think took things personally that only made the working relationship all the more difficult," he added.

"If I was against a decision I couldn't go out and speak against it.

"That's not being a team player but there are those (in the BFA) who will do that.

"You will always have disagreements and differences. Some battles you win and some you lose but you cannot take anything personal because that will only hold you back."

Overall, Griffith described his three-year stint at the BFA as a love/hate affair where he often had to push loyalties aside and make difficult decisions.

"Being the person with financial responsibilities you have to become the watchdog and sometimes disagree with others who don't always appreciate that," he said.

"But it's something you have to do.

"We do have our fights and skirmishes but at the end most people agree that a decision has been made in the best interest of football."

Griffith's resignation arrived just days after former BFA referees committe chairman Charles Clarke publicly announced his decision to stand down due to growing work commitments.

Clarke, who served on various BFA committees, dropped a bombshell when he suggested that the climate may be right for a change in leadership at local football's governing body.

Griffith, though, begs to differ and has gone out on a limb and thrown his support behind incumbent Mussenden who he feels has the pedigree to lead Bermuda football moving forward.

"To some degree I agree with him (Clarke). . .but change for the sake of change isn't necessarily the answer as sometimes you need stability," he argued.

"Personally, I am fully behind Larry because he has achieved a lot in the past ¿ and I don't know how the hell he does it.

"Larry still has a lot of thing he wants to accomplish and I believe he can get it done.

"That's why I am backing him fully."

When asked to share his thoughts on ex-national coach Calderon, Griffith replied: "In the absence of information (about Calderon) and knowing what Larry can do, I am behind Larry.

"I think Larry has done more than what was expected of him and if you were to go on what he has achieved in the past then he should easily get re-elected."