Bermuda Hogges aim to have teams playing in both the semi professional USL Division Two and the amateur Premier Development League (PDL) by 2012.

Although it would take a substantial investment from the community and powers-that-be to raise the estimated $750,000 required to fund two Hogges teams, the club's co-owner Paul Scope insists his ambitious target is not beyond the realms of possibility.

For Scope, the ideal scenario would be to transform the Hogges into a fully functioning football club with a seamless transition between a first team in the USL Division Two and a reserve team in the PDL.

And with Bermuda hoping to reach the round-robin stages of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, he believes having an active senior national team playing USL Division Two football in 2012 would be the perfect preparation.

Scope's vision involves integrating those senior international players who will be part of the next World Cup qualifiers with the core of this summer's Hogges squad and continue to play in the PDL for one more season, before entering the team in the USL Division Two in 2012.

Those players not quite ready for the senior squad would then form the bulk of PDL team along with the best national academy under-20 and under-17 youngsters.

"It would take a fair amount of money but not as much as everybody may think," said Scope. "We've learnt a lot, how to do it economically, and for around $750,000 a-year we could have teams in both (USL-Division Two and PDL).

"Wouldn't that be the perfect thing? You would have your senior national team playing in the USL Division Two the year before the World Cup qualifiers. They would be better prepared than they have been in decades.

"However, it would be a shame to then lose the PDL team, especially with the national under-17s coming up. They could well be the first golden generation from the BFA's national academy.

"In essence the Hogges would be a professional club in Bermuda with a first team, reserve team, along with the Bermuda Football Association's (BFA) national academy. There would be an obvious natural link between the two."

The Hogges had a three-year stint in the USL Division Two before switching to the PDL last season as part of a partnership with the BFA to prepare their under-23 players for upcoming competitions.

Whether the current agreement between the BFA and the Hogges continues will largely depend on who succeeds BFA president Richard Calderon at next month's AGM.

Scope fears it would be dangerously short-sighted and counterproductive if the Hogges were allowed to disband and hopes the next BFA regime will also be supportive of the franchise and willing to invest in the venture.

"The Hogges have to survive, I'm passionate about that. Otherwise we just go back to that unsatisfactory method where the national team gets reformed every two years with a new coach," he said.

"You just start all over again and then we're surprised when we don't achieve what we expect. A lot may depend on who the new president is and I just hope the new regime is supportive of the Hogges.

"Administratively the BFA were a big help this year. Economically it was less of a burden, we still lost money but it was a manageable amount.

"I'm sure we could raise half of the money needed from sponsorship and the revenue we generate.

"And for another $300,000 or so, you could have two senior teams playing all summer in both leagues."

Scope believes his fellow Hogges co-owners, Shaun Goater and Kyle Lightbourne, will both fully support his two team initiative.

"It's fair to say both Kyle and Shaun took a backseat this summer," he said.

"They deserved that because over the last three years they have both worked tirelessly for no financial reward because they believe in improving football on the Island.

"I still talk to Kyle a lot and he talks to Shaun and I'm sure they will both be in favour of having two Hogges teams.

"Shaun had a great first season at North Village and Kyle continues to work wonders at PHC. With two teams we would certainly need more coaches."

The USL-Division Two and PDL are both part of the United Soccer Leagues.