advantage by staging both play-off games at Somerset Cricket Club.

The matches were originally scheduled for BAA Field but the teams objected and an alternate venue was sought.

Although the matches, the first tonight and the second on Friday (both 7.30 p.m.), are pencilled in for under the lights at the West End ground, Bermuda Football Association General Secretary David Sabir said even at this late stage it was open to change.

"Originally they were (scheduled for BAA) because the field was going to be closed but now that Somerset is in the play-offs the field is available,'' he said.

"By agreement this is where the matches are at present. We are awaiting a further development on another option, if you will, from one of the clubs for the second leg.

"As it is now both matches are scheduled for Somerset on an agreement by both teams.'' Rangers coach Michael Corday said he had held talks with his opposite numbers at Somerset to come to a decision that suited all.

"I had Josef Gooden from Somerset call me and say `Look we have option A, option B and we have option C' and no matter how we look at it this suits us better,'' he said. "It's the end of the season and there are so many things that have to be taken into consideration.'' Corday said playing at BAA was not a viable option.

"To me that is really not acceptable. If you have a two-leg final I would think that it should be one home, one away,'' he said. "I was told we could play Somerset at their field this week and then play our home game on Saturday which was not quite fair to me because I have players that have work commitments on Saturday. Plus we don't have a means of revenue and we can't pass up an opportunity like this. Saturday we might not get half the crowd there so an evening game suits us better.'' Corday said his players also shared his view.

"I spoke with our players about it and the general consensus seems to be that they favour playing at Somerset Cricket Club,'' he said, denying it gave the Trojans the edge.

"I really don't (think it does). Our players seem to enjoy playing at Somerset Cricket Club and to be quite honest our record at home is not all that it should be.'' Somerset president Colin Smith said with the cricket season fast approaching there was a need to bring football to a climax.

"Basically the coach of Ireland Rangers and myself talked and we thought it would be best if we could try and get the games over as soon as possible,'' he said.

"Unfortunately we cannot play on Sunday. We were going to try our best to play on Wednesday and Sunday but the BFA told us we couldn't so we had to choose an alternate date.

"It was down to circumstance. We fortunately had lights and we have to play them at night. We are trying to get them over and done as soon as possible.

Right after this week the interest in soccer is definitely going to dwindle.'' Smith also felt there was nothing to be gained by his side playing twice on their home patch.

"Unfortunately of late our home record is not what it used to be years ago.

We used to be very dominant at home but nowadays it's just about on par,'' he said.

Senior national coach Mark Trott will be holding a training session for all squad players at Saltus Grammar School this evening, starting at 6.00 p.m.