for other grounds on the Island.

The Government-owned facility has witnessed the installation of fencing around the playing area and changing rooms in the past few weeks and has undertaken other measures to prevent incidents of disorder at games staged there.

The work was carried out during the recent referees dispute which saw all games called off for a fortnight after they withdrew their services.

The Bermuda Referees Association was angered at a number of unsavoury incidents involving its members since the beginning of the season, with the straw that broke the camel's back being the alleged attack on Perry Scott.

Tyrrell witnessed FA Cup clashes at both Bernard Park, the home of North Village, and Devonshire Rec at the weekend and said he was glad to see recommendations put forward by the referees and taken on board by the BFA last week being acted on.

"I took the opportunity to go to two fields and was quite happy to see the recommendations were actually being carried out,'' he said.

"I watched referees being escorted on to and off the field, to changing rooms and that sort of thing. These were the sort of things we were talking about anyway, so I was quite pleased.'' At the venues visited there were no incidents to speak of, other than a late team sheet and a man who brought a pit-bull to the game at Bernard Park.

"I thought there was a good spirit about games. I was happy to have the referees back and they all looked in good spirits when I spoke to them,'' Tyrrell said, adding he was very pleased with the revamp at Bernard Park.

"I was very impressed. They had told me about it but it's the first time I have been to North Village this season and I was pleasantly surprised,'' he said.

The president said he was sure it was possible for other grounds, probably with similar levels of Government assistance, to carry out such modifications.

"This is what the Minister has said he intends to do,'' Tyrrell said.

"Little things he can do to help the game to progress.''