Club affiliates have stalled an attempt by Bermuda Football Association to push through major restructuring plans for local soccer.

And the sport's governing body on the Island must now make various amendments in order to molify apprehensive officials at a second meeting next month.

Although BFA president Neville Tyrrell was unsettled by the affiliates' refusal to ratify any of the proposed changes during Monday night's special meeting at Social Club, he remained optimistic that major issues dealing with realignment and player transfers could be resolved.

"I am not upset. I feel that there was a lot of support for many of the changes. As much as 75 percent of the recommendations that we put to the affiliates were accepted favourably,'' said Tyrrell.

"I am confident that at our next meeting in April we will manage to get at least 90 percent of the recommendations ratified. There were some major changes in the report and I expected some opposition. One must remember that a lot of people don't set well with change and to get 75 percent acceptance during our first meeting was fine.

"Mind you, I would have liked to have seen some ratification of some of the recommendations ... but unless we went through them one by one it would have been impossible to come to any ratification. I have no problem if they want to re-think some of the things. It is important because these changes will be around for a long, long time. I mean we are not the wisest people in football, we have our ideas and they have theirs.'' Tyrrell's optimism didn't hide the fact that there was a luke warm reception to plans which were of the greatest interest: Transfer and registration of players and alterations which called for a reduction of teams in the First and Second Divisions, combined with a change of names.

Representatives were vociferous in questioning these changes and the BFA will likely have to come up with more persuasive arguments if they are to gain additional support at the next meeting.

In particular, attempts by Troy Harvey of the Scheduling Committee to introduce a late transfer period and lift restrictions on player movement were rebuffed. Harvey's suggestion that this would help eradicate the current $1,500 transfer policy altogether sparked fears among clubs that they would lose a player they had invested years in for nothing.

Privately, the consensus among affiliates was that change was unnecessary.

Tyrrell, however, felt the BFA would be successful in getting affiliates to support a reduction in the number of teams in the leagues.

"I think that once we come back to the clubs and fully explain again what the reason is behind the restructuring, they will support us,'' he said.

Tyrrell said the fact there was a large turnout for the three-hour meeting and representatives engaged in open "constructive'' dialogue over a number of issues indicated affiliates remained committed to the improvement of soccer on the Island.

"From my experience with club affiliates, if they were up in arms about something we would have heard about it. And we would have known that we couldn't go through with it.

"But that wasn't the case. The affiliates these days may be more mature in how we meet. We have done a lot in the two years I have been here and they have basically supported us.

"I don't expect them to agree all of the time but I think they will support us. I think that's what we got ... some quiet support.'' The Women's FA Cup semi-final between BAA Telecom and Wolves Girls has been rescheduled again, this time from Friday to April 5 when it will precede the Friendship and Shield finals at the National Stadium.

In another change, this Saturday Wolves Girls will play Dandy Stars at 1.00 at St. John's Field, followed by an Alliance Knockout match at 3.00 between Dandy Town and Boulevard.

Prison Officers can clinch the second promotion spot from Group B of the Commercial League on Saturday when they take on Wolves Pack in their make-up match at Devonshire Rec at 1.00.

NEVILLE TYRRELL -- `I have no problem if they (affiliates) want to rethink some of the things.'