League All-Star match will be staged along with a classic `Old Boys' battle.

The event is the brainchild of former North Village forward Garrett (Punchy) Dill who, along with friend Paul Scope, a onetime midfield schemer for BAA and current coach of Robin Hood, is organising the affair.

Dill and Scope are looking at a date in February for the doubleheader, which is designed to benefit local referees with gate receipts earmarked for Bermuda Referees' Association.

"At this time we've agreed to donate any proceeds that we get on the gate to the Referees Association,'' said Scope. "I've had some unofficial chats with the BFA, who have suggested that they would not object to that, but would rather endorse it.

"It's our way of showing that the vast majority of the players think that the referees are doing a great job, and we support them. We realise that we, as has been graphically displayed these past few weeks, can't operate without them.

"Coming from Punchy -- and it was unfortunate that it was one of his players involved in the most recent incident ... none of us can defend that, but none of can say that it couldn't happen with one of our players either -- I think we're just saying, as clubs, that we fully support the referees.'' Scope further explained that the first thought was to involve two Commercial Select sides in a single match but, with the level of spectator interest on the Commercial level low by nature, it was decided that another drawing card be added.

"We realise we're not going to get a ton of people through the gate to watch even the best players in the Commercial League, so the plan is to have another game -- a doubleheader -- and it's either going to involve Over 40s, with past stars like Gumbo Bean and people like that, or even -- and this is what North Village are working on -- try to get some of their ex-players or pros back,'' Scope said.

"Obviously they won't likely be able to get Shaun (Goater) back, but get some people that will bring people through the gate.

"The intention is to try to advertise it in support of the referees and get some ex-stars, whether they be ex-professionals or some of the older players that used to play First Division. People like Clyde Best and those that can still get some boots on ...

"We'll probably split it up into East and West, we still have a fair bit of organising to do.'' Overall the idea is to bring families out to watch soccer for enjoyment.

And Scope admitted that under the current climate that wasn't always possible.

"The Commercial League was designed -- first and foremost -- to represent the fun side of the game, it's just unfortunate that some of the incidents have come out of the Commercial League,'' he added.

"Players in the Commercial League need to remember that we are doing this for fun.''