National coach Kenny Thompson says he is sickened by the thugs that brought such a horrific end to what had been a great week for Bermuda football.

Just two days after his side had completed a second victory against the visiting Nicaraguans backed by vocal and positive support at the National Sports Centre, some 40 machete-wielding youths brought chaos to the domestic soccer scene.

But Thompson, whose side?s victories had brought an enormous feel-good factor to the Island, is adamant that the football authorities alone can?t be expected to solve a ?society problem?.

?It is so unfortunate that what was a great week has been spoiled by this senseless behaviour,? an angry Thompson told

?But the behaviour of these sick individuals demonstrates a sad aspect of our society.

?It is something that this country must really sit up and take notice of and deal with.

?These people cannot be permitted to act in this way and it is terrible that football is being dragged into it.

?The Bermuda Football Association has to take responsibility for what happens in and around football grounds but it cannot do so alone.

?This is a society problem and it needs to be dealt with by everyone.?

Thompson was not present at Sunday?s Friendship Trophy Final as he was taking a weekend off after a tiring two weeks with the national side which saw them record 3-0 and 2-1 victories courtesy of braces by pro strikers Shaun Goater and John Barry Nusum on the Wednesday and Friday respectively.

But when he rang a BFA official at the game to get the half-time score, he was told of the shocking scenes at Wellington Oval.

?It is interesting that we have all these different agencies, like drug agencies and the judicial system, and they have been looking at ways of trying to solve this society problem but people now expect football to be able to solve it,? said Thompson, who has played for both North Village and Somerset Eagles.

? These people have got nothing to do with football. What they did sickened me, but it sickened me because of humanistic reasons, not just football ones.

?Their behaviour was inappropriate on Sunday, but when they do what they do on Front Street or on Court Street or at music concerts, it is inappropriate then as well.

?This is something everyone in this country needs to look at.?

Thompson added that in all his days as a player he had ?never seen anything like it, not even close?.