The Commercial league will begin a new veterans? C division this coming season and revive the Commercial Cup after teams sanctioned BFA plans this week.

The move follows a survey that saw six teams opt to play in an over-30s league while the Bermuda Football Association are waiting on two teams who may wish to join.

However at a meeting to rubber stamp the plans at BAA clubhouse on Tuesday, there was controversy over the status of PHC Raiders.

The club had requested to enter the C league but club president Chris Furbert demanded to know who had filled in PHC?s form.

BFA general secretary David Sabir replied: ?I am not going to have a fall out. There?s still space for teams in the B division.?

And BFA league and cup competition chairman Charles Clarke said it was the responsibility of the clubs to consult within themselves before returning the questionnaire. He said: ?We cannot keep going back.?

Aside from the loss of PHC, the A Division is largely unchanged but for the newly-promoted and relegated teams. The new line up will keep the two-up, two-down structure between A and B while the C division will remain autonomous.

However clubs can have more than one side in the league.

Already Dandy Town have opted to put a team in the C division as well as the A division, while three other clubs have said they were also interested in fielding two sides.

Also in the C league are Dockyard Falcons, Somerset Extros, Prison Officers and Wolves plus two others whose names were not revealed by BFA officials last night.

Sabir said the new format would allow older players to enjoy football in C without overdoing themselves against youngsters while the A and B division would continue to have no age restrictions.

All the clubs will enter a new straight knock-out cup competition ? possibly with the final to be played at the national stadium. Clubs with two teams in the league can enter both in the Commercial Cup but there will be no swapping of players within clubs in either the cup or league.

However to ease teething problems, particularly with clubs with more than two teams, the BFA agreed to ease transfer restrictions.

Sabir said the Commercial sides will still be allowed to enter the FA Cup under the present rules of only one team per club.

The new Commercial league format sees the A division reduced by one team to ten teams while the B division will be reduced from 12 teams to eight although there is still time for new teams to enter.

If the C division reaches eight then the entire Commercial league will have 26 teams ? three more than last year and six more than the usual number of 20 teams over recent years.

Asked if there were sufficient referees and pitches to take the expansion, Sabir admitted there were already severe problems with teams not taking responsibility for where they are playing.

He said the BFA was trying to address the refereeing crisis which has got even worse for the 2005/06 season with more officials dropping out.

He said: ?Let me say with all the excitement in this room going forward with the new commercial division we have to help ourselves.

?There is no magic wand. We cannot fly in refs. It?s a global problem.?

The BFA have suggested setting up a commercial league committee to iron out future problems and map out developments. The BFA promised circulate details of the plans to clubs for clarification.

MR Onions, Lobster Pot, Robin Hood, BAA, North Village Rams, Tuff Dogs, Valley, Key West Rangers, Dandy Town Roots A, St. George?s All-stars.

Vasco, Boulevard, Devonshire All-stars, Devonshire Lions, Somerset Bridge Peskies, Hamilton Parish Workmen?s Club, Pest Control and Prospect/Fire

PHC Raiders, Dockyard Falcons, Prison Officers, Wolves, Somerset Extros, Dandy Town Roots C ? plus two others.