Kenny Thompson yesterday quit as interim coach of Bermuda's senior national football team.

According to reliable sources, the Somerset Eagles' player/coach tendered his resignation from the post he had held for the past eight months for undisclosed reasons, though it is common knowledge Thompson did not always see eye-to-eye with Bermuda Football Association (BFA) hierarchy over certain issues related to the running of the game domestically.

"It is important as technicians we don't allow ourselves to go against what we really feel deep down," Thompson, who declined to comment, told the Mid-Ocean News last month.

News of Thompson's decision came in the week that The Royal Gazette revealed names on the BFA's list of applicants for the post of technical director, which included former England internationals Paul Mariner and John Barnes and the man who coached Jamaica to the 1998 World Cup finals, Rene Simoes.

Earlier this year the former Bermuda international midfielder coached Bermuda's Under-23s at the Small Island Games in Rhodes and Olympic qualifiers in Cuba, his last two commitments at the helm.

He also oversaw the national squad's preparations for home friendlies against Major League Soccer (MLS) sides New England Revolution and LA Galaxy as well as Canada during his second coming as national coach.

Thompson, who holds both Uefa and United States Soccer Federation 'A' licences and runs his own football academy in the West End, succeeded Gary Darrell as national football coach in 2003 just months after signing on at the BFA as youth director.

Thompson received little time to prepare the Island for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. Despite limitations the national squad just barely missed progressing to the second round of World Cup qualifiers after being edged 4-3 on aggregate by El Salvador.

Bermuda's senior national squad also beat Nicaragua twice during Thompson's watch.

The former North Village and Washington Soccer Club Rangers coach, who also holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in physical education and has strong ties with multiple Champions League winners Ajax of Holland, stood down as youth director months before the end of his three-year term before eventually being replaced by Kyle Lightbourne as national coach in 2004.