John Sharpe Board of Inquiry report with the clubs has not gone unnoticed.

With the start of the 1995 soccer season just a month away several club executive members believe they should now take the initiative and request that the association reserve a date for such a meeting as soon as possible.

Affiliates are clearly disturbed with the BFA for reneging on a promise to hold a meeting on June 26, a date the association had publicly confirmed during a press conference on May 31.

At the time president Richard Thompson disclosed that it was their full intention to have the association and inquiry board members meet with the clubs to discuss the matter at length.

"We believe that our responsibility here is to meet with the clubs to provide a forum to discuss these suggestions as fully as possible, and to arrive at a consensus on what should be done,'' said Thompson at the time.

"We will be inviting members of the Board of Inquiry to this meeting, or certainly to the first of a series of meetings, to ask them to put their views directly to the clubs.'' Privately the president has defended the BFA's reason for not holding that meeting, claiming they were distracted by many problems encountered during the build-up to the Olympic qualifying round against Costa Rica when Bermuda considered pulling out.

But club officials contacted this week felt that the BFA should have put the matter high on their list of priorities, along with the adjourned AGM which has so far not taken place after two attempts failed to produce a quorum.

Somerset president Reginald Pearman claimed several weeks ago that it was a matter the BFA should discuss with the affiliates since it concerned their players.

"Out of common courtesy they should have met with the clubs about the issue,'' Pearman said.

David Kneisler of BAA also felt that the matter needed immediate attention.

"I think that it needs to be followed up, we have to come to grips with it and take some initiative to do something about it,'' said Kneisler.

"I am quite prepared to do whatever we can to help soccer turn around and become the number one sport in the Island again -- one that is well liked by everyone. We need the support, and we certainly need the financial support to allow us to compete overseas.'' Mansfield Smith, president of St. George's Cricket Club, also reckoned the BFA needed to address issue soon "Naturally the main priority is to get the AGM over with, it's the clubs who have been at fault for failing to raise a quorum. But once the AGM is concluded the affiliates should voice their displeasure about the Sharpe report still being outstanding and urge the BFA to get on the ball and deal with it. A post mortem is definitely in order,'' said Smith.

Eddie Correia, treasurer of Vasco, held a similar view.

"The outstanding issue should be resolved prior to the start of the season, either at the AGM or during a special meeting. The important thing is that we all must work together with the BFA on this,'' said Correia.

Keith Wainwright, treasurer of Southampton, said he wanted to see Sports Minister Pam Gordon put pressure on the BFA to meet with the clubs.

"A lot of effort was made to get the report completed, I'm really surprised that there has been no follow up on it. The minister should press the BFA to meet the clubs because it's important that we join hands and try to get rid of this drug problem. We must not let this issue be put under the carpet,'' said Wainwright.