Bermuda Football Association chiefs are hopeful of a swift resolution to the referees dispute, saying it would not involve "rocket science'' to get matches underway again.

Members of the BFA and referees representatives met with Sports Minister, Dennis Lister on Thursday after they were asked to bring the Ministry up to speed with the situation.

The meeting was described as thoroughly amicable by BFA President Neville Tyrrell, who said the Bermuda Referees Association would now hold a meeting of its membership tomorrow to draw up a definitive list of recommendations.

Tyrrell said he expected them to report back to the Association on Monday and if all went well an end to the action could be in sight.

"The idea was to sit down with the Minister and for him to see how far apart we are, if we were apart at all,'' he said.

"The BRA put some things on the table, we put some things on the table. The intention is for the BRA to go ahead with their meeting on Sunday with a view to providing us, the BFA, with what they would consider to be their recommendations that could get the game going again.'' Tyrrell said he wanted to see the season start again at the earliest opportunity.

"I'm hopeful that after Sunday's meeting and after the referees have presented us with the recommendations that they want us to present to the affiliates... that we can get some resolution to this matter as soon as possible,'' he said.

Asked if he thought matches could get underway as early as next weekend, Tyrrell said: "That's being very hopeful -- but yes.'' The president said he did not feel it right to disclose the minutiae of what was discussed but said the requests were not outrageous.

"I don't want to pre-empt anything. The referees executive will have the opportunity of putting those recommendations to their membership tomorrow. I don't think it is my position to make those public at this time,'' he said.

"I can say there is nothing in what I heard yesterday that I find unreasonable nor that I can say I haven't heard before. I don't think we are talking rocket science here.'' Tyrrell said matters had been and remained very amicable between the sides.

"I think I cleared the deck right at the beginning with the Referees Association, advising them that I had some empathy with them, understood their predicament -- if that's what they had to do to get people's attention I understand that. Sometimes you have to do drastic things to get people's attention.'' CONCACAF, to which the BFA is affiliated, said they were aware of the dispute but would not become actively involved in it -- so long as it did not drag on.

Ted Howard, deputy general secretary of the body, said: "At this point we haven't been asked to do anything.

"If it gets to a point where it becomes a bigger issue then either our federation or FIFA would have to get involved.

"Normally you try to leave it to associations to resolve their own issues.

You always want people to resolve things on their own. You don't want them to be turning around and running to others to try and get things taken care of outside. That way in the end it's not something that's being imposed on them, it's something they've both worked out and can live with.'' Tyrrell said he agreed with CONCACAF's stance.

"We would not have informed them as a matter of course because it's an internal matter. It's not got to the point where we feel it is out of our hands,'' he said.