Friendship Trophy semifinal on March 9, have been charged by the Bermuda Football Association (BFA) with bringing the game into disrepute.

PHC coach Jack Castle, as well as goalkeeper Carlyle Crockwell, have been summoned to appear next Wednesday before a BFA disciplinary committee headed by Carlton (Pepe) Dill along with Colts players Yul Wade and Jay Bean.

This as a result of the incident at BAA field that almost turned into a `free-for-all', with opposing players along with a few fans launching attacks at one another while several others attempted to halt the violence.

Videotape evidence may play a large role in deciding the fate of the foursome, with most of the action having been recorded and splashed across local television.

On the tape, Wade was seen first poking at and then landing a blow to the face of Castle and this was followed by Castle firing a kick at Bean as he limped toward the coach.

It is believed that the action started while the match was in progress when Crockwell was confronted by several Colts players as he went behind one of the the goals to retrieve a ball, which had gone out of play -- this was not shown on the tape.

Tempers flared again at the conclusion of the match with Bean said to have chased after Crockwell while wielding a helmet in a threatening manner.

A hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow and, if found guilty, the accused may be subject to suspensions.

BFA president Charlie Marshall confirmed yesterday that certain players had been scheduled to appear before the disciplinary committee.

"As a result of reports received the association has laid charges against the individuals concerned with that incident,'' said Marshall. "We are aware of the tape and we've received reports from certain individuals.

"As far as the punishment is concerned that is left to the committee to decide.'' Marshall added that there was a number of reported incidents that the committee was scheduled to hear.

He also appealed to the public to show more restraint at matches and not allow themselves to get carried away emotionally.

"I would hope that these are isolated incidents and not something that will continue to occur,'' he said. "Obviously the association does not look favourably at this.

"Ultimately it is the responsibility of the club, affiliates and field operators to make sure measures are taken to avoid such occurrences.

"As we see more of these things happening football is the ultimate loser and more people are forced away from the game.'' Castle, who has been similarly charged on at least three previous occasions, indicated that the BFA is dragging its feet on the matter, which occurred almost a month ago and would do well to take a few pointers from the National Basketball Association (NBA).

"Obviously the message is that they'll look at it and take their own sweet time doing something about it,'' he said, not sounding too concerned. "They would want to look at the NBA. They had an incident and it was dealt with in, what...48 hours.'' Interestingly enough neither Bean nor Wade were included in the squad for the final against North Village last Friday. And Wade may have thrust himself deeper into hot water by openly shouting profanities from the stands at coach Lorenzo Symonds, who confronted him at the conclusion of the match.

The talented, but enigmatic player has been suspended once before by the club and may well be in line for another in what has been a tumultuous relationship.

Moreover, suspensions would rule either out of the FA Cup final on Sunday at National Stadium, which has Colts facing Boulevard.