Somerset Trojans' celebration of a rare victory on Sunday could be short-lived.

The westenders, for long facing relegation worries in the Premier Division this season, will shortly be sweating it out in hope that they will retain the services of their coach Norbert Simons and assistant coach Gary Mallory who face the BFA's disciplinary committee within days.

The pair were ejected from the bench by referee Richard Knight during a Premier Division game at White Hill against Devonshire Colts on February 11 -- and their relentless pursuit of the official from the bench to outside of the changing room following the contest could land them in hot water.

As a consequence of being sent off the bench the two coaches received automatic one-game bans which explains why both were missing from the sidelines during Sunday's Premier Division game at Southampton Oval against Southampton Rangers.

Bermuda Referees' Association president Lyndon Raynor and BFA referee's committee chairman Gregory Grimes both confirmed that the coaches were reported for directing verbal abuse at the official and were both scheduled to appear before the next disciplinary hearing -- but neither would give any details of the seriousness of the charges.

It is understood that the two coaches allegedly confronted Knight immediately the game was over with a barrage of criticism of his handling of the game with a source claiming that it needed the timely intervention of security personnel supplied by host club Colts to prevent it from escalating into something more serious.

"I don't know the details but I understand that there was an incident of that nature that caused Mr. Knight to include it in his report. I don't know how serious it was,'' said Raynor. Grimes also said that he was aware that the pair would be facing disciplinary action but could not say when the meeting would be held.

Raynor said that if there was an incident it would have been the first of this nature since the referees withdrew their services in January and demanded more security.

He reckoned that the excitement during any exchanges could be attributed to the relegation fight that Somerset find themselves in.

"With relegation hot, players and team officials seem to think when a call doesn't go their way the referee is cheating. Why this is their thinking I do not know,'' said Raynor.

Meanwhile referees continue to persevere even though every club is not living up to enforcing the many policies that were adopted after the withdrawal of referees' services.

Raynor admitted there had been times when some breakdowns had been overlooked, but he was hopeful that things would not get any worse.

One of the main concerns is the clubs' inconsistency in having security personnel readily identified before officials take to the field of play.

"To be honest I feel that the assistance from the clubs has been just so-so.

There have been some lapses by clubs but they have remained at a tolerable level. When off-season comes I think we must press for ways to work along with the clubs to improve on what has been put into place to date,'' said Raynor.

Meanwhile some referees have come close to postponing games because of a lack of referee's assistants -- feeling it to be somewhat of a burden to start a game without the full complement of three officials, including the referee.

On Sunday, Cal Simons was one who considered calling off the Trojans-Rangers game before one assistant arrived 15 minutes before kick-off and the other as the teams were led out to the pitch.

At White Hill, Stuart Crockwell laboured through the entire game with one official assistant and the help of a Devonshire Colts team official. Raynor said that they were caught short on the weekend mainly because of some members catching the flu.