Mark Trott is understood to be considering turning down the seat on the Bermuda Football Association executive he won at the body's AGM on Monday night.
After failing by the narrowest possible margin in his bid to oust Neville Tyrrell as president, Trott was nominated as second vice-president and elected on an 18-6 vote.
According to sources who preferred not to give their names, Trott told some of his supporters after Monday's meeting at Social Club that he might not take up the post.
When contacted yesterday, Trott declined to comment on the rumours or the election.
The prospect of the two men who had gone head-to-head with their different visions for soccer's future serving on the same executive would be avoided if Trott decides to decline the position.
Meanwhile, PHC president and Trott supporter Chris Furbert lambasted the three affiliates whose 11th-hour change of mind saved Tyrrell's BFA presidential skin.
Furbert said 15 of the 22 affiliates had pledged their support for Trott in writing in the weeks running up to the AGM -- but three of them had "sold him out''.
But in the secret ballot which mattered, Trott won just 12 votes. Tyrrell also scored 12 and presiding officer Eugene Blakeney cast the tie-breaking vote in favour of Tyrrell.
Furbert said: "Three affiliates have turned their backs on Mark Trott and you don't do those sort of things to people. Let their consciences be their guide.
"I hope this is not an indication of how football's going to be run over the next four years.'' Furbert told The Royal Gazette that those who had pledged their support to Trott were his own club PHC, Ireland Rangers, Somerset Bridge, Somerset Cricket Club, Southampton Rangers, Paget, Dandy Town, Wolves, BAA, St.
George's, St. David's, Hamilton Parish, Boulevard, Vasco and the Referees' Association.
The petition was signed by presidents and secretaries. Which affiliates reneged on their promises has yet to come to light.
Furbert added: "There were a series of meetings over the past few weeks.
Nobody was forced to support Mark Trott -- they came forward and gave him their support.
"There were 15 affiliates supporting Mark, as far as we knew right up until last Friday. If those three had changed their minds, they should have had the decency to call Mark and let him know before the meeting.'' Furbert had originally intended to challenge Ratteray for the post of second vice-president, but said he had scrapped that plan after Trott lost the presidential vote.
"I nominated Mark for president on Monday night, so I was not going to run against him when he was nominated for second vice-president,'' explained Furbert.
Another of Trott's supporters, who asked not to be named, voiced concerns about the constitution, suggesting that the affiliates had been denied their expressed desire for change.
"In terms of affiliates, the vote was 12-10 in Mark Trott's favour,'' he said. "I find it disturbing that the votes of two people on the executive and the returning officer reversed that vote.'' The BFA constitution allowed first vice-president Aldwyn Savery and treasurer Delroy O'Brien to vote in the election, and the Trott supporter felt their votes had almost certainly gone to Tyrrell.
"I don't understand how we can have a constitution that allows people who don't represent anybody to vote,'' he added.
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