Non-League Paper

SHRIMPERS HIT BY POINT DEDUCTION

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 August 2023

By Neil Harvey

PROTESTS: Stewards clear up tennis balls on Friday

SOUTHEND UNITED fans have continued their protests against owner Ron Martin after the National League slapped the Shrimpers with a tenpoint deduction for failing to pay a tax bill.
The beleaguered club were in court on Wednesday and handed another adjournment until October 4 over the £275,000 debt owed to HMRC.
Judge Sebastian Prentis – who was told the club have other debts totalling more than £1m – said he would have wound them up had they not been a football club but warned the next ...

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