SHRIMPERS HIT BY POINT DEDUCTION

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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