Southend United - probably the end.

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-Their chairman's companies are 22 mill in debt.
-There are 4 unsatisfied count court judgements outstanding totalling some £123k, including 72k to Deloittte LLP and nearly 15k to HQ hospitality which runs the clubs catering and this debt along with another owed to the Cliffs Pavilion are thought to be from end of year party held there.
-There are other debts owed to Directors/ The Trust and the players pension funds and the debt to the PFA which is still outstanding is 123K.
-Strong rumour that Tilson's walked out on the club, could be revealed tomorrow.
-Players giving notice they're leaving due to breach of contract (unpaid wages), they currently have 10 first team players and can't sign anyone as they're under a transfer embargo from January.
-Due in The High Court again on 8th July for another unpaid tax bill of £200k
-Winding up order from a finance company, believed to be for millions of pounds, being heard 14th July, if they get past the first one.
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Looks like we could be looking at AFC Southend shortly, they're pretty much relying on Sainsbury's to pay their bills or it's all over. Things like this are a timely reminder of how lucky we are. Could easily have been us.

[Nijholts Nuts]

They could sell Roots Hall for a fiver I suppose.

[1989Monkey]

Any players worth having a look at?

[Crispy]

Pat Baldwin?

[Summerof69]

And their chairman is in trouble with the cops for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman...

http://www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/shrimpers_supremo_denies_sex_assault_i_will_defend_any_unwanted_assertions_against_me_vigorously_533372/index.shtml

[Arriba]

i've always rated adam barrett.

[DV]

I remember him having one really really poor game against us but I think for whatever reason he was playing left back and looked really lost.

[Arriba]

i didn't think he played that well against us at their place last season.
but in other games i thought he was very good.i'm sure he netted against us here a couple of years ago, in a game where he was dominant and stood out.

[suttonred]

I've been watching that unravel for the last season or so, as their situation is very similar to ours , in the fact they have all been fed bullshit for years. Unfortunately some of their fans still think they are ok, and even now cant get themselves to get protests together etc. Can't see it ending well unless the fans at least try something.

[reeves4england]

Just saw this on their website: http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10444~2081862,00.html

Hard to know what to make of it. Maybe he's being honest, maybe he's creating a smokescreen to hide behind.

Their current squad is Mildenhall (GK); Francis and Herd (Def); Christophe, Grant, Moussa and O'Keefe (Mid); Paterson, Laurent and SPencer (Str). Laurent has looked handy in the past. Not sure about any of the others.

[Nijholts Nuts]

Their mascot (man in funny suit) is supposed to be a Shrimp I think, but it looked more like a giant smiling clit last season.

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[url width=154 height=256]http://www.sports-mascots.co.uk/BKAM_Sports_Mascot_Southend2.jpg[/url]

Weird.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Wasn't long ago when they were going to get their new stadium and become a regular Championship team. How times change eh?

[Spencer_White]

Wasn't long ago when they were going to get their new stadium and become a regular Championship team. How times change eh?

Typically bullshitters you get in football boardrooms. Think they can blag everything.

[The_Plagiarist]

worst turnstiles in the league, good riddance.