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EX-BOSS IN LEGAL BATTLE OVER HIS EXIT

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The LeaguePaper Team
18 March 2018

FORMER Southend boss Phil Brown has accused Shrimpers chairman Ron Mar tin of ille g ally withholding compensation following his departure from Roots Hall.
Brown was dismissed in January after a run of seven defeats in eight matches had left the Essex side 18th in League One.
A club statement said the former Hull City and Preston manager had been placed on gardening leave – meaning he would be paid monthly for the remaining five months of his contract as long as he remained unemployed.
However, Brown claims no such ter ms exist in the three-year deal he signed in June 2015 and that he...

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