BIG INTERVIEW: CHRIS POWELL
By Chris Dunlavy

ALL SMILES: Chris Powell celebrates winning League One with Charlton in 2011-12.
PICTURE: Action Images

CHRIS Powell was once voted Southend’s all-time cult hero. Back in the dugout 22 years later, he isn’t worried about sullying his reputation.
“What reputation?” chuckles the 48-year-old, who replaced the sacked Phil Brown as Shrimpers boss on Tuesday.
“When I played here, we’d just been promoted from the old Third Division. The Premier League didn’t exist. That tells you how long ...