Martin's Ambitious (Tax) Return

Southend United Chairman Ron Martin has urged Blues fans to boycott their taxes as he tries try to bring about his dream of a shiny new stadium.

All but a few of the final building blocks (although sadly still no literal ones) are in place for Southend to begin work on their new stadium this year.

However, it appears Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is trying to stall the whole development and Martin is urging them to be less taxing on the league one side's cash-flow.

"Everybody has been working so hard to try and get the new development going it's frustrating that its being held up by the tax man expecting us to pay our tax" said Uncle Ron.

"As soon as the stadium gets going I will have the funds to really improve the squad and authorise the signings of more Alex Revells and Kevin Betsys (as maybe even pay our tax bill!) and then the future will start to look really bright.

"A real PAYE tax system would be one that I actually pay!" quipped Martin.


NEXT WEEK: Ron Martin calls for fans to boycott winter, as fixture cancellations stretch the Blues' cash-flow even further and threaten to delay the new stadium.

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