Disgraceful: that was the damning verdict handed out on departed midfielder Alan "first name on the team sheet" McCormack's performances over the last couple of seasons.
In an exclusive interview McCormack revealed that he's been on performance-related pay for the past 6 months. Whilst most League One footballers could expect to take home around two grand a week, McCormack revealed that due to his lacklustre performances in central midfield that led to relegation for the South Essex side, he's been eligible for just two win bonuses in the past 6 months.
It's believed that the former Orient loanee, has received only five goal bonuses in the last two seasons (and even those were mainly thanks to some generous deflections), despite regularly peppering the flats behind the South Bank.
McCormack, who made it clear that he didn't want to slag off his former club, then went onto slag off his former club, the referee and most of his former team-mates.
A spokesman for his former club, Mayhem, declined to comment.
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Ron Martin kneecapped over debts
Southend Chairman Ron Martin was yesterday forced to issue a statement in response to growing rumours circulating around South East Essex.
The news emerged after Martin, 57, admitted providing a statement at Rayleigh Police Station following what he described as an "incident".
During the statement Martin confirmed that he had operations on both knees during the last month, for reasons that were described as "necessary as a direct result" of his "commitment to sport over many years".
This is believed to be a thinly veiled reference to his financial commitments in Southend United over the last 12 years.
Whilst Martin has been reluctant to comment on the League Two club's financial difficulties, it has been common knowledge that the club has been in a precarious financial situation. Faced with not one, but two winding up orders over the last season, Chairman Martin was forced to arrange some desperate last minute loans (and we're not just talking about Roy O'Donovan and Jabo Ibhere, although their loan performances were most certainly desperate). It would appear that one of the club's creditors may have taken action into their own hands - and Ron Martin's knees.
WHO MIGHT WANT TO KNEECAP RON MARTIN? - YOU DECIDE!
A - Jamie Oliver, the fat-lipped face of Sainsburys, a major creditor of the club.
B - A disgruntled unpaid former player, such as Alan McCormack.
C - Trevor Bashford of the Trust, whose £60,000 loan remains unpaid.
D - His missus.
Get well soon Ron.
The news emerged after Martin, 57, admitted providing a statement at Rayleigh Police Station following what he described as an "incident".
During the statement Martin confirmed that he had operations on both knees during the last month, for reasons that were described as "necessary as a direct result" of his "commitment to sport over many years".
This is believed to be a thinly veiled reference to his financial commitments in Southend United over the last 12 years.
Whilst Martin has been reluctant to comment on the League Two club's financial difficulties, it has been common knowledge that the club has been in a precarious financial situation. Faced with not one, but two winding up orders over the last season, Chairman Martin was forced to arrange some desperate last minute loans (and we're not just talking about Roy O'Donovan and Jabo Ibhere, although their loan performances were most certainly desperate). It would appear that one of the club's creditors may have taken action into their own hands - and Ron Martin's knees.
WHO MIGHT WANT TO KNEECAP RON MARTIN? - YOU DECIDE!
A - Jamie Oliver, the fat-lipped face of Sainsburys, a major creditor of the club.
B - A disgruntled unpaid former player, such as Alan McCormack.
C - Trevor Bashford of the Trust, whose £60,000 loan remains unpaid.
D - His missus.
Get well soon Ron.
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Wembley Pitch Latest
As the football season draws (or in Southend's case presumably just loses) to an end, the hot topic of conversation on everyone's lips is about the state of the Wembley pitch.
The pitch came under severe criticism during last month's FA Cup final.
Managers and pundits were united in their condemnation of the playing surface. "Some teams play all season on pitches resembling beaches, and then come cup final teams are expected to play on a surface where there is grass and where centre-halves won't fall over to gift them incredibly soft goals" said one player, who was only willing to be identified as Adam from Southend. "Fortunately Colchester aren't ever likely to get to a cup final - I mean a proper one, where they'd maybe have to beat their local rivals in the semi-finals, not some crappy non-league one like the FA Vase - but the point still stands, or at least it would try and stand before slipping over and gifting the opposition an undeserved goal."
Wembley bosses were meanwhile trying to reassure spectators and media alike that everything is being done to improve the quality of the pitch.
"We tried to get a massive, stinking pile of manure on the pitch on Sunday" a Wembley official confirmed, "but Rotherham wouldn't co-operate. Apparently they'd have brought him on as sub, but they needed to score and he wasn't going to be much help at that. It's a shame, because he was genuinely the biggest load of s**t I've ever seen."
The pitch came under severe criticism during last month's FA Cup final.
Managers and pundits were united in their condemnation of the playing surface. "Some teams play all season on pitches resembling beaches, and then come cup final teams are expected to play on a surface where there is grass and where centre-halves won't fall over to gift them incredibly soft goals" said one player, who was only willing to be identified as Adam from Southend. "Fortunately Colchester aren't ever likely to get to a cup final - I mean a proper one, where they'd maybe have to beat their local rivals in the semi-finals, not some crappy non-league one like the FA Vase - but the point still stands, or at least it would try and stand before slipping over and gifting the opposition an undeserved goal."
Wembley bosses were meanwhile trying to reassure spectators and media alike that everything is being done to improve the quality of the pitch.
"We tried to get a massive, stinking pile of manure on the pitch on Sunday" a Wembley official confirmed, "but Rotherham wouldn't co-operate. Apparently they'd have brought him on as sub, but they needed to score and he wasn't going to be much help at that. It's a shame, because he was genuinely the biggest load of s**t I've ever seen."
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