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Staff at National League side Southend United have not been paid for the last two months, ����ý Essex reports.

The majority of backroom staff at the club have not received their wages for April and are still awaiting payment for March.

Southend beat Wealdstone 2-1 in their final game of the season but results elsewhere meant they finished two points outside the play-off places.

The Shrimpers were put up for sale by chairman Ron Martin in March.

Two weeks prior to the announcement, Southend had a winding-up petition against them dismissed after the club paid £1.4m owed to HM Revenue & Customs.

That was the second such order in three years, with Southend having a previous winding-up order dismissed in January 2020.