McCormack: 'Southend really did become my second home'
The Dublin-born midfielder Alan McCormack was, along with the rest of the first team squad and most of the staff, found his pay packet not appearing in the bank at the end of the month on a regular basis.
Everyone's favourite rottweiler felt he had no choice but to give the club with 14 days notice for persistent breach of contract and quit the Shrimpers.
Macca told www.echo-news.co.uk: "The way we have been treated in the last six months can only be summed up in one word and that's disgraceful. When you work hard all week you expect to be paid at the end of it, and there was just no communication either. We tried to keep on battling but the problems made it harder. It's a sad way to have left the club because I did have some fantastic times at Southend and it really did become my second home."
There's not much more one can add, his words that there was, "no communication about wages", is further evidence that chairman Ron Martin and his supporters continue to live in a 'looking glass' world that still sees this football club in great danger of folding, Sainsbury's support or not.
The Macca Files
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan McCormack | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1984 (1984-01-10) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002-2007 | Preston North End | 11 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Southend United (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2005-2006 | → Motherwell (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2006 | → Southend United (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2007- | Southend United | 130 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:10, 1 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
(Player information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_McCormack)