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Email to Stewarts Law - Insolvency Team - Petition adjourned until 15th May.

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undercovershrimper said:

Southend United Football Club (The) Limited​


Dear Insolvency Team,

In response to your decision to file a Winding Up Petition against the above, you really have opened a can of worms that you weren't expecting. Fans of the club have been put through the wringer to an extent that you cannot possibly fathom over the last few years all due to one man namely Ron Martin, by issuing the WUP all you have achieved is to **** off several thousand people who have had to put up with more than enough already, through no fault of their own.

We are prepared to protest loudly and proudly outside your offices and The Rolls Building in order for you to see sense and to actively engage with both The Shrimpers Trust and COSU. All with the aim of getting you to withdraw the petition that you filed.

I have every sympathy with your position and I am sure the consortium will pay Ron Martin's historical debt in due course once Southend Borough Council have finished the processes required in order for the transaction to be finalised which should occur by the end of this calendar month. The consortium have already invested over £3M into a club that they do not yet legally own.

Your actions this week are considered by a large majority of fans to be in bad faith and also shortsighted and I hope you can see the error in your ways and take the appropriate remedial action.

I would consider the reputational damage that could be done to Stewarts Law LLP by not taking the actions mentioned above, Southend United Football Club is a cornerstone of the local community providing employment and enjoyment to many, do you really want the closure of a club that has existed since 1906 to be laid at your door because you couldn't wait a further couple of weeks for payment? Not to mention the hardship you will cause to employees of the club and their families and the club's suppliers.

Having studied your accounts on Companies House I can see you made a profit of over £47M in the last financial year, you really cannot be that desperate for £450k for you to have taken the steps you have. I besiege you to reconsider your position and take on board the possible ramifications of not doing so.

The Consortium attempting to purchase the club are good people who want to do right by their creditors once they are in a position to do so. All other creditors have agreed to wait for payment apart from yourselves so this in itself should tell you a lot.

Please do the right thing and actively engage with people who are simply trying to do their best in circumstances that are far from straightforward, a little dialogue and good will would go a long way!

Email to insolvency@stewartslaw.com
cc ajay@stewartslaw.com, sdench@stewartslaw.com
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Nice work - thanks for making the effort and doing the hard yards on behalf of the rest of us. It can't hurt and is worth a try IMO. Email sent. :LoyalSupporter:
 
crypto said:
We could all leave a 1 star review on google, I know this won't make a massive difference but it will compound the pressure.
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Score has dropped after my review - they only have 20 reviews, so won't take much to see the score drop further
 
Any external pressure on Stewarts is to be applauded, but all those that have forwarded the email, you should not expect a reply of any sort. It is sufficient to have emailed and expressed a view. I was hopeful that the Trust may have been able to elicit some helpful response, but it is very clear that Stewarts are going to shut up shop publicly and will wait until their day in High Court. The Trust raise some very valid points on why the firm are being arseholes, but the most important point for me is that a High Court Judge is extremely unlikely to do anything in this case apart from adjourn it until the sale of the club is finalised. Once again fellow Shrimpers, we are just going to have to suck it up and wait and see, uncomfortable as that may be for us all.
 
Mr Symes is on Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-symes-b4a0382b/

That's a network where folk like to beef up their reputation for others to see, so maybe all should get on that

SUEPA usually leaves the political stuff to the Trust mothership but this is taking the biscuit so have added our two-penneth to it all and tagged him in on Linkedln. by re-posting the Trust post
 
Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset said:
Mr Symes is on Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-symes-b4a0382b/

That's a network where folk like to beef up their reputation for others to see, so maybe all should get on that

SUEPA usually leaves the political stuff to the Trust mothership but this is taking the biscuit so have added our two-penneth to it all and tagged him in on Linkedln. by re-posting the Trust post
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oh - we have a mutual connection - a very good friend - let me contact him, doubt it will help but you never know
 
Shrimperstrust said:
👇our response to Stewarts Law LLP ill-considered attempt to get our football club wound up, having acted on its behalf to defend against previous petitions and argued for it as an important community asset. We ask them to “read the room” and withdraw the petition.View attachment 31620View attachment 31621View attachment 31622View attachment 31623
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Not very professional our Mr. Symes- I strongly suspect if it wasn’t for the follow up copying in all his colleagues he would simply have continued ignoring his emails.
 
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crypto said:
We could all leave a 1 star review on google, I know this won't make a massive difference but it will compound the pressure.
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THey'll be removed very quickly. Seen people do it to other companies and it doesn't take long to see them gone
 
Do we know for certain that it is Mr Symes responsible for our case?
 
Swiss Tony said:
Sorry K I was trying to be sarcastic, it seems to be that the Commons does have a few.
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No “sorry” needed - my point was actually as Anna is a lawyer perhaps the trust should ask her to reach out to Stewarts? A fellow lawyer and MP covering both the club and many supporters might not get ignored quite so easily (although she would be wise to cc all his fellow partners as it seems necessary to embarrass him into the courtesy of a response)….
 
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