Southend United: National League side yet to pay non-playing staff after players paid late
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Southend United also face a winding-up petition
Financially troubled Southend United are yet to pay non-playing staff their November wages after players received their salaries late.
Players received wages a day late on Thursday.
It is the second successive month the National League side have struggled to meet their payroll.
Just two weeks earlier the club received a loan from its supporters to ensure non-playing staff could be paid wages for the previous month.
The Essex club are also facing a winding-up petition from HM Revenue and Customs, with the hearing adjourned until 18 January.
Despite the club's latest problems, BBC Essex Sport report that youth-team players were paid on time thanks to funding they received from the English Football League for its academy.
Southend head coach Kevin Maher has said his side - who are fifth in English football's fifth-tier competition - "have to focus on football" despite the ongoing issues at Roots Hall.
"I can only control what goes on at the training ground," he told BBC Essex Sport.
"This is a good environment for players to work in and they have been outstanding in that respect.
"It's about putting in a performance against Altrincham on Saturday and shutting everything else out".