THE Football Association have ruled that AFC Wimbledon must pay fellow Blue Square South side Braintree Town �3,500 in compensation following the summer signing of Chris Sullivan.
THE Football Association have ruled that AFC Wimbledon must pay fellow Blue Square South side Braintree Town �3,500 in compensation following the summer signing of Chris Sullivan.
The 21-year-old striker played 47 of Braintree's 52 matches last season and ended the campaign as the club's second top-goalscorer.
AFC Wimbledon signed the player in the summer, however the two clubs could not agree over a compensation figure.
At an independent tribunal at The Football Association's Soho Square base, the governing body ruled that The Iron should be paid �3,500, together with a further 15% of any subsequent profit made on any future transfer of Sullivan.
Braintree chairman Lee Harding said: “It is a shame that we have had to wait some seven months for this to be resolved, but I am delighted that the tribunal have set what I believe to be a fair compensation amount.”
At the same ruling, Braintree were told they would have to pay Ryman League Premier Division side Heybridge Swifts �1,000 in compensation for the summer signing of defender Sean Marks.
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