Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle has been awarded more than £422,000 in damages after he launched a compensation claim against his former club, Manchester City.
Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle has been awarded more than £422,000 in damages after he launched a compensation claim against his former club, Manchester City.
Royle, 55, who worked as a BBC pundit during Euro 2004, sued the club when he received only a fraction of the pay-off he was due after being sacked in May 2001.
Following the judgment at Manchester County Court, Mr Royle issued a statement condemning the club s treatment of him as "scandalous and unwarranted".
The ruling followed a two-day hearing in Liverpool earlier this year.
The hearing was told Mr Royle was sacked by the club days after losing the final league match against Chelsea in May.
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