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In 1979, he contested his dismissal from Chelsea by then manager Geoff Hurst at an industrial tribunal. After leaving Chelsea, he worked at Millwall and then Charlton Athletic, earlier than dying of a heart assault in the early 1980s. Newcastle United made no remark other than saying it had cooperated with the police and FA inquiries. In September 2017, it was reported that Graham Taylor had discouraged Brien from reporting what had happened, telling him that he should “move on”. Almost a 12 months later, on 3 January 2018, McCann, […]