DOVER Athletic have settled their contract dispute with former manager Steve Browne and his assistant Troy Townsend.

Browne and Townsend were relieved of their duties in January after chairman Jim Parmenter and his new board took over.

The pair rejected the club’s pay-off offer and took the matter to an Industrial Tribunal at Ashford on Tuesday.

But, before the tribunal got under way, lawyers acting for the club reached an agreement with representatives of Browne and Townsend.

Mr Parmenter said: "The figure agreed was very close to the sum initially offered by the club. It’s a shame Steve and Troy wasted so much time and money in taking the matter to a tribunal.

"But it means that, unless there are any more skeletons in the cupboard, the club’s obligations have all been fulfilled and we can now begin to concentrate on the football side."