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Hereford United chairman David Keyte was interviewed on BBC Hereford and Worcester this morning. Whilst some of what he said has been covered elsewhere, he did answer several questions about the possibility of the club going into administration.
H&W - When do you have to pay the PAYE bills?
Keyte - "The PAYE is made up of two months effectively. One was due on September 20th of £34,000. We failed to meet that.
"Another month will be due next week.
"I've no doubt that in the week commencing next Monday they will be looking to process that."
H&W - Are you paying local suppliers?
Keyte - "We have got a normal creditors list.
"I think it is fair to say that life in business out there is probably not paying on thirty days mark, on the nose, nobody is doing that.
"We are paying our bills but we are stretching it, the same as people are stretching us.
"I think you'll find that in some cases we are the biggest customer to many of the local suppliers.
"If you look at the Starlite Rooms, I would think the suppliers of the beer we're possibly the biggest in town. And they are paid and they are very happy."
H&W - Are you staring administration in the face?
Keyte - "These authorities, HMRC in particular, can close a business down. Your tax and your VAT have to be uppermost in your thinking.
"Being a people business we've got about 80 people doing various jobs including the players. We are talking about pay-days and tax every month.
"The uppermost thought is paying the tax and the PAYE."
H&W - What can people do to help?
Keyte - "We know there are only 1500/1600 that can make it on matchdays but we also know it's a very well supported club.
"There is a lot of tradition there, a lot of people who would like to help us in any way but they don't always get to matches.
"We have a good branch down in London for instance, one lad down there has paid for his seat for the rest of the season but he will not be able to come.
"We need to spread this as wide as possible so that there are 2000 people paying in £100 as opposed to one or two people having to constantly find £100,000, £200,000 or their own money."