HEREFORD United need to settle debts of more than £365,000 to remain in business beyond Monday.

The Edgar Street outfit are due back in the Royal Courts of Justice for the latest hearing of the winding-up petition hanging over the club.

United were last in the dock in the capital on September 8, when they were given a further 42 days to settle the order.

In the meantime, HM Revenues and Customs have taken on the petition after former Bulls manager Martin Foyle and assistant Andy Porter were paid their outstanding monies.

HMRC are seeking in excess of £115,000, while Herefordshire Council have also added themselves to the petition and want £48,000 in rent arrears and business rates, with a further £12,000 in additional legal fees due next summer.

At least three other petitioners are also on the list, with their debts amounting to around £200,000.

Hereford chairman Andy Lonsdale has not confirmed whether the funds are in place to see off the court hearing, but he says he is confident the club would survive to fight another day.

Despite the club having gained extensions for the winding-up order, promises of investment in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division club have failed to come to fruition.

Fans continue to boycott matches and only 295 attended last Saturday’s 2-0 home victory over Cambridge City.

Lonsdale also says he has not received notification as to whether he has passed the Football Association’s owners’ and directors’ test, with the FA saying the matter was “confidential”.

Former majority shareholder Tommy Agombar failed the same test earlier this season.

Meanwhile, Hereford United’s visit to St Neots Town has been brought forward from Saturday, January 3, to next Saturday.

Neither side were due to have a game next weekend due to their opponents being in the FA Cup.

Hereford visit league leaders Poole Town today (3pm).