Southern League Side Hereford United Suspended From All Football Activity By FA

The FA said that Southern League side Hereford United has been “suspended from all football with immediate effect,” according to the London GUARDIAN. Hereford was expelled from the conference in June "over its unpaid debts" and has been playing in the Southern Premier League, which is the seventh tier of football in the U.K., while the local council has “begun repossession proceedings for the club’s Edgar Street ground.” The club’s majority shareholder, Alan McCarthy, had been charged with “acting as an officer of Hereford United without written confirmation” from the FA to do so. BBC Hereford & Worcester reported that the club has a new owner, with Chair Andy Lonsdale having taken over as the majority shareholder at Edgar Street after the previous owners Alpha Choice Finance transferred their majority shareholding to him (GUARDIAN, 12/10).