Notts County Ladies given stay of execution

Notts County Ladies have been given 49 days to pay a tax bill after a hearing to wind-up the club was adjourned.

Alan Hardy, owner of Notts County, traveled down to the High Court in London to, in his own words, “plead” with the judge this morning after the Club was placed in severe danger of going out of business.

Hardy tweeted after leaving the Court: “A lot of hard work to financially restructure & remodel a huge loss making business into one with a great future that the whole team deserve.”

A document filed on December 13, 2016 on Companies House said that Notts County Ladies Limited would be dissolved two months from 13 December over an unpaid HMRC bill.

Hardy now has just 49 days to resolve the unpaid bills with HMRC.

Earlier today he slammed the Revenue, saying: “I understand that the debts need to be paid better than anyone – I’ve just spent three weeks of 18 hours days turning around the world’s oldest football league club in Notts County FC, including paying all debts to HMRC. That has come at huge expense both personally and financially but it was the right thing to do for the club, the fans and HMRC.

“All I ask now is that we are given time to do the same with the ladies team. I can understand the frustration they have had with the previous owners but there is a genuine wish for us to do the right thing for the ladies club, its employees and the club’s creditors – including HMRC.”