Boston are facing a new threat from HM Revenue & Customs

Boston United have warned supporters that the club could face a winding-up order within a matter of weeks.

The club say the Football League wants to use money it has been withholding from the Pilgrims to pay off their football creditors in full.

But that would upset HM Revenue & Customs who are owed the most money, and could file a winding-up order against Boston as a result.

Chairman David Newton is hoping for more talks with the Revenue this week.

Interview: Boston United chairman David Newton

He told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: "It's got to be resolved. We're putting money in on a regular basis to keep the club going and we've told the Revenue we're not prepared to do that - it's not tenable.

"How can you continue to do that if there's no future of the club?"

Newton has asked supporters to write to the Revenue to show officials how important the club is to the local community.

He said: "If they wind the football club up it's of no benefit to them - they'll receive nothing. The football creditors will receive nothing. Boston will lose its football club.

"So far this season we've paid in the region of �200,000 in tax, national insurance and VAT that they've benefited from and they will lose that income stream.

If they wind the football club up it's of no benefit to them David Newton

Boston entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement at the end of last season whereby creditors would receive around half the money owed to them over the next three years.

The Pilgrims were relegated from the Football League last season, but further demoted to Blue Square North because the terms of the CVA went against football rules.

HM Revenue and Customs has a policy of not commenting on individual cases.