HEREFORD United’s ban from all football activity has been lifted by the FA.

Chairman and new majority shareholder Andy Lonsdale said the association had received the necessary documentation, including his confirmation of the transfer of club shares.

It means the Bulls’ Southern League Premier Division game at Dunstable Town tomorrow (3pm) will go ahead as scheduled.

The league said on Thursday they did not envisage any problems over the match between the 11th and 15th sides in the table being played.

Lonsdale said: “I did say it was only a paperwork exercise and the ban would be lifted. I hope people can see I am telling the truth. The FA are happy.”

United were suspended, along with their then majority shareholder Alan McCarthy, after missing a deadline to supply further documents to answer questions from the Independent Regulatory Commission’s owners’ and directors’ test.

Now Lonsdale’s majority ownership of the club has been rubber-stamped, United, who were thrown out by the Conference in June, can continue with their league campaign for now.

But doubt still surrounds their future, with the Bulls back in the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday for their long-standing winding-up order. They will be the first case up in London at 10.30am.

Lonsdale promised to invest £1million of his own money to keep the club in business and is confident their 90-year history will not end.

He added: “I believe in the club and the money should be in place by then. It’s my money.”

An FA statement said: “The suspension of Hereford United and Alan McCarthy from all football and football activity has been lifted with immediate effect.

“This follows their compliance with the orders of the Independent Regulatory Commission.”

Meanwhile, former Nuneaton defender Delroy Gordon, 30, has left the Bulls and signed for higher-ranked Leamington in Vanarama Conference North.