It’s a norm of the football world that a club’s relegation to a lower league status at any level is followed by departure of some of its leading players. The return of Hastings United to the South-East division of the Isthmian League – goodbye to Dulwich Hamlet and Lewes; hello again to Ashford United and Eastbourne Town – has regrettably conformed with this pattern.

Jon Smalldon
Davide Rodari (in claret and blue), now at Hampton & Richmond Borough

Main goalscorer at the Pilot Field for the past two years Davide Rodari has stepped up to the National League South, joining Hampton & Richmond. Enterprising full back George Walker has also moved up, signing for Kidderminster Harriers in the National League North.

Keeping status in the Isthmian Premier League are goalkeeper Louis Rogers, who has joined Lewes, former captain Adam Lovatt, recruited by Wingate & Finchley, and Kian Moyes, who has moved to Chatham Town.


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