Archives for Football
FOOTBALL: Top of the League
15 August: Hastings Utd 2; AFC Croydon 1 18 August: Eastbourne Town 0; Hastings Utd 2 22 August: Ashford Utd 1; Hastings Utd 3 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United have made…
FOOTBALL: Disappointment in Cup Defeats
7 August: Kingstonian 4; Hastings Utd 1 8 August: Bexhill Utd 0; East Grinstead Town 3 New player-manager of Hastings United Ronnie Dolan tasted defeat in his first competitive match…
FOOTBALL: Chalmers and Black Return to the Pilot Field
IAN GRANT With preparations for the new season underway, Hastings United will be hoping to banish memories of the previous two, one of which ended in relegation and the other…
FOOTBALL: New Supporters Club Formed to Boost United Future
IAN GRANT Hastings United fans have begun the process of forming a new Independent Supporters’ Club with a combination of aims: representing their views, organising social events, and promoting the…
FOOTBALL: Yet Another Helmsman at the Pilot Field
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United have appointed their eighth manager (not counting temporary in-betweens) in the last three years. He is Ronnie Dolan, a 34-year-old who played briefly at the Pilot…
FOOTBALL: The Rise and Rise of Westfield FC
HUGH SULLIVAN It’s early Saturday morning and there’s just one car parked outside the Knight & Davey Community Stadium in Westfield. Must be the groundsman – there he is, on…
FOOTBALL: Survivors!
United Retain Isthmian League Status 10 April: Broadbridge Heath 2, Hastings Utd 4 17 April: Hastings Utd 1, Herne Bay 1 HUGH SULLIVAN On a sunny spring afternoon, before their…
FOOTBALL: U23s are the Future
In contrast to their senior club-mates, Hastings United’s Under-23s team showed no anxiety or nerves in storming to victory over Horsham YMCA in the Sussex Under-23s Cup final played at…
FOOTBALL: Small Easter Comfort For United
28 March: Hastings Utd 1, VCD Athletic 0 3 April: Hassocks 2, Hastings Utd 1 6 April: Hastings Utd 1, Ashford Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN With just three games left…
FOOTBALL: Relegation Nerves at the Pilot Field
14 March: Hastings Utd 0, Margate 121 March: Sevenoaks Town 2, Hastings Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN After back-to-back wins had seemed to lift Hastings United out of relegation trouble in…
FOOTBALL: Back-to-Back Wins for United
24 February: Hastings Utd 0, Three Bridges 328 February: Hastings Utd 3, East Grinstead Town 07 March: Beckenham Town 1, Hastings Utd 3 Hastings United went down 3-0 in a…
FOOTBALL: Specials Start Another Season
While most local football teams are coming towards the end of a long, wet winter season, the 1066 Specials club opened theirs last Saturday (7 March) at Bexhill College. !066…
Altendorff Answers Back
‘U’s manager faces up to questions from HUGH SULLIVAN after the game against Merstham Jon SmalldonDavid Altendorff with new recruits Jedd Hobbs and Harry Haines HS: How did you rate…
FOOTBALL: Crucial Week for United’s Future
14 February: Hastings Utd 0, Merstham 0 21 February: Deal Town 3, Hastings Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United remain perilously close to the relegation zone of the Isthmian League’s…
FOOTBALL: United Look to the Future
Jon Smalldon 31 January: Faversham Town 5, Hastings Utd 1 7 February: Hastings, Three Bridges Utd match postponed HUGH SULLIVAN Heavy defeat at Faversham followed by heavy rain at the…
FOOTBALL: Mud, Sweat and Cheers at the Pilot Field
17 January: AFC Croydon 4, Hastings Utd 1 20 January: Hastings Utd 1, Crowborough Athletic 2 24 January: Hastings Utd 0, Whyteleafe 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United scraped one point…
FOOTBALL: United Looking Up
20 December: Hastings Utd 3, Sheppey United 227 December: Ashford Utd 1, Hastings Utd 010 January: VCD Athletic 0, Hastings Utd 3 HUGH SULLIVAN An eventually comfortable 3-0 victory for…
FOOTBALL: League Improvement After Cup Collapse
18 November: Broadbridge Heath 5, Hastings Utd 122 November: Hastings Utd 1, Jersey Bulls 029 November: Erith Town 1, Hastings Utd 3 HUGH SULLIVAN The second half of November began…
FOOTBALL: Altendorff Rings the Changes
8 November: Hastings 3, Beckenham Town 211 November: Eastbourne Town 3, Hastings 315 November: Herne Bay 3, Hastings 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United remain out of the bottom four of…
FOOTBALL: Up And Running
New Boss Altendorff Takes United Out of Bottom Four 21 October: Hastings 1, Broadbridge Heath 2 25 October: Hastings 1, Deal Town 3 28 October: Hastings 1, Hassocks 1 1…
FOOTBALL: Goal-shy ‘U’s Slump to Second Bottom
11 Oct: AFC Whyteleafe 2, Hastings Utd 0 14 Oct: Hastings Utd 0, Sittingbourne 1 18 Oct: Merstham 2, Hastings Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Jon SmalldonBruno Tavares - out of…
FOOTBALL: Tragic Death of Former United Player
Billy Vigar, 21-year-old former Hastings United striker, died on 25 September after suffering a severe head injury playing for Chichester City. Chasing a ball to the goal line in an…
FOOTBALL: United Struggle Despite Hull’s Goals
27 Sept: Three Bridges 4, Hastings Utd 2 30 Sept: Sheppey Utd 0, Hastings Utd 3 4 Oct: Hastings Utd 1, Faversham Town 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United recorded their…
FOOTBALL: United Dumped out of Two Cups
29 August: Faversham Town 2, Hastings United 22 September: Hastings 0, Faversham 36 September: Jersey Bulls 3, Hastings 1 HUGH SULLIVAN The first week of September felt premature for Hastings…
FOOTBALL: Turn around at the Pilot Field
HUGH SULLIVAN As is known to all who have followed the fortunes of Hastings United FC in recent years, there have been two major attempts to move its ground from…
FOOTBALL: Where are They Now?
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…
FOOTBALL: Getting to Know You
9 August: Hastings Utd 0, Erith Town 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Last season, 2024-25, Hastings and Erith were two leagues apart. While United were being relegated back from the Isthmian Premier…
FOOTBALL:A Shrinking Game With AFC Hastings
HUGH SULLIVAN Football coach Dan Pascoe comes to every Friday evening training session at St Leonards Academy with a heavy bag. It doesn’t contain footballs, boots or other playing gear;…
FOOTBALL: Pilot Flight
Lee Carey In as Hastings Manager, Star Players Out HUGH SULLIVAN Lee Carey featured prominently as a 19-year-old in the Hastings United promotion side of 2006/7 and captained the team…
FOOTBALL: United Bow Out Of Isthmian Premier
21 April: Dover Athletic 1; Hastings Utd 126 April: Hastings Utd 2; Potters Bar Town 3 HUGH SULLIVAN On 10 August Hastings United won the opening game of their Isthmian…
FOOTBALL: Goal Drought Confirms Relegation
12 April: Canvey Island 1, Hastings Utd 0 19 April: Hastings Utd 0, Hashtag Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN The relegation of Hastings United from the Isthmian Premier League back to…
FOOTBALL: Searle Out, United Not Quite Down
25 March Hastings Utd 1 Canvey Island 129 March Hastings Utd 1 Billericay Town 55 April Bowers & Pitsea 0 Hastings Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN With four matches still to…
FOOTBALL: Hopes Fade For Goal Shy United
11 March Hastings Utd 0 Wingate & Finchley 2 15 March Dartford 2 Hastings Utd 0 22 March Hastings Utd 0 Chichester City 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Three further defeats have…
FOOTBALL: Lifeline Victory For Battling ‘U’s
1 March: Cray Valley PM 1, Hastings Utd 14 March: Chatham Town 2, Hastings Utd 08 March: Hastings Utd 2, Hendon 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Jon SmalldonDavide Rodari on the ball for Hastings in earlier game…
FOOTBALL: United Take Rain Checks
15 February: Hastings Utd 0, Dulwich Hamlet 0 Hastings United were due to play three successive home games over the past two and a half weeks, with the prospect of improving their…
FOOTBALL: Danny Speaks His Mind
‘U’s manager Danny Searle answers questions from HUGH SULLIVAN before the game against Wingate & Finchley was postponed HS: Danny, I’ll start at the deep end. A Hastings United supporter…
FOOTBALL: Cup Defeats Leave United Women in League Struggle
JON SMALLDON Last week saw Hastings United Women exit their final two cup competitions of the season, leaving them to concentrate on the league. However, in that league, they sit…
FOOTBALL: Crunch Time for the ‘U’s
1 February:Hastings Utd 0, Lewes 1 4 February:Horsham 1, Hastings Utd 0 8 February:Cheshunt 2, Hastings Utd 1 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United suffered three more Isthmian League defeats in the…
FOOTBALL: Pointless January Confirms Relegation Threat
19 January: Hastings Utd 1, Cray Wanderers 2 22 January: Hastings Utd 1, Binfield 2 26 January: Chatham Town v Hastings Utd – match abandoned 28 January: Carshalton Athletic 2,…
The Year In Sport 2024
ATHLETICS At Hastings Athletics Club (HAC) it’s been a busy and successful year for the club in every discipline - from local events to international level – as it celebrated…