Archives for Football - Page 2
FOOTBALL: Confidence Ebbs at the Pilot Field
23 November: Hendon 9, Hastings Utd 0 26 November: Hastings Utd 1, Carshalton Athletic 130 November: Hastings Utd 0, Dartford 3 HUGH SULLIVAN Jon Smalldon November was a confidence-sapping month for Hastings United. Having ditched manager Danny…
FOOTBALL: United Struggle Against League Pace-Setters
9 November: Wingate & Finchley 2, Hastings Utd 1 12 November: Hastings Utd 2, Deal Town 016 November: Hastings Utd 0, Cray Valley PM 1 The ‘U’s came up against two of the Isthmian League’s form sides,…
Football: United Manager Sacked After Cup Defeat
HUGH SULLIVAN Danny Bloor, appointed as Hastings United manager on a two-year contract from last May, has been dismissed. On 26 October the team were defeated 4-3 in an FA…
FOOTBALL: United Defence Regroups at Cray
12 October:Dulwich Hamlet 3, Hastings Utd 0 15 October:Hastings Utd 2, Cheshunt 3 19 October:Cray Wanderers 0, Hastings Utd 0 Hastings United secured only their first point in three Isthmian…
FOOTBALL: United Rebound From FA Cup Defeat
28 September:Cray Wanderers 3, Hastings Utd 0 1 October:Hastings Utd 3, Chatham Town 25 October:Leatherhead 1, Hastings Utd 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United slumped to disappointing defeat in the third qualifying…
FOOTBALL: United Concede Late in Draw with Lewes
14 September: Hastings Utd 1, Harefield Utd 0 21 September: Lewes 1, Hastings Utd 1 Hastings United led Isthmian Premier League leaders Lewes for most of their match at the Dripping…
FOOTBALL: Two Sent Off as United Suffer Third League Defeat
31 August: Hastings Utd 3, Redhill Town 1 7 September: Hashtag Utd 4, Hastings Utd 0 Hastings United suffered their third successive defeat in this season’s Isthmian Premier League, finishing their match against Essex…
FOOTBALL: ‘U’s Pointless Over Holiday Weekend
13 August: Whitehawk 0, Hastings Utd 1 17 August: Hastings Utd 2, Bognor Regis Town 2 24 August: Potters Bar Town 2, Hastings Utd 0 26 August: Hastings Utd 1, Folkestone Invicta 2 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United pause…
FOOTBALL: United Up And Running
HASTINGS UNITED 2, HORSHAM 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United made an encouraging start to their Isthmian Premier League season last Saturday when they beat Horsham 2-0 at the Pilot Field.…
FOOTBALL: United Gear Up For New Season
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United kick off a new season of the Isthmian Premier League at the Pilot Field next Saturday 10 August. Their first opponents will be Horsham, play-off semi-finalists…
FOOTBALL: The Late Late Show
HUGH SULLIVAN You can stay at home and watch every match in the current European championships live on mainstream terrestrial TV. Two, three or even four matches per day have…
A Footballer’s Family in Hastings?
The great-great-nephew of a long-deceased professional footballer named Sam Jennings is looking for traces of his family in the Hastings area. Philip Jennings, who is writing Sam’s biography, has documents…
FOOTBALL: Exit Agutter, Enter Danny Bloor
HUGH SULLIVAN The merry-go-round of football management appointments is perennial material for the national media from back pages of newspapers to talkSport radio – who’s coming, who’s going, who’s being…
FOOTBALL: ‘U’s Manager Agutter Surveys Season
POTTERS BAR 1, HASTINGS UTD 3CANVEY ISLAND 0, HASTINGS UTD 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United finished the season a creditable seventh in the Isthmian Premier League after two final low-key…
FOOTBALL: United League Season Tails Off
WINGATE & FINCHLEY 2, HASTINGS UTD 2HASTINGS UTD 0, WHITEHAWK 1HASTINGS UTD 0, ENFIELD TOWN 3 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United will remain in the Isthmian League for another season. Their target of a…
FOOTBALL: ‘U’s Stay in Contention
HARINGEY BOROUGH 0, HASTINGS UTD 5 HASTINGS UTD 2, FOLKESTONE INVICTA 1 BOGNOR REGIS TOWN 0, HASTINGS UTD 1 HUGH SULLIVAN As of last weekend, Hastings United remained in contention for a play-off…
FOOTBALL: The Business End of the Season
HASTINGS UTD 1, CHATHAM TOWN 1HASTINGS UTD 1, HORNCHURCH 0HORSHAM 2, HASTINGS UTD 1 HUGH SULLIVAN Scott WhiteDavide Rodari (in white) in action against Horsham Hastings United played three of…
FOOTBALL: Cruttwell Returns
HASTINGS UNITED 1, BILLERICAY TOWN 1HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United matched play-off rivals Billericay Town in an absorbing contest at Pilot Field last Saturday - their first competitive action since 13 February…
FOOTBALL: Dissent Punished in Derby Defeat
3 February: Kingstonian 1, Hastings Utd 3 6 February: Hastings Utd 0, Horsham 2 10 February: Hastings Utd 1, Lewes 3 HUGH SULLIVAN A comfortable away win for the ‘U’s at Kingstonian on 3 February elevated…
FOOTBALL: Home Comfort for United
20 January:Carshalton Athletic 2, Hastings Utd 1 27 January:Hastings Utd 2, Hashtag Utd 0 HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United’s ten-match unbeaten run came to an end on 20 January when they…
FOOTBALL: Chalmers Comeback Boosts United Prospects
1 January:Cray Wanderers 0, Hastings Utd 06 January:Cheshunt 2, Hastings Utd 313 January:Hastings Utd 2, Dulwich Hamlet 2HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United have stretched their unbeaten run to ten games since…
FOOTBALL: Down, Up, Down
18 November:Enfield Town 3, Hastings Utd 121 November:Hastings Utd 4, Carshalton Athletic 025 November:Hastings Utd 0, Canvey Island 2HUGH SULLIVAN In a fortnight of mixed fortunes for the Hastings United…
FOOTBALL: United Resume Winning Ways
4 November:Hashtag Utd 1, Hastings Utd 211 November:Hastings Utd 3, Kingstonian 2HUGH SULLIVAN How much of sport is talent, how much is work, how much luck, how much self-belief? Supporters…
FOOTBALL: Agutter’s Return to Pilot Field Delayed by Rain
21 October:Billericay Town 2, Hastings Utd 024 October:Margate 1, Hastings Utd 228 October:Hastings Utd v Carshalton Athletic postponedHUGH SULLIVAN Hastings United have sacked their manager Paul Barnes, appointed only in…
FOOTBALL: Akimwande quits, United struggle
7 October:Hastings Utd 1, Kingstonian 210 October:Hornchurch 4, Hastings Utd 114 October:Hastings Utd 2, Wingate & Finchley 3HUGH SULLIVAN Scott WhiteFemi Akinwande (in red shorts) in action for Hastings last…
FOOTBALL: Cup Exit Despite More Late Goals
9 September Isthmian League: Hastings Utd 2, Haringey Borough 116 September FA Cup: Dover Athletic 3, Hastings Utd 2 Scott WhiteFemi Akinwande celebrates with supporters after late winner Don’t go…
FOOTBALL:Unbeaten Run Continues
Hastings United were held to a 0-0 draw in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup last Sunday by Erith and Belvedere, a side newly promoted to the South…
FOOTBALL: United Unbeaten in Opening Games
HUGH SULLIVAN Fielding an almost entirely new line-up of players, Hastings United have started the new Isthmian League season in a mood that suggests they can build the trust of…
FOOTBALL: Rodari and Lovatt Return to New-Look United
Hastings United kick off the new season at the Pilot Field tomorrow (Saturday) under new manager Paul Barnes, having assembled a virtually new squad of players. But both the team…
FOOTBALL: Trail of exits from Pilot Field
As was expected following the departures of manager Gary Elphick, assistant manager Jon Meeney and CEO Billy Woods, Hastings United has announced that the majority of its first team squad…
WHERE IS FOOTBALL STADIUM REPORT?
HUGH SULLIVAN Photo: Scott White A full meeting of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) on 15 December last year resolved that Jane Hartnell, the council’s managing director, prepare a report to…
FOOTBALL: Elphick and Meeney go, Wood Follows
HUGH SULLIVAN Supporters of Hastings United football club learnt on 3 May that manager Gary Elphick and his assistant Jon Meeney had resigned and left. No reason was given, either…
FOOTBALL: Long odds against play-off qualification
Potters Bar Town 1,Hastings United 4Hastings United 0,Horsham 0Hastings United 3,Bognor Regis 2HUGH SULLIVAN The ‘U’s ended a run of four consecutive home draws last Saturday when they defeated Bognor…
Football: Play-off hopes slipping away
Canvey Island 3, Hastings United 1Hastings United 3, Herne Bay 3HUGH SULLIVAN Four Saturdays ago Hastings United’s late goals at Bishops Stortford sealed a 3-2 win which seemed to set…
United Sidelined After Stunning Victory
Bishops Stortford 2, Hastings United 3Hastings United v Billericay Town – match postponed Hastings rose to sixth in the Isthmian Premier League table after victory at Bishops Stortford on 10…
United Club Kept Waiting on Relocation Plan
HUGH SULLIVAN On 15 December a full meeting of Hastings Borough Council approved a motion – without any debate and on a vote of 29 councillors to one – to…
Football: Hastings Women on Top
Hastings United Women put clear daylight between themselves and their nearest challengers Ashford United at the top of their Regional League by beating them 4-1 at Pilot Field last Sunday.…
Football: Indomitable defence
by HUGH SULLIVANHastings United 1,Cray Wanderers 0 Hastings United rose to seventh position in the Isthmian Premier League last Saturday after four straight wins – two at home, two away.…
Football: Frozen Pilot and 3-2 Win
A statement issued by Hastings United football club last Saturday evening apologised for the late cancellation of the home match at Pilot Field against Enfield Town which was due to…
Unbeaten Run Ended by League Leaders
Hastings United 0, Hornchurch 3 Hastings United’s two-month unbeaten run in the Isthmian League – four victories and three draws since defeat at Enfield on 5 November – came to…