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New United Boss Sends Olive Branch to Council
Documents filed last week at the Companies Registry on behalf of Hastings United Football Club Limited have shown that the majority financial interest in the club is now held by…
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: United Miss Out
Hastings United 2,Billericay Town 2Bowers & Pitsea 0,Hastings United 2Hastings United 1,Worthing 1 (lost 4-5 on pens) Hastings United team and supporters will rightly rate the 2022-23 season an overall…
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…
FOOTBALL: Late Goal Spoils Joe’s Return
Hastings United 1, Wingate & Finchley 1HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings stay seventh in the Isthmian Premier League, two positions below play-off qualification, after visitors Wingate & Finchley scored an equalising goal…
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…
FOOTBALL: United cruise but crowd numbers down
Hastings United 3, Corinthian Casuals 0 By Hugh Sullivan The ‘U’s cruised to a comfortable victory over Corinthian Casuals at the Pilot Field last Saturday with early goals scored by…
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Six Points and Cup Progress for United 18 October: Wingate & Finchley 0, Hastings Utd 422 October: Herne Bay 0, Hastings Utd 325 October: Hastings Utd 1, Potters Bar Town…
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Rocketing up the league Cray Wanderers 0,Hastings United 1; Hastings United 1,Carshalton AthletIc 0 By Adam Carder By the end of August the ‘U’s had accumulated five points from their…
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Three points for the ‘U’s By ADAM CARDER Hastings United 1,Kingstonian 0 It’s Tuesday night (13 September), the Continental Pilot Field is open, the beers and burgers are flowing and…
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Gbode hits and misses Hastings United 4, Brightlingsea Regent 1 (Isthmian League); Lewes 0, Hastings United 0 (Isthmian League) Cray Valley PM 3, Hastings United 0 (FA Cup) Hastings United’s haul of five Isthmian…
Rocky Start for United
Adam Carder brings us his unique commentary on the opening three games for United in the Isthmian Premier League. Hastings United enter the Isthmian Premier League for the first time…
FOOTBALL: United Women Playing to Win
by Hugh Sullivan Hastings United club CEO Billy Wood wore a satisfied smile as he supervised an early season training session for the ‘U’s women’s team at Battle Sports Centre…
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“It’s about the team” Manager Gary Elphick, assistant Jon Meeney and team captain Jack Dixon gave an impressively open and committed presentation as a three-man panel responding to questions raised…
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Last Post A different kind of football togetherness was shown earlier this month when two Royal Mail delivery offices from Hastings and St Leonards fielded teams containing current postmen, ex-postmen…
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United prepare for Isthmian Premier June is traditionally the month for English footballers to spread their bellies on a foreign beach, before July sees them returning to gruelling sessions of…
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Sixth Successive Win Puts ‘U’s 10 Points Clear Chichester City 0,Hastings Utd 2; Hastings Utd 3,Corinthian 0 Two more victories, two more clean sheets and a hat-trick for Ben Pope…
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A Fundraising Game Plan By Ben Cornwell Football is a game that generates greed, selfishness and an over-emphasis on winning or losing – right? Not in the case of Hollington…
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Winning under pressure Sittingbourne 1, Hastings Utd 2 Hastings Utd 3, Phoenix Sports 1 Gary Elphick’s men secured two more victories over the past two Saturdays to keep themselves six…
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Record crowds fill Pilot Field as United storm to the top Hastings United head their Isthmian League division by four points after a 4-0 victory over Faversham Town last Saturday,…
2021 The year in sport
By Hugh Sullivan, Ben Cornwell and Peter Knight The year began in lockdown and ends with renewed concern over social contact indoors and mass spectator gatherings. Covid-19 continues to cast…
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First league points for Elphick Three Bridges 1, Hastings United 2 Newly appointed Hastings manager Gary Elphick saw his side claim a first three-point haul under his guidance last Saturday…
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United Form Stokes Cup Hopes Both the Hastings United team and their loyal travelling supporters will face the toughest test of their season so far when they journey to Chippenham…
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Back On Track With The 1066 Specials By Nick Pelling As we all know, things have been opening up again. But, as the noise of supposed normality kicks in, it’s…
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Fan Park On The Pier While spectator sport remains largely confined to digital images with limited audience capacity, Hastings Pier is about to stretch those limitations to the ultimate. Its…
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Covid Rules Frustrate United Hastings United were back in action twice last week after five weeks of lockdown lay-off. Neither game will live long in the ; Last Tuesday, in an…
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United Host SheGoals Project Believing that the Beautiful Game transcends all social barriers, Hastings social enterprise Eggtooth is combining with the United club to promote a new project in women’s…
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Strikers Hit Form Hastings United 3,FC Romania 0 Hastings United scored only one goal and conceded none in their first four games of the season – three 0-0 draws after…
Plans Lodged Housing on Pilot Field
Hastings United Football Club have lodged twin planning applications with the borough council to pursue their intended relocation from Pilot Field on Elphinstone Road to the Tilekiln playing fields above…
FOOTBALL: Denied At The Death
Ebbsfleet United 2, Hastings United 2(Ebbsfleet win 4-1 on penalties) Hastings United came within a couple of minutes of a notable FA Cup scalp last Saturday, only to concede a…
FOOTBALL: Competitive Season Starts At Pilot Field
First competitive match of season 2020/21 for the Hastings United men’s team will take place at Pilot Field on Saturday (12th September) when they entertain Herne Bay in a preliminary…
FOOTBALL: Spectators back at Pilot Field
Football returned to Pilot Field as a spectator sport last Saturday when Hastings United hosted Folkestone Invicta in a pre-season friendly. Under Football Association guidelines which apply until 31st August,…
FOOTBALL: United Prepare But For What?
The majority of last year’s Hastings United squad have re-signed for the 2020/21 season together with some heralded new recruits, and embarked on a series of pre-season friendly games from…
FOOTBALL: October Resumption At Pilot Field?
The government and the Football Association (FA) have together come up with different solutions for the resumption of elite football, on the one hand, and of grassroots play, on the…
FOOTBALL: No Fruits Of The Season?
Hastings United will challenge FA decision to expunge results The Premier League and English Football League have yet to decide how to resolve their unfinished schedules. Supporters of Liverpool (waiting…
Betvictor Isthmian League: The Run-in
A glance at the league table below shows that there are four teams still with realistic ambitions to challenge for the South-East Division title over the last six weeks of…