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 other, as the pandemic recedes – see the main feature…
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 to celebrate their first league title in 30 years) and…
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 the season, and thus gain automatic promotion to the Isthmian…
FOOTBALL: Cup Defeats For Hastings But Credit Where It’s Due
Hastings United 2, Brighton Under-23s 3 (Sussex Senior Cup) Weymouth 1, Hastings United 0 (FA Trophy) Hastings United have suffered two cup exits in the past week. But on each occasion they gave a good account of themselves against supposedly…
FOOTBALL: Elphick Injured, Hastings Cornered
Hastings United 2, Whitehawk 2 Playing in drenching rain for the second successive Saturday at Pilot Field, Hastings United fought out an entertaining FA Trophy tie with visitors Whitehawk, which will have been replayed on Tuesday if weather has allowed.…
FOOTBALL: A Re-Balance – United At The Top
In HIP 137, a fortnight ago, I reported on the boardroom comings and goings at Pilot Field, as new Hastings United CEO Billy Wood arrived and three long-serving club directors departed. But whatever upheavals there may have been off the…
FOOTBALL: The Big Step Up
By Cassie Mandrake This time last year, at age 18, Jamie Fielding was a second choice right back in the Hastings United squad playing in the Bostik League South-East – the eighth tier of English ; In April, after eye-catching…
FOOTBALL: Credible Challengers
Hastings United 1, Whyteleafe 0 Hastings have made a solid start to their league season: two home wins, two away draws, only three goals scored but none conceded. The 1-0 victory last Saturday at Pilot Field over previously unbeaten Whyteleafe…
FOOTBALL: Peaking For the Play-Offs?
Hastings United notched a fourth successive Bostik League victory at Pilot Field last Saturday, overcoming tidy but limited opposition from visitors Ramsgate to win 3-0. This followed a 3-1 away win the previous Saturday at Three Bridges, where the ‘U’s…
FOOTBALL: Rodari Returns, United Revive
Young Italian striker Davide Rodari, top scorer last year but out since pre-season after surgery on an anterior cruciate ligament and not expected to play at all in the current campaign, is back in Hastings United colours. And his re-entry…