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…
Women’s Football
‘U’s Look To Lewes Phenomenon Back in January, Hastings United announced that they were going to set up a new women’s team for the 2020/21 season. CEO Billy Wood said then: “I want to make it clear, this isn’t Hastings…
FOOTBALL: What’s In A Badge?
Pride, Passion, Purpose, says Billy Wood With no on-field contests or controversies to get worked up about over the past two months, and any further progress on the projected move to Tilekiln (see Hastings United Submit New Stadium Plans) some…
FOOTBALL: Hastings United Submit New Stadium Plans
The board of Hastings United has submitted formal plans to the borough council’s planning department for its proposed new stadium at Tilekiln. The 12-acre site off Queensway, the freehold of which belongs to the council, currently accommodates a trio of…
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: TOP SPOT
Pope Penalty Double Puts ‘U’s Back In Front Hastings United 2, Whitstable Town 1 Ben Pope scored his 24th and 25th goals of the season, both from the penalty spot, as Hastings United came from behind to notch a vital…
FOOTBALL: Joe White Deceased
Hastings Football Dynast Last Saturday’s Pilot Field crowd of over seven hundred stood for a minute’s applause before kick-off in memory of recently deceased former player and manager Joe White. In his playing days for Hastings United in the early…
FOOTBALL: Pilot Blight
Record Crowd Sees Comprehensive Home Defeat Hastings United 0, Ashford United 3 The biggest crowd for a league game at Pilot Field for many a season, numbered at 1,189, watched last Saturday’s match between the top two teams in the…
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…