FOOTBALL: Confident Agutter Plays It Southgate Style
On 24 October last year Hastings United slipped to 15th in the Bostik League South after conceding two late goals in a 2-1 home defeat by Thamesmead Town. Manager Chris Agutter, elevated from assistant less than a month before following…
FOOTBALL: Less games, less travelling, lesser opposition?
Last year the Ryman League became the Bostik League in a shift of commercial sponsorship that brought little change in playing arrangements – or fortunes – for Hastings United. Next season the seventh and eighth tiers of English football will…
SPORTS REPORT Win a writer’s trophy (or write for HIP!)
Hastings Litfest, a new literary festival that will take place in the last week of August through to 2nd September, will be running a sports journalism workshop at the Jerwood Gallery on Saturday 1st September. And it is joining with…
FOOTBALL: Dave Ormerod – Back on Board
It was on April Fool’s Day 2015 that Dave Ormerod, former postman, put his pension savings into buying majority shares in Hastings United. After two and a half years as chairman of the board he stepped down last November –…
Building for Next Season
TEAM SPORTS ROUND UP It’s been a good fortnight at Pilot Field despite last weekend’s returning sleet and icy winds. Hastings United’s ace groundsman Simon Rudkin did wonders again to get the pitch playable, the home game against promotion-chasing Walton…
FOOTBALL – S’no Show
Hastings United ready to play after the snow, visitors cry off After the week’s wintry weather Hastings United were frustrated in their efforts to play their Bostik League match against Reigate-based South Park last Saturday. Helped by an overnight thaw…
Younger Than That Now
Calum Davis in action for Hastings United v Molesey; credit Scott White The early songs of Bob Dylan are hardly likely to feature on the playlist of Hastings United manager Chris Agutter. At 30 Chris is the youngest manager in…
FOOTBALL: Younger Than That Now
The early songs of Bob Dylan are hardly likely to feature on the playlist of Hastings United manager Chris Agutter. At 30 Chris is the youngest manager in the Bostik League, and the Nobel Laureate was putting the music of…
Uncertain Start For New ‘U’s Boss Agutter
Hastings United's uncertain start to the new football season lurched into apparent crisis last week with the exit of further key players, resignation of manager Adam Hinshelwood after a tenure of barely four months, and two more league defeats. Billy…
Plan B: Kids United?
It was on Match of the Day in August 1995 that Alan Hansen made his famous assessment - “You can't win anything with kids”. He was commenting on an early season defeat for Manchester United at Villa Park, when the…