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| Full name | Hastings United Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The U's | |||
| Founded | 1893 | |||
| Ground | The Pilot Field | |||
| Capacity | 4,050 (800 seated) | |||
| Chairman | Dean White | |||
| Manager | Sean Ray and Bobbi Deegan | |||
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division | |||
| 2023–24 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 7th of 22 | |||
| Website | http://www.hastingsunited.com | |||
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Hastings United Football Club, previously known as Hastings Town, is a semi-professional football club based in Hastings, East Sussex. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division and have played their home games at The Pilot Field since 1985, after the demise of the previous Hastings United, whose identity they took on following a name change in 2002.
The club was founded in 1893 as Rock-a-Nore and joined the East Sussex Football League in 1904. They went on to become founder members of the Sussex County Football League in 1920, changing their name to Hastings & St Leonards in 1921, before leaving to join the Southern Amateur Football League in 1927. They had a brief stay in the Corinthian League before becoming founder members of Division Two of the Sussex County League in 1952. They changed their name to Hastings Town in 1976 and took Hastings United's place in the Southern Football League in 1985. They became Hastings United in 2002 and would go on to join the Isthmian League in 2004, where they have remained since.
The club's traditional colours are claret and blue, though for the 2017–18 season their home kit is white with claret and blue trim. Their most successful period was in the 1930s where they won Division One of the Southern Amateur League on four occasions, plus the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup twice. The club also saw success in the 1990s winning the Sussex Senior Cup twice, the Southern League Cup once and the Southern League Southern Division in 1991–92. Their best performance in the FA Cup saw them reach the third round in the 2012–13 season.