Pilot Field friendly will see Hastings United step up plans for kick-off
Hastings United’s preparations for the new Isthmian South East step up a notch with a friendly in front of their own fans tomorrow (Sat Aug 1).
Ronnie Dolan and his team welcome Hashtag United to the Pilot Field after a series of away warm-up games which have brought mixed results but which the boss says have been useful.
Last Saturday United lost 4-0 away to Concord Rangers, and on Tuesday night they won 4-0 at Eastbourne United, with plenty of experimenting going on in the Hastings line-up.
A trialist did his chances of a deal no harm at all by scoring all four goals in the Eastbourne game.
“It’s been useful,” Dolan told us.
“It gets more minutes into the legs and we can keep implementing how we want things to be done.”
At the time of the Observer going to press, there had been no further additions to the squad since last week’s new recruits, but it was understood Dolan was hopeful of adding one more new face before the weekend.
The manager was getting to know some of the club’s fans at a meet-the-manager event at the club last night and he will hope plenty of them – and others – turn out tomorrow.