Hastings United and Chatham Town had both suffered rather disappointing starts to the campaign, and were tied on eight points, eighteenth v sixteenth, as they met at Pilot Field. United were without a league win since August 13th- five matches, whilst the Chats had lost their last three in League, Kent Cup and FA Cup and were without a league win since 24th August.
The home fans were given reason to cheer on a damp Sussex night when Freddie Legg put them ahead on twenty one minutes, and ten minutes into the second half we had a more familiar scorer, Davide Rodari getting his ninth of the season to double United’s lead. It was soon three-nil, Finley Chapman adding the third- and three, apparently, was the also the number of defenders he took the ball past before firing home! In added time the Chats got a goal back, Rowan Liburd the scorer, and then- with eleven added minutes already played- they got a second through Stuart O’Keefe, but that was where the story ended. United are up to thirteenth.
