Hastings United - 2003-2004 Season
A mass exodus of players over the summer and the late
appointment of manager Steve Lovell, saw him try to
scrape together a team capable of competing in the
Southern League. In the end relegation to the
county league was avoided.
Carl Rook finished the season top goal scorer on 17 goals
following his conversion from centre back to striker,
earning himself Player of the Season. Jimmy Elford came
runner up, whilst Mitchell Sherwood won goal of the season
for his effort at home to Stamford.
Southern League Division One East
Pos Name Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 King's Lynn 42 28 7 7 90 35 91
2 Histon 42 26 10 6 96 41 88
3 Tonbridge Angels 42 27 7 8 82 46 88
4 Eastleigh 42 27 4 11 88 40 82
5 Folkestone Invicta 42 20 15 7 91 45 75
6 Salisbury City 42 21 11 10 73 45 74
7 Stamford 42 20 11 11 63 45 71
8 Banbury United 42 19 10 13 65 57 67
9 Burgess Hill Town 42 19 7 16 67 54 64
10 Sittingbourne 42 18 8 16 61 55 62
11 Bashley 42 18 7 17 66 58 61
12 Ashford Town (Kent) 42 15 9 18 51 53 54
13 Chatham Town 42 13 10 19 49 67 49
14 Fisher Athletic London 42 13 10 19 61 81 49
15 Corby Town 42 12 9 21 44 75 45
16 Dartford 42 13 6 23 48 81 45
17 Burnham 42 12 11 19 52 76 44
18 Hastings United 42 12 7 23 60 91 43
19 Newport I O W 42 11 7 24 42 69 40
20 Rothwell Town 42 9 11 22 30 47 38
21 Erith & Belvedere 42 7 10 25 45 84 31
22 Fleet Town 42 5 7 30 35 114 22
Appearances & Goals
Player Apps Goals
Belcher, Charlie 10 (10) 2
Brown, Matt 9 0
Burt, Tony 13 1
Cornwall, Joe 2 (1) 0
Cruttenden, Dominic 2 (3) 1
Eldridge, Russell 38 (7) 2
Elford, Jimmy 35 0
Ellis, Danny 2 (9) 2
Goodwin, Mark 12 2
Graham, Steve 5 (4) 2
Green, Mark 23 2
Hafner, Steve 18 (8) 4
Harris-Green, Sam 3 (1) 0
Hayhoe, Scott 3 (15) 0
Heasmer, Joe 1 (4) 0
Henham, Dave 22 (11) 0
Hockey, Lee 2 0
Honey, Chris 34 (9) 8
Lidster, Aaron 0 (6) 0
Lovell, Mark 7 (3) 2
May, Chris 9 0
McArthur, Duncan 4 1
Morris, Graham 3 (4) 0
Mortley, Peter 7 0
Myall, Stuart 18 (1) 4
Nessling, Greg 8 (5) 0
Penfold, James 6 (0) 0
Peters, Ryan 27 (5) 6
Ringwood, Stephen 33 (2) 6
Rook, Carl 40 (1) 17
Sands, Steve 14 (6) 0
Sayer, Peter 4 (2) 0
Sherwood, Mitchell 39 (6) 3
Sims, James 0 (2) 0
Spiller, Ricky 25 (9) 0
Startup, Kieran 25 (13) 0
Stickney, Simon 8 (20) 0
Taylor, Peter 2 (13) 2
Toal, Will 17 (2) 0
Webb, Graham 5 (3) 0
Young, Ian 0 (1) 0
Results
Date Opponents Comp Result Att Scorers
16/08/03 CORBY TOWN DME W 3-1 301 McArthur, Peters, Taylor
19/08/03 Folkestone Invicta DME L 0-2 438
23/08/03 Sittingbourne DME D 2-2 204 Lovell (2)
25/08/03 BURGESS HILL TOWN DME L 1-2 330 Graham
30/08/03 BRACKNELL TOWN DME L 1-3 289 Honey
06/09/03 Bashley FAC L 0-5 110
20/09/03 DARTFORD DME L 0-3 309
23/09/03 CHATHAM TOWN DME L 1-2 210
04/10/03 YEADING FAT L 3-4 209 Hafner, Honey, Graham
11/10/03 Eastleigh DME L 2-6 195 Honey, Sherwood
18/10/03 ROTHWELL TOWN DME W 1-0 237 Rook
21/10/03 Erith & Belvedere DME D 1-1 120 Rook
25/10/03 ASHFORD TOWN DME W 2-0 302 Honey, Rook
28/10/03 FOLKESTONE INVICTA DMC L 2-6 190 Ellis (2)
01/11/03 NEWPORT IOW DME L 0-2 331
04/11/03 Fleet Town DME L 0-3 121
08/11/03 Kings Lynn DME L 2-4 680 Eldridge, Sherwood
11/11/03 EASTBOURNE UNITED ASC SSC D 2-2 128 Burt, Cruttenden
15/11/03 FOLKESTONE INVICTA DME L 1-2 331 Peters
18/11/03 Eastbourne United Asc SSC L 0-2 245
22/11/03 Corby Town DME W 3-2 59 Hafner, Myall, Rook
29/11/03 Rothwell Town DME W 3-2 133 Belcher, Hafner, Honey
06/12/03 BURNHAM DME D 2-2 264 Hafner, Rook
13/12/03 Fisher Athletic DME D 2-2 117 Hafner, Myall
20/12/03 SITTINGBOURNE DME D 2-2 232 Peters, Rook
26/12/03 Burgess Hill Town DME L 2-6 351 Myall, Spiller
01/01/04 TONBRIDGE ANGELS DME L 1-5 501 Peters
03/01/04 Dartford DME L 0-3 246
17/01/04 Stamford DME L 0-1 156
24/01/04 FISHER ATHLETIC DME D 4-4 276 Goodwin, Myall, Ringwood, O.G.
27/01/04 SALISBURY CITY DME L 1-4 202 Rook
07/02/04 Histon DME W 2-1 171 Ringwood, O.G.
14/02/04 Banbury United DME L 0-1 280
21/02/04 ERITH & BELVEDERE DME W 4-0 246 Rook (4)
24/02/04 KINGS LYNN DME L 0-2 204
28/02/04 Ashford Town DME L 1-3 390 Ringwood
02/03/04 FLEET TOWN DME W 4-1 187 Honey, Rook (3)
06/03/04 Salisbury City DME L 2-3 537 Peters, Rook
13/03/04 STAMFORD DME W 3-0 292 Peters, Sherwood, Taylor
20/03/04 Newport IOW DME W 2-0 196 Goodwin, Honey
27/03/04 EASTLEIGH DME L 0-1 329
03/04/04 Chatham Town DME W 1-0 187 Sherwood
10/04/04 BASHLEY DME D 1-1 292 Ringwood
12/04/04 Tonbridge Angels DME L 1-2 598 Green
17/04/04 BANBURY UNITED DME W 1-0 349 Honey
24/04/04 Burnham DME L 1-3 129 Eldridge
01/05/04 HISTON DME L 1-4 321 Rook
Fixtures in CAPS are at home.
DME: Dr Martens Eastern Division
FAC: FA Cup
FAT: FA Trophy
DMC: Dr Martens League Cup
SSC: Sussex Senior Cup