Talking of football in the Hastings area, there is an interesting website (and associated twitter page) covering the history of local football in the area - Hastings Football History - A history of football in the Hastings & Rother area...
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For anyone interested in the history of STAMCO/St Leonards Stamcroft/St Leonards, there is a documentary currently being put together:-
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Just 18 years ago, they were playing Burton Albion in league action:-
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Ha - you make that sound like he has developed through your academy - he only signed 8 days ago!
In fact, it is a very strange signing. He was with West Ham from the age of 11 (and appeared for the Hammers' U-18s against Albion as an U-15 schoolboy and made his debut for their U-21s at the Amex...