![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-by-footie-stadium-developers-want-to-replace-it-with-88-newbuilds/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-24138429-1695723998397.jpg&description=PITCH BATTLE Published : 15:07, 26 Sep 2023 Updated : 15:07, 26 Sep 2023 LOCALS fear their beloved football club is set to be demolished and replaced with 88 new build homes, tearing the heart from the community. Residents say they want Hastings United FC to stay put despite plans being approved for a new purpose-built stadium five miles away. 6 New homes could eventually be built on the club's pitch Credit: Chris Eades 6 Gina Ellis said she thought the club should stay where it is Credit: Chris Eades 6 Kirsty Watson said she does not want to see new homes built on the club's former ground Credit: Chris Eades 6 Ryan Brunton said he thought the club should be refurbished Credit: Chris Eades That would clear the way for 88 new homes to be built on the site of the empty ground at Pilot Field. Locals say the semi-professional club should stay exactly where it is and is the heartbeat of their vibrant community. Gina Ellis, 36, whose husband used to play for Hastings Utd, said: 'I think it should stay exactly where it is. 'We do have problems on match days with increased traffic, inconsiderate parking and litter but they aren't too bad. Mrs Ellis, an insurance worker, said: 'It could be so much worse and generally the club is a pretty good neighbour. People love going there.' Kirsty Watson, 29, a mother-of-one, and: 'The club does cause increased traffic and some parking problems but it is only around once a fortnight and its not extreme in any way. 'The club is also an amenity for people who live here and has facilities which are used by the children and teenagers and to lose that would take something away from the area.' She added: 'Also it doesn't make sense building dozens of new houses in that area when most of them won't be affordable to local people. 'It would impact badly on local schools which are already stretched, drainage and infrastructure. "The increase in traffic from nearly a 100 houses would be huge and the area already can't cope with the amount of traff){kind=link}
LOCALS fear their beloved football club is set to be demolished and replaced with 88 new build homes, tearing the heart from the community.
Residents say they want Hastings United FC to stay put despite plans being approved for a new purpose-built stadium five miles away.
That would clear the way for 88 new homes to be built on the site of the empty ground at Pilot Field.
Locals say the semi-professional club should stay exactly where it is and is the heartbeat of their vibrant community.
Gina Ellis, 36, whose husband used to play for Hastings Utd, said: “I think it should stay exactly where it is.