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After receiving a considerable number of high calibre applications to be the Club's new First Team Manager, the Board of Directors narrowed these down to three candidates who were subsequently invited for interview, and are now delighted to announce the appointment of the highly experienced Garry Wilson to the role.

Wilson will be well known to United supporters from his previous association with the Club, then known as Hastings Town, and he has forged a fine managerial reputation both in Sussex, and in national non-league footballing circles.

He started his football career as a defender for a number of teams in his native Scotland, including Queens Park and Stranraer, before journeying south in 1988 to join Hastings Town, quickly establishing himself as a very popular figure at the Club. After his playing days were unfortunately ended by injury, Wilson took to coaching and managing, first at St Leonards, and then at the Pilot Field, where he had spells as both assistant manager and manager for the First Team between 1995 and 1998, during which period the Club won the Southern League Cup and the Sussex Senior Cup.

He then took on the manager's job at Langney Sports, later renamed Eastbourne Borough, in February 1999, and oversaw their meteoric rise from the Sussex County Football League to Conference Premier, with the club spending three seasons in the top flight of the non-league game, and also accruing two Sussex Senior Cup wins during Wilson's time at the helm. Since leaving Priory Lane, he has had spells with Eastbourne Town and Lewes. the latter of whom he managed in the Ryman Premier between May 2013 and February 2015.

Wilson is currently away on holiday, and will name his full coaching team in due course, but the Club can confirm that Danny Bloor, his assistant at Lewes, will be joining him to take up the same role at United. Bloor is already onto the task of liaising with some potential new signings that have already been identified, and he will also seek to make swift contact with the U's existing playing squad, in order to arrange meetings to coincide with Wilson's return.

"We had some outstanding candidates for the post", said United Chairman Dave Ormerod, "but the Directors were unanimous in their belief that Garry was the best fit for the role, in terms of what the Board was looking for. I am sure that supporters will join the Directors in welcoming Garry aboard."

"I am very much looking forward to returning to the club where it all started for me in England, and where I believe that I have unfinished business", added Wilson.

 

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What a superb appointment!!!!!!!!!!!



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Excellent news !
Worst thing we ever did was get rid of Gary....thanks to Mr Gardiner !

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Great news!

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Firstly congratulations to the new directors on a quick appointment. We needed to give the new management team as much time as possible to assemble a team capable of promotion next season and they have done exactly that.

Welcome to Gary Wilson and his managerial team. His CV is very impressive and I think he was probably the obvious choice once the new directors were announced. He has a massive job ahead but its really a no lose situation as nothing can be as bad as what we have just witnessed last season . He has plenty of time to assemble a strong squad and I guess one of his first jobs will be to find a left back and a quality striker. Sam Cole from Lewes would be the most obvious candidate. As has been mentioned on another thread, he was known for a very direct style of football at Lewes, which I am not a particular fan of, but if he brings us the well overdue success that we all crave then I couldn't give a dam!

So a good, solid appointment and looking forward to an exciting pre season and plenty of transfer activity.



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Left back gotta be Matt whitehead

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Sam Cole would be excellent but Lewes fans ( and presume management ) rate him highly, would be an interesting coup if we picked him up, but yep Matt Whitehead would do nicely as well.



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Congrats to the new board for this quick appointment and welcome Mr Wilson to this beautiful club.


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Respected, highly experienced, great contacts, knows the club very well, popular appointment, local.

Not much more to say really. As John says always the likely and obvious appointment if interested. Well done to the board!

Already excited about this season coming up, look forward to doing regular video post match interviews with them after some good wins for a change!

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In my opinion this is an excellent decision and already gives the club a lift for the new season. Welcome back Gary, and well done to the Chairman and his board for making this quick and welcomed appointment.

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Excellent ! Now let's get searching for new blood so we can get out of this god damn awful league ! 



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As I have said on numerous occasions before, if we want to go down the road of Matt Whitehead lets put in a cheeky bid for his mate Lee Carney and bring him along as well. Exactly the type of player we need at the Pilot Field next season and a hundred times better than Crellin.



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I think Gary Wilson was after Chris Smith ( Southpark ) last season for Lewes, wonder if he could persuade him that our ambition matches his own and that he can stay in Ryman South for just one more season? What a player he would be down here!

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Hope see these boys back for definants
Josh pelling, Steve brinkhurst, Sean Ray, Sam Cruttwell, Sam Adams, Ollie bankole, Fraser Logan, Tom O'Connor, Marlon Patterson, Tyrell Brown

Would love see Matt whitehead, Matt Darby, Ronnie Dolan, Tom vickers, Kevin Keenan, aaron Hopkinson, jahmael king, jack McLean, Trevor mccreadie 

so many good players we let go that are realistic targets



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I think Gary Wilson was after Chris Smith ( Southpark ) last season for Lewes, wonder if he could persuade him that our ambition matches his own and that he can stay in Ryman South for just one more season? What a player he would be down here!


 According to South Parks chairman Smith is going to Kingstonian next season. In his words he said that he's a player who doesn't like travelling so I doubt he'll come this far. 



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Good appointment. Hope with a few new additions to the squad we can have a league winning side again. Have to say though that there are still plenty of last seasons players that we need and want like Sean Ray, Sammy Adams, Steve Brinkhurst, Frazer Logan, Tyrell Richardson-Brown, Marlon Patterson, Josh Pelling, who all showed passion and desire and deserve their places.

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Welcome back Garry. Great news.
In addition to the League and County Cup final wins, he engineered the great escape with assistant Micky Crowe back in 1996-97 when things looked grimmer a lot longer than what supporters endured last season. Town dropped into the relegation zone of the Dr Martens Prem on 23/11/96 after losing 0-3 at Worcester City - and there they stayed till a memorable, underwear ruining 4-3 win at home to Sudbury Town on 25/3/97. Prior to that Town had won one league game in 18 and we looked certain candidates for relegation - supporters muttered about a month of the goal competition after 7 blanks on the trot. But Town got out of the mire and that win over Sudbury saw the season finish with 2 defeats in 11. Garry and Mick deserved tons of credit for that.

Tremendous to see him back.



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Full credit to the board and Dave on a fantastic appointment, here's to a bright future!

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Welcome back Gary.

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Wonder who Gary's coaching team will be, ie first team coach and goalkeeper coach?? Has any one got any names they have?

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Bring back terry we need his hunger as a coach and keep mark to as he is a great person having them to with garry Wilson that will be one hell of a management team

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As a coach I found terry terrific just thought cracked lil as a manager but would definitely have him and stapes as coaches as they are Hastings through n through gives that extra little bit of passion, gotta have masters as keeper coach

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Yep agree 100% with Steve, ideal for me if possible.

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i get all the excitement and on paper this is a great appointment for us and probably the best we could of hoped but what I heard happened at lewes was that Garys assistant DANNY BLOOR was the one who really ran the show. with all due respect to BLOOR all you get from him is football cliches and a lot of hot air. im concerned how successful Gary was at eastbourne wasn't remotely replicated at Lewes respite a good budget. hope Im wrong but BLOOR involvement worries me greatly.

at least we should be able to get most of the lewes squad. when they joined lewes most of the eastbourne town or boro moved to lewes. from memory there was dan smith sam crabb mat crabb ben Austin olly rowe sam cole ross treleven. be good to see some of those at the pilot field

 



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i get all the excitement and on paper this is a great appointment for us and probably the best we could of hoped but what I heard happened at lewes was that Garys assistant DANNY BLOOR was the one who really ran the show. with all due respect to BLOOR all you get from him is football cliches and a lot of hot air. im concerned how successful Gary was at eastbourne wasn't remotely replicated at Lewes respite a good budget. hope Im wrong but BLOOR involvement worries me greatly.

at least we should be able to get most of the lewes squad. when they joined lewes most of the eastbourne town or boro moved to lewes. from memory there was dan smith sam crabb mat crabb ben Austin olly rowe sam cole ross treleven. be good to see some of those at the pilot field

 

Yes Dougie you are right Danny Bloor ran the show at Lewes on a day to day basis. I would expect Sam and Matt Crabb to sign, Ben Austin has retired and Ross was hardly available due to work commitments. Would expect Olly Rowe to stay but you may get a few others if the new Lewes manager does not want them. Be interesting to se if Steve Brinkhurst and Fraser Logan sign which I hope they do as they decided to move on due to lack of playing opportunities and injuries from Lewes. As for coaching Dean Lightwood was  involved as Head coach at Lewes and did most of the training. 

 


 



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Sam Crabb is a great RB on his day but suffered hamstring injurys last season apparently and according to the Lewes fans struggled a bit last season but a lot of them do seem to regret him going, if he can get over his injury's then a right hand side of Sam Crabb and Steve Brinkhurst would be a great thing for us in Ryman South. Ollie Rowe would be a great pick up, not impossible to get now Wilson's here IMO especially as he's been here before and can play at CB alongside Razor.

Crabb Rowe Razor Whitehead back four ( Assuming Cole stays at Lewes ) looks very decent at this level indeed.

Although ( controversial post ) I would keep Richard Rose if his money could be reduced from what he was on last season as i still think hes a very versatile and useful player to have in the squad, hes very local so maybe this can be worked out as not sure hes going to get many other options near that are better than a reasonable offer here.

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Sam Crabb is a great RB on his day but suffered hamstring injurys last season apparently and according to the Lewes fans struggled a bit last season but a lot of them do seem to regret him going, if he can get over his injury's then a right hand side of Sam Crabb and Steve Brinkhurst would be a great thing for us in Ryman South. Ollie Rowe would be a great pick up, not impossible to get now Wilson's here IMO especially as he's been here before and can play at CB alongside Razor.

Crabb Rowe Razor Whitehead back four ( Assuming Cole stays at Lewes ) looks very decent at this level indeed.

Although ( controversial post ) I would keep Richard Rose if his money could be reduced from what he was on last season as i still think hes a very versatile and useful player to have in the squad, hes very local so maybe this can be worked out as not sure hes going to get many other options near that are better than a reasonable offer here.


 More chance of getting Chris Breach than Olly as with Jay Lovett signing his opportunities maybe limited.



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Wheres Breach play? CB?

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Think we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves talking about all the players who may or may not want to come here. And lets not forget these same players that we are talking about very nearly relegated Lewes into the same league as us. Are they any better than what we ended up with last year? I would be just as happy to see some of the guys back that Steviesteve00 mentioned in his post. Whatever Gary and his team do decide to do the most important thing by far is to find a new striker.



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Lets get things into perspective Gary has his style of play, so the players he will sign will be in accordance with that style. Lets just trust him to bring players in as he deems appropriate. We all seem to support the decision, so lets wait and see what occurs, and not judge on what players have done at other clubs.

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I'm with ChrisB on this. Players respond to different managers and different managerial styles in completely different ways. The sole objective for Garry and his team is to get us promoted. I've no doubt with his experience that he is fully seized of the urgency of that. He might well want to play a much more direct style of football than that which some of his predecessors have favoured. That might mean using players who we have seen before in unfamiliar roles. It is utterly up to him. Yes, passing football is perhaps more inherently attractive - but only if it is effective - and when we have used it in recent years it has not consistently been effective; and often it has been dismal, frustrating and depressing. So, let's give Garry the space and time to sort things out in whatever way he chooses.

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Wheres Breach play? CB?


 Yes CB.



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1996/97 was a season of real struggle, as relegation once again loomed. For much of the season, Town were rock bottom and in March, a depressing sequence of seven games without a goal was recorded. But inspiration from managerial team Garry Wilson and Mick Crowe eventually saw Town climb out of the bottom four.

Lottery winner Mark Gardiner became involved with the club at the start of the 1997/98 season, but despite money being available for team building, success on the pitch was frustratingly hard to attain. Garry Wilson was dismissed after an FA Trophy defeat at home to Bath City.

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I just pray it's not a repeat ..... "eventually saw Town climb out of the bottom four".

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Garry Wilson has unfinished business on return to Hastings United as manager

New Hastings United manager Garry Wilson has revealed his delight at returning to his former club.

Wilson spent over 10 years at the Pilot Field from playing for the Arrows to managing the side for three years until he left in 1998. The Scotsman feels he has some unfinished business at the Ryman League Division One South outfit.

WATCH VIDEO HERE: http://footballexclusives.com/video/garry-wilson-has-unfinished-business-on-return-to-hastings-united-as-manager/

 

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what I heard happened at lewes was that Garys assistant DANNY BLOOR was the one who really ran the show. with all due respect to BLOOR all you get from him is football cliches and a lot of hot air.

 


 

It is unfair to say that Danny "ran the show" at Lewes but it is certainly true that Gary saw the relationship as a partnership so as often as not Danny would do the interview after the game or the managers notes in the programme. Danny would often be the "loud" one of the pair as well.  Don't think this is either a strength or a weakness, simply how they work together



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Sam Crabb is a great RB on his day but suffered hamstring injurys last season apparently and according to the Lewes fans struggled a bit last season but a lot of them do seem to regret him going

 

There are mixed feelings around Sam. He has served Lewes well but had a poor season last year and not simply because of injuries. Brown seemed to lose faith in him after a shocker of a performance at VCD where he was substituted shortly after HT and for the rest of the season preferred to play a CB there rather than his starting RB. A change of scene might do him good



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Lewes fan in peace here. My advice is to not get too excited over the appointment. We were well pleased to get Wilson a couple of seasons ago and thought things would get better. We were more sceptical about Bloor with his history. 
I personally dont think its unfair to say that, apart from a couple of good senior cup wins, their management of Lewes was an absolute disaster. At times the team was nothing short of a shambles. Even an embarrassment is not going too far.
I really do think that at the end at least some of the players did not want to play for them. Or maybe one of them. If they had stayed on Im sure we would have been relegated.
Sam Crabb had a big falling out with them at the start of last season with both sides accusing the other of mistruths. Whether Sam wants to play for them again or not must be questionable.
I hope they do better for you as I would like to see you in the same league as us and I like the Pilot Field as an awayday. But based on recent goings on dont expect too much.

Good luck for the forthcoming season.



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Reading your post Lewes Bloke it seems pretty damming of Garry and Danny, you claim that the team were
" Even an embarrassment" but surely finishing just outside the relegation spot with a budget in excess of £3k a week, shows that their replacements wasn't that much better either? Granted you avoided the drop but you paint the picture of Garry's reign as a disaster when narrowly avoiding relegation isn't that much of a success either. I know giving our budget last season all of us on here know our season wasn't a success and wouldn't claim to be either. In my opinion I think we need to be the judge of whether Garry's appointment is a good one or not at the end of next season.

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Every single person we were ever likely to appoint would come with baggage. It's no surprise at all that some will be able to point to some less than perfect aspects of their CV.

I think the appointment of Garry a good one. I reiterate my view; all that Garry and Danny need to do is get us promoted. That will likely involve some unpopular decisions, surprises and disappointments, but we absolutely have to give them time and opportunity to get on with it in whatever way they wish. In my view, we have not given any of our recent managers enough time and authority. We should not keep making the same mistake. In my view, we should abstain from anything other than 'helpful suggestions' unless and until (God forbid) it becomes absolutely certain that promotion next season is impossible.

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agree with geoff and different managers like players can do well at one club and disaster at another. very valid point from lewes poster and it surprising that on that budget Lewes were destined for relegation until the change in manager and a bit of stability and some better results when Wilson and Bloor was sacked. Never like joint managers and hope that Wilson stamps his mark and Bloor is just assistant as his. Lenny think what Lewes poster is saying is that they avoided relegation because a new manager came in and we know how hard it was when a manager go and get new players in is difficult for new man. Geoff you think we will get promoted first time? i think we may need 2 years myself

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Good points Peter. I don't necessarily think we will get promoted next season. But I think the minimum level of achievement for the new management team is to get us into the last quarter of the season with a credible chance of promotion - ideally as champions but more likely as play-off contenders. The play-offs are a lottery - as has been well demonstrated at various levels of football this season. So it's not damning at all on a manager to come unstuck at that stage. Also, I wouldn't see a 'near miss' on the play-off spots as inevitably meaning a call for the manager's head. If we can see progress, good signings, evident confidence etc ; then, of course, anyone would want to allow more time - be it a season or more. 



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Hope Steve Brinkhurst and Fraser Logan got on with Gary Wilson and Danny Bloor as they both did really well for us last season.

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he let both them go at lewes in a struggling side so it dont look good for them which is a shame cos think they are2 of our better players

back to play off and winners i think folkestone will win league and teams for play off Dorking who look to have lots of money, Faversham, Worthing and Whytleafe. think we will be just outside

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he let both them go at lewes in a struggling side so it dont look good for them which is a shame cos think they are2 of our better players

back to play off and winners i think folkestone will win league and teams for play off Dorking who look to have lots of money, Faversham, Worthing and Whytleafe. think we will be just outside


           Both off them were well respected at Lewes and always acted in a professional manner. They both left because of lack of opprtunities and Brinkhurst was an informal loan agreement initially. Heard some concerns about the quality of training but will be interested to see if they are wanted or what their plans are.



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They may not have got the opportunity at Ryman Prem level but at Ryman South they both shone pretty well when they played. Two very important players potentially for us. Hopefully Wilson & Bloor think the same of them at this level.

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Fraser Logan is, I believe married to Gary's daughter and only left Lewes to get more game time.

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