The original Hastings United formed in 1908 after a meeting held at the Carlton Club Hotel with Sir William Russell elected as a club Patron and Mr. J. D. Rivers elected as the club President.
[1] This older side was one of Hawke's Bay's stronger sides, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1928 Chatham Cup.
The club's name was finally changed to Hastings City in 1976.
Note that the club should not be confused with an earlier team called Hastings City which competed in the 1962 Chatham Cup.
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