Hastings United was a association football club from Hastings, New Zealand

Hastings, New Zealand

The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...

. The club was founded in 1947 as the result of a merger of several older clubs, one of which was also called Hastings United. This older side was one of Hawke's Bay's stronger sides, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1928 Chatham Cup

1928 Chatham Cup

The 1928 Chatham Cup was the sixth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds.Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Auckland YMCA, St...

. The club was briefly known as Hastings Leopard from 1968, changing their name to Leopard United in 1970 after merging with Shamrock. The club's name was finally changed to Hastings City in 1976. The club was disbanded in 1980.

The later incarnation of Hastings United/Hastings Leopard reached later rounds of the Chatham Cup in 1963

1963 Chatham Cup

The 1963 Chatham Cup was the 36th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...

, 1965

1965 Chatham Cup

The 1965 Chatham Cup was the 38th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with 18 regional associations holding separate qualification rounds. The winners of each of these qualification tournaments, along with the second-placed...

, and 1969

1969 Chatham Cup

The 1969 Chatham Cup was the 42nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis. In all, 89 teams took part in the competition...

, and Leopard United did the same in 1970

1970 Chatham Cup

The 1970 Chatham Cup was the 43rd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, however the structure of the competition was altered from previous years, largely due to the commencement of the New Zealand National Soccer...

, 1971

1971 Chatham Cup

The 1971 Chatham Cup was the 44th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 99 teams took part in the competition...

, 1972

1972 Chatham Cup

The 1972 Chatham Cup was the 45th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 99 teams took part in the competition...

, and 1973

1973 Chatham Cup

The 1973 Chatham Cup was the 46th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The organisation of the cup was changed from previous years, with early stages being run in three large zones , rathern than by individual associations as had previously been the case...

.

Note that the club should not be confused with an earlier team called Hastings City which competed in the 1962 Chatham Cup

1962 Chatham Cup

The 1962 Chatham Cup was the 35th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Other teams known to have taken part in the final rounds included North Shore United,...

.