Daniel Hastings

Welcome to episode 66 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast, proudly brought to you by H. Parsons Funeral Directors, an Australian family owned and operated funeral director, serving the Illawarra since 1893.

Firstly I would like to sincerely thank all of the interviewees, listeners and the football community of the Illawarra, Australia and the World who download this podcast. Additionally I would like to say thanks to the brilliant people who contribute, comment and reminisce on the social media pages.

Daniel Hastings is our interviewee in episode 66. Daniel started his football journey at Abbotsford JSC in Sydney before a family move to the Illawarra meant that he joined Figtree JSC. From here Daniel experienced Figtree JSC, Illawarra junior representative football teams before entering the senior ranks with the Wollongong Wolves NSL youth team.

During his stint with the Wolves youth team, Daniel joined Lysaghts in the IPL and during the next three decades also had stints in the IPL, Conference league and amateur leagues with West Figtree, Northern United, Western Suburbs, Bulli, Berkeley and a few amateur football teams such as Harp Olympic, Mates United and the Coledale Waves.

Daniel has experienced quite a bit as a first grade footballer and has interacted with many quality Illawarra football people during his football journey. Add in a brief stint with the Wollongong Wolves as a board member and his family’s involvement in the game and you can understand why Daniel is a passionate footballer and footballing person in the region.

It was absolutely fantastic listening to Daniel talk about his footballing journey. I sincerely thank and appreciate the time Daniel took in recording this episode. Please note as this episode was recorded over mobile phones there are some slight issues at times with audio quality and for that I apologise. Please enjoy episode 66!