CHELMSFORD City will be looking to bounce back from their 4-2 defeat at the weekend when St Albans City visit on Saturday.
The Clarets had enjoyed back-to-back wins after beating Hayes & Yeading 4-0 and Bishop’s Stortford 2-1.
But that run was ended by Whitehawk as the Brighton team were 3-0 up inside the first 22 minutes against an out-of-sorts City.
Scott Nielson opened the scoring after just five minutes with a tap-in and then made it 2-0 with a rocket in the 14th minute.
Sam Deering then put the home side almost out of sight on 22 minutes but Chelmsford were given a lifeline when Mark Hughes scored early in the second half.
Danny Mills then tapped in on 65 minutes to restore Whitehawk’s three-goal lead and, despite a penalty from Hugo Skepelhorn putting Chelmsford in with a shout on 70 minutes the visitors were unable to overturn the deficit.
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