21 pictures as Chichester City beat Havant and Waterlooville

Chichester City continued their fine start to their first season in the Southern League with a 3-2 win at home to Havant and Waterlooville in front of a 1,000-plus crowd at Oaklands Park.

Isaac Bello put City ahead on 18 minutes and that was the way it stayed unril a burst of four goals in the final 20 minutes.

After Blaise Riley-Snow levelled for the Hawks, Jake Lawrence immediately restored City’s lead, then Lucas Pattenden made it 3-1 four minutes later.

Alfy Whittingham narrowed it to 3-2 on 78 minutes but that was the end of the scoring as Miles Rutherford’s side held on for a fourth win in six Premier South division games to go sixth in the table.

See pictures by David Richardson on this page and those linked, or all on the single page if you’re on the Observer app. Get the latest from Chi City in the Chi Observer evry Thursday.

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