Hawks boss Doswell aiming to avoid his worst managerial league losing streak for 15 years

Hawks welcome Ebbsfleet United to Westleigh Park having suffered three successive National League South defeats.

A fourth would equal the run Doswell endured when he was in charge of Eastleigh in the same division in August 2006.

Back then, the fourth defeat was against the Hawks - Rocky Baptiste’s goal giving the visitors all three points in a Bank Holiday Monday Hampshire derby.

For their part, Hawks have not lost four league games in a row since September and October 2015 - the season in which they were relegated to the Isthmian Premier.

Ironically, that losing streak included a home defeat against Ebbsfleet!

Back then, they actually lost five in a row.

The run started with a 1-0 loss at Maidstone, Adam Birchall scoring in the sixth minute

Three days later Hawks led Whitehawk 2-1 at Westleigh Park through goals from Brian Stock and Matt Paterson with six minutes left - only to lose 3-2.

The following Saturday they crashed 4-1 to Ebbsfleet - current Coventry striker Matt Godden scoring twice. Danny Kedwell, now of course a Hawks player, was also in the Fleet team.

Lee Bradbury’s men then lost 3-0 at Truro City and 2-1 at home to Wealdstone.

Hawks’ 2-0 loss at a wintry Hemel Hempstead on Tuesday was the first time they had lost three league games in a row since their National League days of October 2018.

They had previously lost 2-1 at home to Eastbourne and 2-1 at Bath City in mid-January prior to the sixth tier’s two-week suspension.