Hollands & Blair parted company with Simon Halsey last week and have turned to the former Hythe Town and Whitstable Town boss.

Having played for the likes of Folkestone Invicta, Lydd Town and Hythe Town, it was with the Cannons that he began his managerial career when stepping up from assistant manager to replace Paul Fisk in April 2009.

While he was in charge at Reachfields, Hythe won promotion from the Kent League, lifted the Kent Senior Trophy and reached the First Round of the Emirates FA Cup.

He finally departed in May 2014 and in March 2016 replaced Ian Cox as manager at Whitstable and eventually moved upstairs into a director of football role just over three years later.

However, he decided to return to the dug-out in October 2019 when taking charge of home-town club Hawkinge Town of the Kent County League Premier Division but left last month.