CHELMSFORD City have confirmed the appointment of Mansell Wallace as the club's new Chairman having secured the full backing of the Directors at a Board Meeting at the Clubhouse on Thursday night.

CHELMSFORD City have confirmed the appointment of Mansell Wallace as the club's new Chairman having secured the full backing of the Directors at a Board Meeting at the Clubhouse on Thursday night.

Wallace, a self-made local businessman and life-long Chelmsfordian born and brought-up just 200 yards away from the Clarets' current home, succeeds former Chairman Peter Webb, who will remain at the club as a Director.