 After brief spells with Hornchurch of the Isthmian League and Conference clubs Margate and Northwich Victoria, as well as training with Woking, Hankin settled at Crawley Town, helping them win the 2003–04 Southern League title and playing regularly in their first season in the Conference.He was released at the end of that season, and spent short spells with Lewes, for which he never played a Conference South match, and St Albans City, for which he played five times before being released at the end of November.Hankin then signed for Llanelli, but moved on almost immediately to Farnborough Town.