Chatham Town Women are away to Chesham United on Sunday in National League South East Division 1 – Keith Boanas’ side beat Dorking Wanderers 5-2 last weekend in the Women’s FA Cup first round
Chatham Town Women’s boss Keith Boanas isn’t expecting an easy ride against lowly Chesham United this Sunday.
His own team beat Dorking Wanderers 5-2 in the Women’s FA Cup first round last weekend and play away to Chesham in National League South East Division 1.
The hosts are one place above the relegation zone but Boanas is wary ahead of the fixture.
While their weekend opponents have suffered heavy defeats on their travels, including a 6-0 FA Cup loss to Fulham and a 12-2 defeat in their least league outing, they’re no pushovers at home.
Chesham beat Montpelier Villa 5-2 in the earlier round of the FA Cup and picked up a point with a creditable 2-2 draw against high-flying Norwich City at The Meadow. They also beat the Tottenham Hotspur Academy in a cup game on home ground.
It’s still a match Chats will be expected to win, but Boanas will remind his players of the dangers ahead.
He said: “They're low but it's a weird, weird team. If you look at their results, they drew with Norwich and they've had close games at home. It just seems they don't travel well.
“I've got to be cautious about it. They got battered a couple of weeks back by one of the teams in our league, and lost to Fulham last week in the cup, but both away.
“It looks like they've almost got two teams, one that stays at home and one that travels! We can't take anything for granted, and that was proven against Ashford Town (only narrowly beating the bottom side 1-0).
“We've got to get in there with the right mindset and be ruthless with it.”
Chatham’s 5-2 win in the Women’s FA Cup on Saturday saw Amelia Woodgate bag another hat-trick, the third time in as many cup games she’s hit a treble.
She started the day by picking up a hat-trick of trophies too,


