Chatham Town Women play Billericay Town in the Isthmian Women's Cup Final at New Lodge
Chatham Town Women aim to put their name on a cup tonight in what could be the first of three finals they play this season.
Keith Boanas’ side are out of league title contention but could still finish the season with some silverware. First up is the Isthmian League Cup final against holders and hosts Billericay Town.
Chats are also in the semi-finals of the Combined Counties Cup and will play Dartford in the Kent Women’s Cup final on May 1.
Isthmian Cup opponents Billericay are fighting off the threat of relegation in the league above Chatham and looking ahead to the challenge at New Lodge, manager Boanas said: “They will probably just about avoid relegation, in my opinion, but they are the holders in this cup and it’s at their ground and that probably makes them slight favourites on paper.
“They have a couple of our ex-players and signed a lot of young players who have been released from the Championship clubs, dual signings.
“They have Taylor Bell who was with us last year and have just signed Esme Johnson from London City. who I know very well. It will be a tough game and a very interesting one.”
Neither team had a game on Sunday.
Billericay’s last outing the week before saw them beaten 3-0 by Lewes and they sit just a point above the drop zone in the Southern Premier Division.
Chatham are too far adrift of Division 1 South East leaders Real Bedford to challenge for the title but Boanas is still targeting a positive finish to the campaign.
They won their last league game 6-0 away at Ashford Town (Middlesex) - a result which ended a run of four games without a win in the league, form which had seen their title hopes disappear.
Boanas said: “In that game we worked hard in training on what we wanted to do and everything