Chatham Town Women’s boss Keith Boanas wants top-three finish in National League Division 1 South East and cup success after Norwich City defeat all-but-ends promotion bid

Defeat for Chatham Town Women last Sunday all-but-ended their hopes of promotion this season.

Chats were beaten 2-0 at home by Norwich City, a result which dropped them to fourth place in the National League Division 1 South East table.

League leaders Real Bedford are six points ahead of Chats, have a far better goal difference and have played a game less.

With four games left for Chatham, manager Keith Boanas knows that weekend result was one blow too many for their promotion hopes.

Boanas said: “I'd already accepted the fact we'd probably lost the title with the draw against QPR. Sunday was more about just proving that we deserved to be up there still.

“The two goals we conceded [in the first half] were both really sloppy. We came out better after a chat at half-time and 15 minutes in made some changes, because people had burned out energy-wise.

“We were chucking in corners and creating opportunities, but no one was getting on the end of them, and nothing with any purpose in and around the penalty area. So, although we played well, and afterwards, I said I wasn't angry with the players, I think they all tried to implement the game plan, they all tried to do their individual jobs, but it was individual errors that cost us.

“On reflection of actual performance levels a draw would probably have been a fair result overall, but we defended badly twice, we have to hold our hands up to that, and basically gave them the two goals through those rash decisions. That was what was disappointing.

“We’ve been in the [promotion] mix from the start but football can be cruel. There's games we've definitely lost that we didn't deserve to lose, there's games we've won where we've played worse than the games we've lost.

“Consistency is