Chatham Town Women’s manager Keith Boanas appreciates the support from chairman Kevin Hake despite missing out on promotion –Chats have won one cup and are in two more finals

Chatham Town Women wrap up their league campaign this Sunday and the manager’s praised the support that’s come from above.

A trip to Cambridge United is the final match this season for Chatham in the National League Division 1 South East. They can’t get promoted but could finish second with a win.

Missing out on promotion is a big blow for manager Keith Boanas, who was determined to bounce back straight away after last season’s relegation, but they’ve at least won one cup and they could win another.

On Wednesday night they booked themselves a place in the Combined Counties Cup final with a 10-0 win over Portsmouth’s development team.

Boanas, speaking before the midweek game and reflecting on their league aims, said: “I am majorly disappointed but Kev [Hake] is the owner, the one who pulls the strings behind us at the end of the day, and he’s chuffed that he’s got our name on one trophy, and it could be more.

“He understands my frustrations, but he’s basically not blaming me.

“He’s had a tough enough season himself. He knows he’s got players and a team good enough to win things, and then football being football, you don’t always get what you want.

“I’m chuffed with the performances in the last few games. I can’t ask for more. They’re doing what they’ve been asked to do, which is to see the season out at the highest level that they can.

“If they continue to do that, we could get at least one more, if not two trophies in the cabinet to go with what we’ve got.

“There’s one more league game to go. We could nick the second spot, but London Bees [in fourth] can’t catch us now. They were my benchmark because they came down with us last year.

“They’re backed by a big club, Norwich are backed by a Football League club. Real