Title-chasing Dartford joint managers Martin McCarthy and Connor Dymond react to Kent Women’s Cup victory over Chatham Town ahead of league clash against Sport London e Benfica

Dartford Women celebrated Kent Cup glory over Chatham Town and now turn their focus to promotion as they chase a place in the higher division.

The Darts came from behind to beat higher-ranked Chatham 2-1 on Thursday night at the Gallagher Stadium to lift the GoCardless Kent Women’s Cup, thanks to goals from Shauni Griffiths and Abbey Davies.

Report: Dartford 2 Chatham 1

Dartford have four league games left and will secure promotion into Chatham’s division if they win all of those remaining games, which includes a final fixture at league leaders Saltdean.

They play Sport London e Benfica on Sunday and Ebbsfleet United on Wednesday night as their push for the title continues.

Joint boss Martin McCarthy said: “We hope we can get promotion this year, we can get up and we'll have a load more battles with Chatham next year, and then it'll be a case of who's got the bragging rights.

“Healthy competition is always good competition, that's how we see the Chatham rivalry.

“We’re top dogs on the night [in the Kent Cup] but Chatham will come back again. They've got fabulous players and a good group.

“We're always told, ‘don't cry when you lose, and don't cry when you win’. We'll get our heads down. We've got a big game coming up on Sunday. We've got to win that as well.”

Focus will have switched to league ambitions, but McCarthy and joint boss Connor Dymond made sure they enjoyed their Kent Cup success.

Dartford were a goal down at the break, but they always had the belief that they could fight back.

McCarthy said: “Chatham are a really good side, they got to the fifth round of the FA Cup, but we had a game plan, and the girls did it.

“We said beforehand [to the girls], ‘We put so much effort into it, we do a lot of brave