The two sides that have dominated the women's competition in recent season's, Coastal Spirit SAS and Cashmere Technical, meet in the Blackwells Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final at English Park at 6 pm on Saturday. The Final will bring down the curtain on the Female Football Festival Day at English Park.
Coastal SAS will be chasing the league-cup double after claiming the New World Women's Premiership without dropping points, including three wins over Technical, the final of the three encounters the closest with Technical finishing strongly before going done 3 - 2. Both teams are yet to concede a goal in the cup.
Technical will be out to cause the upset, having lifted the cup twice in the previous five seasons.
Coastal SAS will be hoping for another tight contest as a build-up to their Kate Sheppard Cup Semi-Final against Hamilton Wanderers next Saturday.
Path to the Final
Coastal Spirit SAS
Round 1: Bye
Quarter-Final: Universities 6 - 0
Semi-Final: Halswell Green 13 - 0
Cashmere Technical
Round 1: Bye
Quarter-Final: Cashmere Technical CWCL 7 - 0
Semi-Final: Ferrymead Bays 8 - 0
Written by Gavin Searle.
Article added: Friday 13 August 2021