Chatham Town v Enfield Town Isthmian Premier Division play-off final – Manager Kevin Hake chasing third successive promotion

Any way will do for Chatham Town as they face a final challenge to clinch a third successive promotion.

It’s been dubbed the ‘impossible dream’ as Kevin Hake’s men look to claim their place in National League South, following on from back-to-back promotions.

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Standing in their way on Monday are Enfield Town, a team who finished two points behind them in the Isthmian Premier Division. The two sides meet at Chatham’s Bauvill Stadium for a bank holiday promotion showdown.

Monday’s match comes just 10 days after they met in the league, a game that ended 2-2.

“We are really in dreamland to be honest,” said Chats chairman-manager Hake, who has led them from the Southern Counties East Premier Division with a bold vision to one day take the club into the Football League.

“To be looking at the chance to have three back-to-back promotions is unreal.

“We’ve had to go back to the drawing board with Enfield Town in the final, working out a way to play against them. The job is only half done.”

Enfield beat Wingate & Finchley 1-0 in their play-off semi-final on Wednesday while Chats eventually got the better of Horsham, winning their tie on penalties.

With the Enfield game having been so recent, they will be familiar foes.

Hake said: “It has been quite bizarre because we had only just played Horsham (before meeting in the play-offs) and now we play Enfield who we played last week.

“I am sure they will be looking at us and we will certainly be looking at them and it’s about finding a way, that’s what the boys have to do, like they did against Horsham, they found a way.

“We did it in the (Velocity Cup) final and found a way and we have to do the same again.”

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