West Ham United Ladies have been hard at work this week as they prepare for the Essex County Cup final on Sunday.
Tony Marshall's side will play Colchester United in the showpiece, which takes place at Maldon Town FC's Wallace Binder Stadium. West Ham Ladies Manager Marshall believes preparations for the match are going well after a positive result in the league on Sunday.
"This is a massive week for us as we have never won a senior trophy," he said. "All of our junior sides have rearranged their games to come and watch and we also have the West Ham mascots coming so there should be a really good atmosphere. Colchester will be a real test but we are confident as we will have our strongest squad out."
The Hammers gave themselves the perfect preparation for the final with a 5-0 victory over Ipswich Town at the weekend. Goals from Tracey Duxbury, Lindsey Morgan, Holly Griffin - her first senior goal - Sam Pittuck and Julia Setford secured the win that kept them in third place in the FA Tesco Women's Premier League.
"The Ipswich game was ideal preparation for the cup final. We exploited the wide areas well and dominated the midfield with some great deliveries and a real ambition by our midfield and forwards to get into the box. The win took us up to third in the table as both Barnet and Portsmouth lost so with seven games left is all up to us."
Check out whufc.com tomorrow for a full preview of the final, which kicks-off at 2pm.
West Ham United (from): Paris Smith, Rosy Sullivan, Jade Dempster, Carly Roache, Jess Barling, Tracey Duxbury, Lindsey Morgan (c), Sam Pittuck, Katie holmes, Gemma Shepherd, Zoe Marshall, Nat Grafton, Clare Rogers, Julia Setford