Last Sunday's County Cup Final at Witham Town saw Chelmsford City looking to make it an unprecedented third County Cup success in a row with an unknown Dagenham & Redbridge outfit from the Greater London League being their opposition.

Chelmsford made their intentions clear in the opening minute when Sarah Gammon's cross found Becky Garner but her tame shot was smothered by the goalkeeper.

Chelmsford's neat build-up play resulted in the opening goal after 23 minutes.

Keisha Ramos controlled a clearance by the Dagenham goalkeeper and provided a perfect ball to Julie Purdon whose low cross into the penalty box saw the goalkeeper only half save it, and Paula Drane was on hand to turn and score.

This prompted Dagenham to enjoy their best period of the half and on 30 minutes a goalmouth scramble resulted in Elizabeth Marshall blocking a shot on the line.

In the 36th minute an intricate passing move involving Melanie Edwards and Gammon resulted in Drane flicking the ball into the path of Purdon, who drilled the ball home for City's second goal.

City looked to have extended their lead within five minutes of the restart but Gammon's goal was ruled out for offside.

In the 53rd minute, Drane latched onto the ball just inside her opponents half and on entering the box, tucked the ball under the goalkeeper but the ball rebounded off the post and was cleared.

Gammon was then inches away from converting Ramos' angled shot while at the other end Marshall and Purdon did well to get in timely tackles to thwart the Dagenham forwards.

With a minute left, substitute Debbie Watts and Drane combined with Robinson who struck home a volley from 20 yards out to seal City's win.

This was a professional performance from City who have now completed the first stage of a possible treble as they now concentrate on attempting to win the League Cup and League title.

Chelmsford City: Bridgeman, Marshall, Emmerson, Edwards (Shirley), Blundell, Robinson, Garner (Watts), Ramos, Drane, Purdon and Gammon (Manns). Unused substitute: Hunt.

Cup joy: The Chelmsford City Ladies Football Club squad celebrate after beating Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0 in last Sunday's County Cup Final.

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