An earlier model of this text was printed on 4 April.
Hardly anybody was speaking about Charlton Athletic being title contenders earlier than the Ladies’s Tremendous League 2 season.
So it’s no shock supervisor Karen Hills feels it could be “one of many biggest achievements of her profession” in the event that they have been to realize promotion.
With one recreation remaining, her facet sit on the prime of the WSL 2 with 42 factors, one level forward of title rivals Birmingham Metropolis and Crystal Palace.
Charlton face Birmingham in a large recreation on Saturday, 2 Could at 15:00 BST, with Crystal Palace taking up relegated Portsmouth on the identical time.
Because the WSL expands from 12 to 14 groups subsequent season, the highest two in WSL 2 will robotically safe promotion to the WSL, whereas the crew ending third will face bottom-of-the-table WSL facet Leicester in a play-off on Saturday, 23 Could.
Charlton have led the way in which for almost all of the marketing campaign, however their type has dipped considerably with three defeats of their previous 4 matches.
With one of many lowest budgets within the league, competing in opposition to huge spenders Newcastle United and Birmingham, in addition to Crystal Palace, it has already been a exceptional marketing campaign for the Addicks.
“For those who’d have instructed me in pre-season that is the place we’d be at this level, I would have bitten your hand off,” Hills instructed BBC Sport.
“These gamers should be the place they’re. The quantity of labor that they’ve put in, the way in which that they’ve performed and the way in which that they’ve executed the whole lot we have requested of them, they deserve all of the accolades and the achievements.
“If we have been to be promoted then I imagine it is in all probability one of many biggest achievements in my profession.
“Simply when it comes to the place the league is at this second, what different groups have spent and the calibre of gamers. I believe it could be an unbelievable achievement.”
