Keilor Park’s promotion hopes are in its own hands in the back part of the Victorian Premier League women’s competition.
After finishing third last season, the Eagles set the goal of going at least one spot better this season and earning promotion this season.
After 15 rounds, the Eagles were second on the ladder with a gap of 16 points back to Bundoora United, which sits in third.
Avondale sits five points clear of Keilor Park on top.
Eagles coach Liam Drury said he was happy with how the group was going this season.
“We’re in a good spot,” he said. “It made sense after last year and being third that we wanted to get promoted and get into the top division.
“We need four wins from our last eight games to make sure we get promoted.”
Drury said it was much easier having their fate in their own hands and it allows them to take it game by game.
“This is a great group to coach,” he said. “They’ve been playing some really good football and it allows them to be creative and attacking.
“We kept the core team from last year and added some good international and Australian talent.
“We’ve got some good young players and we’ll see what they can do for the rest of this year and next year.”
The Eagles had been neck and neck with Avondale until the past few weeks.
A loss to Avondale and then a draw with Banyule in round 14, saw the Eagles slip behind them.
It means that everything would need to go the Eagles way if they were to claim the title as well as get promoted.
Drury said they know that is out of their hands.
“It is definitely something we’ve got our mind off,” he said. “We’re not thinking about it.
“If they lose a game it brings us back into it, but we are focused on how we can play our own game.”
The Eagles were set to face the Bayside Argonauts on Friday night, after deadline.
They won that match 8-1.
It isn’t just the Eagles top side that has had a strong season, with plenty of good signs across the whole female program.
“Our reserve women are in the top four and our state league 3 side is really solid in that league.
“We’ve got NPL with our journey and we’ve seen the lift in professionalism with that.
“Hopefully we get promoted into [NPL] and we can create that pathways.
“If we get promoted we get an under-20s team.”
