SATURDAY’S Adver Cup final has all the makings for a classic as unbeaten Avtar Construction take on last year’s league winners Lower Stratton.

Avtar boss Peter Smith is brimming with confidence ahead of the final at Supermarine’s Webb’s Wood Stadium having already clinched the Swindon & District Premier Division without tasting defeating, despite the club nearly collapsing at the end of last season.

It will also be a memorable day for veteran Michael Chivers who returns to the matchday squad following a long-term lay-off after suffering a broken neck during a game.

“We’ve got a new sponsor this year in Avtar Construction, and if it wasn’t for them we would have had to fold because of money so it has been a good year,” said Smith.

“We have Michael Chivers, who has played for us for at least ten years and he broke a part of his neck playing football for us and he has just come back now so he will be on the bench for the final.

“I think he is 41 and he is still going strong so fair play to him.”

The last time the two sides met last month they played out a 2-2 draw at Lower Stratton but Smith is confident the larger pitch at Supermarine will play into their favour.

“We’re really confident because obviously we are unbeaten all season and we only drew two games, but one of them was against Lower Stratton to be fair," added Smith whose side, formerly known as Queensfield, lost in the final last year to Fratellos.

“Stratton played well that game, we didn’t turn up and they got a well deserved draw.

“The big pitch at Supermarine should suit us and we have strikers who like to run into the channels so that should be good, well hopefully anyway.”

Meanwhile the cup offers the last chance for Lower Stratton to claim some silverware in what has been a tough campaign.

After claiming the Premier Division title and George Thomas/Don Rogers Cup last season manager Alan Spring saw a lot of players leave in the summer.

Stratton finished the season in 7th place but Spring believes that anything could happen in the final on Saturday.

“Naturally everyone is looking forward to it,” he said.

“I don’t think I could put it in to words what it would mean to the club, if we were to manage that feat it would just be unbelievable.

“It is something we didn’t expect, to be in the final, in all honesty.

“We’ve had an up and down season in the league because from last year we lost quite a few players who retired and one of our players broke their leg so we lost about five out of the bulk of the team.

“We have brought new players in who have taken a while to get settled.

“The last six games we started to get more of a settled side.

“However we have only got so many who are eligible for the final and we are down to our bare bones.

“The lads are looking forward to it and naturally there is excitement and worry and everything else that goes into a final.

“We are up against a very good side who have done well this season.

“We drew with them earlier in the month but in a cup final you just don’t know what is going to happen on a totally different pitch.

“We’ve got to play at our best and we have got to hope that the opposition don’t quite play to their potential.”

This Saturday will also see the final of the George Thomas/Don Rogers Cup where Old Town United will be looking to avenge last year's defeat at the same stage when they face Division One side Chiseldon.