Maidstone have knocked old rivals Gillingham out of the Kent Senior Cup for the third time in five years. Devonte Aransibia’s penalty and a Sol Wanjau-Smith strike gave United a 2-0 victory over a young Gills side in front of almost 1,500 fans at the Gallagher Stadium.
Having met in the quarter-finals and semi-finals in 2018 and 2019 respectively, the clubs were paired in the second-round stage this season.
Maidstone - who’ve won the competition a record 18 times - rested a couple of their main men in goalkeeper Lucas Covolan and leading scorer Levi Amantchi but boss George Elokobi named a strong side.
Gillingham - whose last Kent Senior Cup success came in 1948 - had caretaker boss Keith Millen in the dugout but it was very much their B team, with just a handful of Football League appearances between them.