Bromley 3 Maidstone United 0 match report

Maidstone were well-beaten by a Bromley side who finished the game with a defender in goal.

Adam Marriott scored twice, to add to Omar Sowunmi's opener, and the Ravens could have had several more.

Defender Chris Bush played the final 16 minutes of normal time, plus 10 minutes of added time, in goal after Reice Charles-Cook was stretchered off.

But the Stones didn't test the former Ebbsfleet centre-half between the sticks and left empty-handed.

Maidstone were unchanged from Tuesday night’s draw with Wealdstone and made a promising start at Hayes Lane.

They made some decent progress in the Bromley half in the opening exchanges but their good work was undone when they conceded from a 15th-minute corner.

That will have driven Hakan Hayrettin mad - he prides himself on his team’s organisation from restarts - but it was lacking here as Reece Hannam’s ball to the back post was met by giant defender Sowunmi for the opener.

Bromley went on to win four successive corners midway through the half.

Michael Cheek nearly scored from the third, his shot blocked in the six-yard box and, from the fourth, Yusuf Mersin got down well to keep out Byron Webster’s fierce free shot.

George Fowler cleared off the line from Corey Whitely and Harry Forster’s half-volley went just wide as Bromley looked for a second.

Maidstone had just as many opportunities to put balls in the box as Bromley, winning plenty of corners and free-kicks.

But they couldn’t make any of them pay and conceded again two minutes before half-time.

A nice switch of play from left to right saw Forster feed Whitely and his cross was converted at the near post by Marriott.

Maidstone went close in the opening minute of the second half, with Roarie Deacon’s 25-yard drive brilliantly