Chatham Town 1 Margate 1 (4-5 on penalties): DFDS Kent Senor Cup Final - Reece Butler scores stoppage-time equaliser for Chats at Priestfield but Harry Hudson completes shoot-out win for Gate

Margate beat Chatham Town on penalties to win the Kent Senior Cup Final at Priestfield on Wednesday night.

Nathan Wood put Margate infront in the first half and the Isthmian Premier side held Chatham out until the 97th minute when Reece Butler nodded in Jack Evans’ deep free-kick to take the final to penalties. Harry Hudson scored the winning spot-kick after Danny Kedwell’s effort had been saved.

Reaction: “We did it the hard way!”

Isthmian South East champions Chatham - who last won the Kent cup in 1919 - included Andy Drury in their starting line-up. He started the season as manager of opponents Margate and his involvement added extra spice to the evening.

There was also plenty of Gillingham interest in the Chats team, including 2013 title-winning striker Kedwell, along with their captain Evans. Right-back Ike Orji was playing his last game of his loan spell from the Football League hosts.

Margate - managed by Reece Prestedge - ended their league campaign 17th in the table while Chats surged to the South East championship with seven straight wins.

Backed by a vociferous following, Gate saw plenty of the ball early on, but it was Chatham’s Paris Lock who had the game’s opening shot, firing wide of the goal.

The first corner of the game was perfectly timed, on 14 minutes. Fans had been encouraged to remember young Chats fan Freddy Leitch, who recently died, but Evans stood over the ball and the game was halted as everyone in the ground, players included, stopped to clap in memory of the eight-year-old.

From that corner, Margate counter-attacked and took the lead. Goalkeeper Daniel Jinadu claimed the ball and played it to Henry Young, who then picked out Nathan Wood in the box. The forward regained his footing after a