Maidstone United caretaker manager George Elokobi reacts to 1-1 National League draw with Scunthorpe United

Caretaker boss George Elokobi hopes Maidstone are slowly building some momentum after back-to-back draws.

There was nothing to separate the bottom National League sides on Tuesday as Scunthorpe hit back to cancel out a deflected effort by utility player Sam Bone, his first for the club.

Maidstone remain without a league victory since November, are nine points from safety and have played more league fixtures than their relegation rivals. But they have earned successive 1-1 draws after Josh Shonibare's first club goal earned them a weekend point against Gateshead.

Asked if it had been a must-win match for the Stones, Elokobi replied: “No.

“We approach every game to win but you can look at it today as two games unbeaten. Sometimes, it does take that to build a bit of momentum.

“The boys have come out today and given us every bit of quality they have. They fought for this football club from the first minute until the very, very last minute.”

Bone put the Stones ahead at the Gallagher Stadium but away skipper Jacob Butterfield took less than 90 second-half seconds to equalise.

Both sides did push for a winner in the latter stages but could not find one and a draw does little to help either outfits' survival hopes.

Elokobi added: “Games are not won in 45 minutes. Games are won in the full 90 - or the full 100 minutes - because sometimes, you get 100 minutes now.

“We understood the job at hand. We knew they were going to come at us and it was up to us to try and keep that lead but, also, to try and get that second goal, for our security. But that wasn’t to be tonight.

“Fair play to Scunthorpe for getting an early goal [in the second half] but we didn’t lay down then. We kept battling and showed qualities at times.

“We created