Maidstone United manager George Elokobi reflects on 3-2 National League South victory at Bath City in his final match in charge

George Elokobi signed off as Maidstone United manager with one final dramatic afternoon.

Mark Boruk scored an injury-time winner as the Stones fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Bath City.

They missed out on a National League South play-off place on goal difference, finishing eighth, as four points separated second and ninth in a tight division.

The odds were firmly against Elokobi’s men sneaking into the top seven - they needed to beat Bath and hope results elsewhere went for them - and their chances looked virtually non-existent after Bath opened up a two-goal lead.

But a terrific fightback in the last 20 minutes saw Jamie Yila and George Fowler square the match before local lad Boruk scored his first Stones goal in the fifth minute of added time.

Maidstone just needed Hornchurch to score against Maidenhead and they’d have been in the play-offs.

An eruption in the away end proved a false dawn as United were pipped at the post but Elokobi, standing down after three years in charge, was proud of his players.

Worthing beat Ebbsfleet to clinch the title, while Hornchurch, Torquay, Dorking, Hemel Hempstead, Weston-super-Mare and Maidenhead finish in the play-offs.

“There are no regrets,” said Elokobi, who is passing the reins to assistant manager Craig Fagan.

“Congratulations to all the teams that made it into the play-offs. They were better than us. We fell short and we’ve got to learn.

Report: Bath 2-3 Maidstone

“But we’ve got to appreciate the season we’ve had and the rebuilding job that we did.

“Our group of players, I think they’ve been magnificent, especially these last 15 games of the season.

“Their consistency levels have been off the scale in terms of being relentless, being ruthless and working hard for