Maidstone United manager Hakan Hayrettin unfazed by sack calls and says he's proud of his team after fightback against Yeovil Town

Maidstone manager Hakan Hayrettin will keep working to the best of his ability amid the annual calls for his sacking.

A section of fans made their feelings known, turning on Hayrettin and the owners, before Regan Booty’s injury-time penalty rescued a 1-1 draw at home to Yeovil yesterday.

Hayrettin, who led the Stones to the National South title a matter of months ago, is unfazed by the criticism coming his way after 11 matches without a win in all competitions.

“I’ve been here four seasons,” said Hayrettin.

“Every season I should have been sacked 10 times over, so this isn’t new to me.

“What am I supposed to do? It’s football. You’re never going to get everyone on side.

“You’ve just got to keep doing the job to the best of your ability and me and my staff are working as hard as we possibly can to make things happen.

“If you take your eye off the ball, if you can’t accept what comes with your job and your responsibility, you shouldn’t be involved in the game, should you?

“I accept not everyone’s going to be happy, I accept people are going to question decisions I make.

“You’re never going to please everyone but what you can do is do the best you possibly can.

“I’ve always done that, wherever I’ve been.”

Maidstone are second-bottom of the National League, two points from safety.

But they kept going against fellow strugglers Yeovil, denying the visitors their first away win of the season when Booty scored from the spot in the sixth minute of added time.

Hayrettin took heart from his side’s second-half rally, having trailed to Alex Fisher’s early header.

“We’re a team in progress,” said the manager, who's seen key midfielder Sam Corne (groin) join a lengthy injury list that’s stopped him naming his strongest XI this season.