Maidstone United manager Hakan Hayrettin on FA Trophy victory over Worthing and Sol Wanjau-Smith's recovery from injury

It was a case of job done for Hakan Hayrettin after Maidstone beat Worthing in the FA Trophy Third Round.

The Stones overcame tricky National South opponents 2-0 at the Gallagher Stadium on Tuesday night with goals from Ryan Galvin, who scored direct from a cross, and Jack Barham.

Boss Hayrettin was already without Regan Booty and Sha’mar Lawson, who missed out through illness, and the suspended Reiss Greenidge.

And there was a blow in the warm-up when Joe Ellul dropped out with a knee injury.

But Maidstone found a way to win and are off to National League leaders Notts County in the Fourth Round next month.

“It was a tight game but we did the job,” said Hayrettin.

“We had to make loads of changes because of suspensions and injuries.

“It was tight, a bit nervy but people who haven’t played minutes for a long time came in and have done a job.

“The most important thing is we won 2-0 and kept a clean sheet and we could have had a couple more.

“They could play in front of us all day long. The instruction was to let them do that and try and catch the trap.

“Sometimes our players didn’t follow the instruction but we got there in the end.

“They try and manoeuvre play, a bit like Notts County, but Notts County are excellent at it.

“They try and get you out of position. Once we came to terms with that, we did all right.

“After the way we lost against Dorking (3-2 defeat in added time last week), I think it was important because we didn’t deserve to lose that. Nowhere near it.

“We were better than Dorking but tonight was good for everybody connected to the club.

“We’re in the next round of the Trophy and hopefully we can get some of our players back.”

Hayrettin named summer signing Sol Wanjau-Smith on the bench for the first time.