Maidstone United midfielder Teo Kurtaran speaks about life at the Gallagher Stadium after scoring his first goal for the club with brilliant winner against Dagenham

Teo Kurtaran is determined to bring more joy to Maidstone fans after his stunning winner at Dagenham.

Kurtaran collected a pass from Sam Oguntayo and carried the ball forward before firing home off the post from 25 yards as the Stones picked up a 2-1 victory.

It was the perfect way to mark his first National League South start and his first experience of seeing Maidstone supporters celebrating a win.

A run of four successive defeats without scoring didn’t deter almost 300 away fans from making the trip to east London and their backing was rewarded with Kurtaran’s strike.

“The fans, just from the game I watched before I signed, it’s something I want to be part of,” said midfielder Kurtaran.

“I want to impress them, I want to bring joy to them, I want us to win for them most importantly.

“It’s really good for the fans to sing my name and get behind us like they always do.

“It’s pretty impressive the amount of them that travel to away games.

“The home support we know is amazing and the away support as well.

“At this level you don’t get this support often so it’s something I want to thrive under.”

Kurtaran, who had a brief spell at Walton & Hersham this season while training with Maidstone, has bought into manager George Elokobi’s training methods.

Elokobi and his staff work the players hard in preparation for games and it’s very much to his liking.

“I’ve found it really good,” said Kurtaran.

“It’s up there with the hardest training I’ve ever done at a club, especially because we’re hybrid, we’re not full-time, so it makes it difficult to cram everything in.

“I think the coaches do a great job of getting everything in that we need to do and the boys, their attitude is always really good to train hard.

“There’s no complaints