Stunned McKenna salutes Stones
The Football League Paper|January 28, 2024
KIERAN McKenna was full of praise for NonLeague Maidstone after seeing his Ipswich Town side humbled at Portman Road.
Steve Coombs
Stunned McKenna salutes Stones

National League South side Stones were playing their seventh FA Cup tie this season after entering in the second qualifying round and, despite facing 38 shots, stunned the Championship promotion hopefuls.

Brazilian keeper Lucas Covolan was the initial star with a string of firsthalf saves, before Lamar Reynolds dared the 4,472-travelling support to dream with a superb lob in the 43rd minute.

When Brighton loanee Jeremy Sarmiento levelled for 1978 FA Cup winners Ipswich, McKenna’s men were expected to overpower the Kent club, but third round hero Sam Corne had other ideas with his left-footed strike enough to etch Maidstone’s name in FA Cup folklore.

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