Having been reduced to 10 men a minute after going a goal down is not normally how to get anything out of a cup fixture but Herne Bay put in a battling second half performance rewarded by an equaliser two minutes from time. In truth, they could have won it.
Maidstone United are through to the next round of the cup but it wasn’t plain sailing as South Park made them fight for 60 minutes and a shock was on the cards as Park took a 2-1 lead but most people would say that the two division difference told.
It was a cruel result for 10-man Sittingbourne following the dismissal of goalkeeper Adam Molloy at the end of the first half, as a delayed whistle from the referee may have seen a different outcome.
