Ryman League Veterans' Cup (30/3/07)

Maidstone United Veterans played their inaugural fixture in the Ryman League Veterans' Cup on Thursday evening when they travelled to Southwood to face their counterparts from Ramsgate.

The Old Stones, who are managed by Les Apps, the former Maidstone United goalkeeper from the late 1960's, put on a superb performance to come away with a thoroughly deserved 3-0 victory.

Les Apps was extremely delighted with his side and said "The standard of football was a bit higher than we normally play in but my boys adapted really well and thoroughly deserved the win. I'm absolutely chuffed with the results."

The scorers for The Vets were Lee Bobbit and Dave Simpson who scored twice. Apps described the second of Simpson's goals as "fantastic" as it followed great midfield work from Russell Deadman who supplied a killer pass for Simpson to find the net.

There were special mentions for Steve Clarke who performed stoically at the back and a certain Terry Cordice who added some bite and tenacity to The Stones side in a bid to counteract the effect of Ramsgate's own "star player" Neil Davey.

In the semi finals, Maidstone United have been drawn away to Whyteleafe who accounted for Bromley Veterans in their quarter final tie. The other semi final sees Tilbury entertain Metropolitan Police. The date of the Stones' game is yet to be decided but it must be played by Easter.