Whitstable Town U18 0 Maidstone Utd U18C 5
Invitational Cup 27/9/07

Maidstone United under 18s good form in this seasons cup competitions continued on Thursday evening with a resounding 5-0 victory away to Whitstable Town under 18 in the preliminary round of the under 18 Invitational Cup.

The Stones following on from Monday evening's success away to Bromley in the FA Youth Cup were ahead in this match within the first two minutes.

Miles Cornwell combined well with Craig Roxburgh before delivering a fine right wing cross which forward Danny Brann dispatched with aplomb into the corner of the Whitstable net to register a dream start for the Stones.

The next 15 minutes play however was very scrapy with both teams guilty of giving away possession cheaply. Normal service was resumed for the Stones after 20 minutes when Roxburgh was released by an incisive Cornwell through ball and he finished well from just inside the pealty area. Maidstone's third goal soon followed with Brann netting his second and five minutes before half-time the tie was virtually settled when Brann completed his hat trick with the pick of the goals on the evening, powerfully heading home a driven Cornwell corner kick.

The Stones made changes for the second period which did effect the fluencey of their passing game and for awhile were grateful to Joe Dawson in goal for keeping Whitstable at bay. The Stones did settle midway through the half and increased the scoreline when Roxburgh set Matthew Garner free and he placed his left foot shot past the Whitstable keeper to register Maidstone's fifth.

Within the final five minutes Roxburgh missed the chance to make it six from the penalty spot but by that time the games was over and Maidstone were secured a passage into the next round away to the winners of Chatham and Ebbsfleet under 18s.