Ipswich Town 1-2 Maidstone United: Non-league side stun Championship high-flyers in FA Cup
National League South side Maidstone United pulled off an enormous FA Cup shock to knock Championship high-flyers Ipswich Town out of the fourth spherical at Portman Road.
Superb counter-attack strikes from Lamar Reynolds and Sam Corne – Maidstone’s solely makes an attempt on track – earned the non-leaguers an astonishing victory over a side 98 locations above them in the soccer pyramid.
A much-changed Ipswich side, who’re second in the second tier and pushing for promotion to the Premier League, battered their opponents in the primary half, hitting the woodwork thrice and losing quite a few possibilities, however they in some way trailed to an beautiful dinked end by Reynolds.
The cussed resistance was lastly damaged when Jeremy Sarmiento’s low shot took a tiny, however telling, deflection to beat Stones keeper Lucas Covolan.
But Sam Corne’s composed end restored the lead and Maidstone survived the inevitable frantic end and eight minutes of stoppage time to develop into the primary side from National League North or South to achieve the final 16 because the regional cut up was launched in 2004 and sparked joyous scenes.
Boss George Elokobi led these celebrations in entrance of round 4,600 travelling followers because the lowest ranked crew left in this season’s competitors revelled in their achievement and contemplated a spot in the final 16.
Ipswich will argue the second Stones objective ought to have been dominated out for a foul in the construct up and that George Edmundson was fouled in the penalty space after Corne’s strike.
And they are going to level to their utter first-half dominance, a complete of 37 makes an attempt on objective and an impressed show by Brazilian keeper Lucas.
But nobody may argue with the character, grit and sheer resilience of Elokobi’s side who had been so outclassed earlier than the break.
Stones are the primary crew to win their first match in the competitors in opposition to a side from the top-two leagues since Kidderminster Harriers beat Birmingham City in January 1994.
More to comply with.
Line-ups
Ipswich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Walton
- 12BallSubstituted forClarkeat 57′minutes
- 40Tuanzebe
- 4EdmundsonBooked at 76minutes
- 30HumphreysSubstituted forDavisat 57′minutes
- 5Morsy
- 14Taylor
- 20HutchinsonSubstituted forBurnsat 68′minutes
- 23AlukoSubstituted forChaplinat 57′minutes
- 21SarmientoSubstituted forBuaboat 69′minutes
- 33Broadhead
Substitutes
- 2Clarke
- 3Davis
- 6Woolfenden
- 7Burns
- 10Chaplin
- 11Harness
- 13Slicker
- 28Travis
- 51Buabo
Maidstone United
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Covolan Cauagnari
- 2HoyteBooked at 58minutes
- 5Fowler
- 6Appiah
- 14Kyprianou
- 8Corne
- 7Berkeley-AgyepongSubstituted forGurungat 63′minutes
- 15BoneSubstituted forIandoloat 74′minutes
- 16SoleSubstituted forGreenidgeat 59′minutes
- 9Duku
- 10ReynoldsSubstituted forCourtat 74′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Ezennolim
- 4Greenidge
- 12Earle
- 13Court
- 17Smith
- 18Gurung
- 19Iandolo
- Referee:
- Anthony Taylor
- Attendance:
- 27,273
Live Text
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Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Maidstone United 2.
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Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Maidstone United 2.
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Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the field is saved in the highest left nook. Assisted by Wes Burns with a cross.
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Attempt saved. Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the field is saved in the underside left nook. Assisted by Conor Chaplin.
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Hand ball by Sam Morsy (Ipswich Town).
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Gerard Buabo (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Sam Corne (Maidstone United).
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Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the field is saved in the highest centre of the objective. Assisted by Wes Burns with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town) header from the fitting side of the six yard field is just too excessive. Assisted by Leif Davis with a cross following a nook.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Manny Duku.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Harry Kyprianou.
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Attempt blocked. Jack Taylor (Ipswich Town) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is blocked.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Lucas.
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Attempt saved. Wes Burns (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the field is saved in the highest proper nook. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
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Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the fitting wing.
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Foul by Sam Corne (Maidstone United).
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Foul by Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town).
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Bivish Gurung (Maidstone United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are able to proceed.
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Delay in match (Ipswich Town).