Maidstone's Jon Cooper comes away with the ball in Saturday's friendly win over Ashford

Maidstone Ladies 1sts were caught cold after the long trip to Dereham to take on last season’s East Premier Division runners-up.

The home side opened the scoring after nine minutes and were 2-0 up seven minutes later after a Maidstone pass was intercepted.

Dereham had two players sent-off after the break but Hotson was denied a penalty flick and the visitors’ miserable day was complete when the home side added a late third.

Maidstone will look to bounce back against West Herts at home on Saturday.

Maidstone men's 1sts fired three early goals on their way to a 4-1 win in their final friendly at Ashford on Saturday. They open their South League Premier Divison campaign at Brighton on Saturday.