Maidstone ended the worst home record in English football with their 2-0 victory over Havant.

Long-suffering fans finally had something to celebrate as United won a National League game at the Gallagher for the first time in almost seven months.

They’d been stuck on one win since beating Barrow 1-0 on August 18, with 17 home matches yielding just seven points.

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Success saw them move level on two home wins with Huddersfield and Ipswich at the foot of the Premier League and Championship respectively.

And with United taking their home tally to 10 points, the Terriers’ return of eight is now the poorest record in the top five divisions.

Everyone enjoyed the moment as goals from Jake Embery, on his first start, and Jack Powell saw off Havant.

It also saw them rein in three points on Dover, who lost a 2-0 lead at Hartlepool, the Stones now 10 points from safety with a game in hand.

Head coach Hakan Hayrettin said: “I think this was important not just for the players but for the whole club.

“I keep saying this, the team is not just the team on the pitch.

“The team are you guys, the people that collect the money on the turnstiles, that clean the stands, that print the tickets.

“The team is the bigger team and we got the points for everybody and the supporters because it was long overdue and it will give the whole club a lift.

“We worked as hard as we did all week, as we always have since we’ve been here, and I think playing young Jake Embery, they didn’t expect that.

“But, listen, we always said the quality was there, it was just momentum and hard work and discipline and doing the right things in the right areas and I think that’s what we did today.

“We need to make this place a fortress. We need people to realise that when they come here, we’re not going to be rolled over.

“Habits, the boys have got into a habit, ‘oh we’re going to lose’.

“No, reverse it, we’re going to win, we’re going to make it hard, we’re going to make it difficult.

“We may not win every game but we’re going to work as had as we possibly can, with and without the ball, to make things happen.

“I have a saying, and I believe this 1 million per cent, how good a player you are is when you haven’t got the ball.”

Maidstone fans saw a glimpse of the future with Embery’s first goal for the club, the teenager breaking the deadlock with a classy opener.

He came off after tiring midway through the second half but made his mark.

Hayrettin said: “He plays with no fear, he’s young, he’s still got to learn his trade.

“I love the way he wants to work hard and drag teams the other way.

"He took his goal well and he had two or three chances before that.

“He’s given me a signal saying that he’s tired and leggy because from where he’s been playing, he’s got to up the tempo of his game and it’ll take time.

“Fair play to the kid, he worked really hard and did really well, and he’s going to be an asset.”

Read the match report from Maidstone's 2-0 victory over Havant