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Yemi Odubade scored an injury-time winner to clinch National League safety for Maidstone.
He struck in the 93rd minute against Boreham Wood to send the Gallagher Stadium mad.
There was a late change to the Maidstone starting XI with Bobby-Joe Taylor coming in for the injured Jamar Loza.
Taylor was quickly involved and perhaps should have scored inside two minutes but got his finish wrong when picked out by a lovely cross from Seth Twumasi.
It was a really good first half, with both sides committed to attack despite the lack of goals.
Taylor’s early chance was United’s best while Kevin Lokko and Magnus Okuonghae had goalbound efforts blocked from a Stuart Lewis free-kick.
Lokko went close again soon after, Grant Smith just about holding on to his header from Yemi Odubade’s corner.
Boreham Wood were strong out wide, with Bruno Andrade and Angelo Balanta seeing plenty of the ball.
They went close early on when Lee Worgan denied Ricky Shakes from a Morgan Ferrier cross, while Okuonghae did well to thwart Shakes from Andrade’s pull-back.
The visitors continued to play some nice football in the final third, threatening again when Jai Reason put a free-kick a yard wide, but United were defending well.
Stones had a big penalty appeal turned down at the start of the second half, the grounded Danny Woodards appearing to block Odubade’s cross with his hand.
The hard-working Pigott then fed Odubade, whose effort went inches wide of the far post.
Lokko snuffed out Shakes from Balanta’s dangerous through ball at the other end, then Tom Mills made an even better challenge on Ferrier with the Wood striker poised to shoot.
Moving into the last 10 minutes, Andrade hit the side-netting with a 20-yard free-kick after Mills was penalised for a challenge on Ferrier.
Odubade had the ball in the net from Lewis’ pass in the last five minutes but the flag was already up.
Time was almost up when Reece Prestedge fed the ball into the box, with Odubade finishing beautifully.
Maidstone: Worgan, Twumasi, Mills, Okuonghae, Lokko, Lewis, Prestedge, Flisher, Odubade, Pigott, Taylor (Paxman 46mins). Subs not used: Coyle, Loza, McCarthy, Phipps.
Attendance: 2,880.
