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Maidstone United goalscorer Bobby-Joe Taylor rallies team-mates for FA Cup replay at Rochdale

Maidstone will be up against Football League opposition again if they win their FA Cup first-round replay at Rochdale.

Stones were the final ball out in Monday's draw, pulling a trip to unbeaten League 2 side Carlisle in the second round.

First, they have to get over the disappointment of conceding in the final seconds against Dale on Sunday and somehow beat the League 1 high-fliers in their own backyard next week.

Bobby-Joe Taylor has had a frustrating time Picture: Andy Jones
Bobby-Joe Taylor has had a frustrating time Picture: Andy Jones

Stones players took Rochdale's free-kick equaliser badly but will have their heads up by the time they go to Spotland on Tuesday.

Bobby-Joe Taylor, whose penalty looked set to send Maidstone through at the first attempt, said: "Whether it is a free-kick or not, to score last minute it’s just so disappointing for us all.

"We could have been in the next round but now we’ve got a replay and we just have to go and put on a performance there and hopefully get something.

"It's difficult - very difficult. We came in after the game and you could see everyone’s disappointment because we’ve worked so hard for 90 minutes.

"I think we deserved to win because we dealt with them so well and when we did have a few chances we looked quite good on the break.

"Unfortunately, we didn’t take those and they scored last minute.

"It's very, very devastating for us all but at the end of the day, we aren’t out.

"We’ve got to bounce back, take a positive that we’re still in it and we now can go to a League 1 side and try and get the result there."

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