Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong was never going to turn down the chance to rejoin Maidstone.

The midfielder feels there’s unfinished business at the Gallagher Stadium after last season was cut short by injury.

He suffered a severe hamstring injury during the Stones’ win at Dartford in March 2024, ruling him out of the run-in.

Maidstone went on to lose in the National League South play-off semi-finals, with Berkeley-Agyepong, 28, out of action.

He wants to put that right after returning to the club from Wealdstone and help United achieve promotion.

There’s work to be done with George Elokobi’s side dropping out of the play-offs with three games to go.

They’re a point behind Weston, 3-0 winners in their rearranged match against Tonbridge on Tuesday night.

“There is 110% unfinished business with the league so I feel like coming back, we can do something,” said Berkeley-Agyepong, the Grenada international.

“For us, we’ve got to win all the games.

“We go into every game with the mentality to win, because at the end of the day, if you don’t have that, you’re going to lose.

“The league is crazy, you never know who’s going to win or lose, or where people end up.

“But we’ve got three games to go and if we win them all, hopefully we’ll be in the play-offs.”

Maidstone visit relegation-threatened Welling on Good Friday (3pm) and host Tonbridge on Easter Monday (1pm) before ending the season at Farnborough next weekend.

“It’s a quick turnover but a quick time to pick up points,” said Berkeley-Agyepong.

“You could gain momentum or lose momentum and I feel we want to gain momentum in these two quick games.

“The last three games are quite quick when you think we’re going from Saturday-Saturday-Saturday to Friday-Monday-Saturday.

“I feel we’ve the squad to win those games.”

It was a long road back for Berkeley-Agyepong following his injury.

He was out for eight months before linking up with National League Wealdstone.

But when Maidstone boss and former Aldershot team-mate Elokobi came calling, the conversation was only going one way.

“I tore my hamstring off the bone, so I was out for the rest of the season and I wasn’t back fit until November time, and then it was a case of looking for a club to play at,” said Berkeley-Agyepong.

“I went down to Wealdstone and was there for a couple of months, just getting back to fitness, then the gaffer phoned me and it was the right time to come back.

“When he phones, you never say no, so I came back.

“He gives you the phone call and I look at the phone and I’m thinking, ‘Yeah, I know what’s going to happen with this one’.

“I had a real good conversation with the gaffer and it’s good to be back. It was a quick yes.

“The hamstring’s good.

“The reoccurence level is very high so I’ve made sure this was the year to be fit before I came back into doing anything football-wise.”

Berkeley-Agyepong made his first start since returning as Maidstone drew 0-0 with Weymouth last weekend.

He’s settled back in quickly and was the bright spark on a largely frustrating afternoon.

It’s good to be back in familiar surroundings, although there have been a couple of changes at the Gallagher.

“The new pitch feels different, better on the knees and the body and they’ve changed the code on the gate, so getting in was difficult!” said Berkeley-Agyepong.

“Other than that, everything’s fine.

“There’s the same people around the club and a lot of the same boys from last year, so walking back in, I felt at home.

“It helps when you feel settled somewhere but wherever you go, regardless of whether you’ve been there before, you need to prove yourself to the people that haven’t seen you, even though everyone kind of knows me.”

Berkeley-Agyepong is still to add to his international caps since returning from injury but benefited from linking up with the Grenada squad last November.

“I was just there to be around the boys training,” he said.

“It felt like my pre-season, nice warm-weather training. Being in the Caribbean in November, it’s not the worst thing in the world.”