By Matt Badcock
VICTORY PARADE: Sam Corne, right, wheels away after scoring Maidstone United’s second goal at Ipswich
PICTURE: Alamy
WHEN THE final whistle blew at 2.27pm last Saturday, the Maidstone United players scat- tered round the Portman Road pitch as 4,472 jubilant away fans erupted.
Some jumped around, some stood there in disbelief. Oth ers burst into tears.
The National League South side had just stunned Cham- pionship high-flyers Ipswich Town to reach the FA Cup fifth round for the first time.
Boss George Elokobi had been talking about his 'history makers' for w...
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