Disappointed sell-out crowd expected Eagles stars but youngsters show Stones the way to goal

By Sam Elliott

PIG SLICK: Stones star Joe Pigott’s fine free-kick has Kleton Perntreou grasping at thin air before the team help him celebrate in front of a huge crowd, inset
PICTURES: Ed Boyden

PERHAPS it was for the best that Crystal Palace performed an eleventh hour escape act and sent down their development side after all.
A sell-out Stones crowd expected to celebrate five years of football back in Maidstone by watching the likes of Wilfred Zaha, Christian Benteke and Andros Towns...