Maidstone United vs Yeovil Town - Maidstone missing suspended Healy for Yeovil cup clash

Posted Saturday, November 07, 2015 by PA

Vanarama National League South side Maidstone are without midfielder Joe Healy for their FA Cup first-round clash with League Two Yeovil.

Healy is suspended after collecting five bookings while the tie might come too soon for fellow midfielder Alex Brown, who has been out with a knee injury in recent weeks.

The Kent side are hoping to claim another league scalp after beating Stevenage last season and are expecting a crowd close to 3,000 at the Gallagher Stadium.

Manager Jay Saunders said: "I think everyone at the club is looking forward to it. After last year's cup run, this has got everyone going again and there is a real buzz about the place."

Yeovil boss Paul Sturrock may be forced to throw a couple of returning players straight into the fray.

Seven players missed last weekend's loss to Carlisle and, to compound things, defenders Nathan Smith (ankle) and Jakub Sokolik (hip) both limped off.

Sturrock told the Western Gazette: "Jakub won't train until the day before and neither will Smithy. There is another who has taken a knock in that game who hasn't trained but we are keeping that one to ourselves."

Ben Tozer and Omar Sowunmi have both returned to training this week after injury and may be needed to make up the numbers.