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Manager George Elokobi says it would be unfair if Maidstone have to play a league game two days before their FA Cup fifth-round tie. The Stones are to request the postponement of their National League South home match against Weymouth on February 24. That’s after their last-16 tie, away to Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry, was scheduled for February 26 for live TV coverage. Maidstone, as the first sixth-tier side through to the fifth round since Blyth Spartans in 1978, are flying the flag for non-league football. They’re hoping the league look favourably on their request to rearrange the Weymou…

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