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Bearsted are hoping to attract a record crowd to their pre-season friendly against neighbours Maidstone. The sides meet on Saturday (1pm) with the fixture arranged off the back of United training at the Bears’ Honey Lane ground before last season’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Coventry. Stones boss George Elokobi is set to take his first-team squad along for a game Bearsted have been looking forward to for months. With Maidstone fans’ help, the Southern Counties East club are aiming to set a record attendance of more than 300. Bears manager Kevin Stevens, who is also the groundsman at Honey Lane,…