Proud Herne Bay manager Steve Lovell couldn’t be critical of any of his players after they were knocked out of the FA Cup by higher-division Maidstone on Saturday. Isthmian South East Bay bowed out of the competition at the third qualifying round stage, losing 1-0 at home to their promotion-chasing National League South visitors. A mix-up between young defender Skye Salmon and keeper Harry Brooks led to the former scoring an own goal towards the end of the first half, which was enough to send the Stones through. But Herne Bay fought hard and came close to setting up a replay late on in front o…
