Maidstone United were liquidated and dropped out of the
Football League in 1992, but are now back where they belong
By Richard Foster for the Guardian Sport Network
On 13 May 1990, Mark Gall scored a 90th-minute equaliser for Maidstone United in the first leg of their Division Four play-off semi-final at Cambridge United. Going into the second leg at their own ground, Maidstone looked favourites to reach the very first play-off final to be played at Wembley. They seemed to be a club on the up.
With the second leg goalless and approaching injury time, Gall was put through on goal and given the chance to score that would win the tie for Maidstone. He put his shot agonisingly wide. In the end, Cambridge won 2-0 in extra-time thanks to two goals from Dion Dublin. He was again on the scoresheet at Wembley as Cambridge beat Chesterfield in the play-off final and won a place in Division Three. Two years later, Cambridge reached the Division Two play-offs, where they battled with Leicester City for a place in the first season of the Premier League.