Blackpool 3-1 Maidstone United
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Nathan Delfouneso netted a second-half brace as League One Blackpool survived a scare to come from behind and beat National League South Maidstone at Bloomfield Road in the FA Cup second round.
Saidou Khan's magnificent strike handed the Stones the advantage before the Tangerines rallied after half-time through George Elokobi's own-goal and Delfouneso's quick-fire double.
The visitors stunned the hosts before the half-hour mark when Khan rasped home a sublime half-volley from the edge of the box and went close to adding his and Maidstone's second in stoppage time as Blackpool were booed off.
But the Tangerines equalised two minutes after the restart when Joe Nuttall's cross was blasted by Ryan Johnson into Elokobi and trickled over the line.
Blackpool then took the lead three minutes later when Delfouneso headed Sullay Kaikai's cross past Jake Cole.
And Delfouneso celebrated his second moments later as he pounced on Elokobi's poor pass and went one-on-one to finish smartly.
Cole denied Kaikai twice in 10 minutes to prevent a fourth Blackpool goal, while Ross Marshall's fierce strike was deflected wide for the visitors.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Maidstone United head coach Hakan Hayrettin told BBC Radio Kent:
"That that five minutes [that Blackpool scored] out of the game and I thought we were brilliant. We spoke at half-time about how important the next 10 minutes were.
"I don't think we dealt with it pretty well. In fact it was not good by even our standards, the way we defended, and we paid the price.
"There's 72 places between the two teams and I don't think you would have seen that on the day so we're happy with our performance apart from that five minutes."