Club chief executive, Bill Williams, said: “A huge thanks to Ella and the team at Freedom Leisure for all their support this season. It means a great deal to us to have access to such wonderful facilities, so close to our stadium. We hope we can build on our partnership into next season and beyond.”

General manager of Freedom Leisure Maidstone, Ella Bramley, said: “It’s been a pleasure to have the team around the gym these last few months. Some of our members are season ticket holders or go to games regularly and they love seeing players about the place and they’re always so approachable. We look forward to seeing some familiar and new faces when the team returns for pre-season.”

Freedom Leisure, one of the UK’s leading charitable and not-for-profit leisure trusts, manages more than 100 leisure and cultural facilities across the country. To find out more about the Maidstone centre, visit www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/freedom-leisure-maidstone/