Gillingham FC Forum

The last time the Gills faced a reserve or academy side in a competitive fixture was in Feb 1950 (Exeter - Southern League).

The Gills have only met a West Brom (all first team) side on 7 occasions, the last back in April 2004, and have won 1 and lost 6 of them.

Academy sides have played 32 ties in this cup (9 wins) scoring 42 goals in the process. 2 wins and 11 goals came from Norwich alone.

The Gills only win against a West Brom side came in December 2001 when Chris Hope and Paul Smith goals secured a 2-1 win.

WBA's last game in this cup saw them use Boaz Myhill, Jonas Olsson, Craig Gardner and Callum Mcmanaman who had 985 league appearances (392 for the Baggies) between them.

7.46 Kick-Off

8.31
GOAL! West Brom U23s 0-1 Gillingham: Oldaker

8.33 Half-time: 0-1

8.50
The second half gets underway.

8.58
Penalty to Gillingham! Won by Knott for a push in the area.

8.59
GOAL! West Brom U23s 0-2 Gillingham: Emmanuel-Thomas (pen)

9.35
Mark Byrne has a goal ruled out for offside. The Gills first of the season.

9.38 FULL-TIME: 0-2

Attendance: 248 (9)
Referee: Nigel Miller

OH BOY,OH BOY,OH BOY, I can't wait for that to happen, sitting here trembling with excitement, or is it excrement, probably the later with GFC this year.

I am giving this game a miss, I was always going to give The Premier League B Team Game A Miss, which why I am relieved that West Brom V Gillingham is being played at The Hawthorns, it would have been harder to miss The B Team Game if Gillingham were playing at Priestfield Stadium on Tuesday Night.

West Brom have sold roughly eighty and Gillingham have sold less then twenty, so there could be less then a hundred supporters inside The Hawthorns on Tuesday Night for an competitive first team fixture.

Don't worry it will be the same next year, the FA will put it down to" teething problems ".
I can see them now at lunch the day after the game, Duke of Cambridge saying only a 100 at that game last night between who was it Albion of West Broomwitch, and Jilling Ham , I think there from Devon or somewhere near there, pass the Chardonnay please , not a bad drop of stuff this you know, anyway didn't look good at our attempted to make the competition more interesting.
Haw,Haw says Greg Clarke ,don't worry it will take a few years for the mugs that buy the tickets to get used to the new system, no way we can go back and say we made a mistake you know, no ,no ,no , and if anyone asks you your Dukeship if were going to drop the new system, just say the committee in charge of that competition has a meeting planned for after the final, that will shut them up.

i think you're being very unfair to our royals who have a long and successful association with our national sport. Just think World Cup bid and Prince Philip falling out of a coach and horses. Ok I know that wasn't football related but it made me laugh almost as much as Prince William's attempts at making a speech.

The latest batch of inbreds is scarcely better than the last lot; good old Lizzie and Phil's brood consists of a miserable old git, a tree-hugger, a playboy and a twice failed in business dimwit. No wonder we all love them so much.

Not many matches are pointless,but tomorrow`s match fits that category.Both Teams cannot get through the EFL Trophy group as we both don`t have any points.The match will be played at the Hawthorns in front of no more than around 200 people,We will take around 20 odd.For me that is 20 too much! Hopefully this will be the first and last time we have to play a B Team in the EFL Trophy.

What Team would you play? Edinburgh says we will play as strong Team as we need to.I think Nelson,Oshilaja,and Garmston will start.Garmston will get minutes.Cargill is very likely to finally make his debut.Nouble is injured,so I see Donnelly starting.Hopefully Mbo will get a chance on the bench.

Would not cross my mind to take anyone who the "new manager" is likely to want to play against Northampton next weekend, and if the FA fines them then for the first time in GFC history Scally would be able to make news without looking like an idiot , explaining getting players injured in front of 200 people makes the FA look like idiots in it's plans for this stupid competition. Field a reserve team, loose 10-1 and dam the consequences.

It's a straight choice between resting players and getting a £5,000 fine or not and going for the £10,000 for the win. The club boasted about a £30,000 bonus if the Brackley reply is on TV so an extra £10k don't sound too bad. But this is where the rules are bonkers. We can't rest that many players as part of the the rules yet the academy sides can change whatever they like because none will have played in their clubs last senior match! They can play the side that won away to the current champions of England if they wanted! Garmston and Cargill both have tweeted suggesting they will play and both would have featured highly this season but now become 2 of our changes!

We can't throw away £5k plus the travel etc so I would play a mix. Go 4-4-2 and rest Cody and Nouble replacing them with Donnelly and Oldaker (as List is suspended). Garmston for Konchesky at left back. Cargill for Osadebe so one of the centre backs can play left back (we have no right backs in any of our squads)! Bring in Byrne for Wright.

Yes I guess your right , none of it really matters I guess, go for the money and hope no on gets injured.

Proof that this tournament has been a roaring success.