Gillingham FC Forum

This is only the Gills 3rd FA Cup replay in 14 years. 2 ended is wins but the last a defeat - that was the replay at Brackley 3 years ago.

The Gills have faced non-league opposition on their home turf 19 times in the first round of the FA Cup, winning 11 and losing 4.

The Gills have lost 4 times in Round 1 away to non-league opposition: Walthamstow (1953/4), Welling (1989/90), Burscough (2005/6) and of course Brackley (2013/14).

The Gills total FA Cup Round 1 record on away grounds stands at Won 15, Drawn 17 and Lost 23 with a further 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat occurring on neutral grounds.

The Gills are looking to make Round 2 after 4 seasons of losing in the first. They won in Round 1 in 5 of the 7 seasons before those.

7.47 KICK-OFF

8.05
GOAL! Brackley Town 1-0 Gillingham: Armson

8.13
GOAL! Brackley Town 2-0 Gillingham: Armson

8.23
GOAL! Brackley Town 2-1 Gillingham: Hessenthaler

8.34 Half-time: 2-1 (47:04)

8.49
The second half kicks off.

9.13
GOAL! Brackley Town 2-2 Gillingham: Wagstaff
Scott Wagstaff scores one minute after replacing Garmston.

9.39 Full-time: 2-2 (95:10) - Extra time being played.

9.44
Extra time begins.

9.46
Rory Donnelly has a goal ruled out for offside.

9.49
GOAL! Brackley Town 3-2 Gillingham: Byrne

9.57
GOAL! Brackley Town 4-2 Gillingham: Armson (hat-trick)

10.09
GOAL! Brackley Town 4-3 Gillingham: McDonald
Cody McDonald scores his first every FA Cup goal.

10.19 FULL-TIME: 4-3 (128:27)

Attendance: 1,654 (94)
Referee: Robert Jones

Like three years ago we have an FA Cup replay live on BT Sports at Brackley.How we didn`t score that night I will never know! The win against Norhampton on Saturday was a massive result,so it should be a confidence boost going into this game.If we play to our best then we should win.

Going to win this one easy, 3 or 4-1, knowing we have a pathetic Blackpool team in the next round will give the boys a desire to win these two games, so in the third round we will get a nice money maker draw , Go Gills.
P.S. someone tell Glasgow there is a game tomorrow,but he can stay home, the lads themselves can handle it.

I think Gillingham will line up as follows.......................

------------------------------------Nelson-------------------------------------------
Jackson------------Ehmer----------------------Cargill------------------Konchesky
---------------------Wright----------------------Knott------------------------------
Emmanuel-Thomas-----------Hessenthaler------------------------------Wagstaff
----------------------------------McDonald------------------------------------------

Subs: Hadler (GK), Oshilaja, Garmston, Oldaker, Osadebe, Dack, Donnelly

I will try and name as close to the team that lined up against Northampton Town as possible, with Scott Wagstaff replacing Frank Nouble - who could miss tonight's match through injury - now this means that there is no place for Bradley Dack in The Starting Line Up, I think with the way Brackley Town will play and the way The Referee will allow this match to flow, there will be some reckless challenges tonight where The Home Team will be allowed to tackle our players more aggressively then we can, and considering that Bradley Dack has only just come back from injury and played for thirty minutes against Northampton Town on Saturday, I think it would be wise to ensure that we can call upon Bradley Dack when the game stretches, and with the possibility of extra time, then we will want to see Bradley Dack fully fit against tiring Brackley Town Defenders at the crucial moment in this match.

The Squad is getting stronger, as I haven't named Josh Pask, Mark Byrne or Elliott List and these three are all available for selection and Chris Herd is pushing for an recall into the first team as well, so competition for places will get the best out of the squad, and hopefully that competition for places will get Gillingham over the line tonight - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just been looking at the odds for tonights game,
1-0 to Gillingham.....................10/1
2-0 to Gills.............................11/1
The bets I like are Gills 2-1 win........ 8/1 and Gills to win 3/1....... 13/1, think I will put a tenner on these two.

Amazing having to fight our way back from 0-2 down against a team like Brackley Town, and if anyone says the Magic of the Cup I will scream, lol.

Embarrassing. That's all.

I don't think I have any words left to describe how fragile we look! 6 goals against a side in the 2nd tier of semi-pro football? We will NEVER keep a clean sheet this season in a meaningful match!

So played four against them, not won any! I'm so disillusioned this year I actually forgot we were playing and was reading in the other room whilst my wife and daughter were watching the jungle thing. I only realised we had lost when my son tweeted me! There's no way that would have happened a few years ago! Not sure JEDs lost the changing room but he's in danger of losing me!

Really nice to read reports that your team were humiliated, embarrassed, made to look like F'ing idiots, (OK I added the last one), only good thing we could drop Edinburgh at the front door of his home in Essex before the rest of the team came back to the Medway Towns.
Good night Jed,
Good night Jed,
Good night Jed,
Were glad to see you GO, ( for ever ) ?

Brackley could easily have scored six on the night. For those who see him regularly does Oshilaja have any skills that would normally be associated with a footballer ? He and Ehmer don't have the combined marking skills of an infant school teacher

He has occasional games where he looks solid and quite cultured, but he has many games when his legs don't seem to be controlled by his brain.

Cardiff seemed to see something in him for a while, then they could not seem to get rid of him out on loan quick enough. Came on here this morning ,it's 3.30 am sure I would read the headline that Glasgow was fired,what the hell is Scally waiting for ??
Thursday November 17th , going to be 70 degrees today, SEVENTY, lol, heading for the Golf Course, going to play from sun up to sun down , then tomorrow the weather starts to turn, going to be 60 in the morning, turning to 40 by the afternoon, and then going to snow Saturday, today is going to be the last big hurrah of Summer, so a good day to get rid of Edinburgh. Come on Scally pull the dam trigger and lets get this over with.

I'm not going to defend Edinburgh but the 'performance' of some players last night was beyond awful. Nelson is a bag of nerves and in my opinion is past his sell-by but sadly it's not surprising given what's in front of him. If Konchesky can't even make the bench of that team he must have broken his leg or his contact.

I don't care what anyone says, lack of interest and investment in on-field matters from the Chairman is partly to blame. We have the worst defensive record in the division so it's not hard to identify where to start. Edinburgh wants us to play 'proper football', which is an admirable ambition if you have the talent to make it work. We don't. When Dack doesn't play well we have no creativity going forward and when we're under pressure our 'defenders' lack the skills to play their way out of trouble.

Against the high ball it seems there is collective panic which doesn't extend to anyone actually getting off their feet to command the area. Last night a mis hit corner was touched by three GFC players on its way into the net via Nelson's head ( the only way we looked likely to score with a header ). That would be bad enough but no Brackley player even threatened the ball.

We are a shambles and a joke !

Possibly the worst performance for as long as I can remember, at times it was difficult to distinguish which was the professional outfit. I had hoped that being a defender himself, Edinburgh would have been able to coach and organise a defence, sadly that doesn't appear to be the case. There seems to be no one in the side with a bit of nous to unlock an opponent's defence and it seems pointless playing Cody if he is continually feeding off scraps. I agree with Rimshot re Oshilaja, when he first came here I was impressed, but last night he was a liability. Our defenders seem reluctant to find 'Row Z' when the need arises. Very sad day in the history of the club.