Gillingham FC Forum

- The Gills start their campaign on the road for the 3rd year in a row and for the 4th season out 5. Only 4 of the 16 opening games away in the 3rd tier of the Football League were won but 2 have come in the last 4.
- The Gills have won 16 away league and cup games in the last 2 seasons, the same number as they have won at home.
- The Gills start their campaign on the road for the 3rd year in a row and for the 4th season out 5. Only 4 of the 16 opening games away in the 3rd tier of the Football League were won but 2 have come in the last 4.
- The clubs last met in the 2012/13 season this is only the 12th meeting. The Gills have won 5 whilst Accrington Stanley have won 4.
- Accrington Stanley won 17 of their home league games last season and only lost 3. The last home defeat came back on the 23rd December 2017.
- The Gills have only won once at Accrington (March 2009) and have lost 4 of their 6 visits. They have scored 8 goals in their last 3 trips - the last in a 1-1 draw but the 2 before ended in 3-4 and 4-7 defeats.
- Accrington Stanley lost 2 of their final 3 league games after securing promotion. At home, they have won 11 and drawn 1 of their last 12 home league games.

15.00 Kick-Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]
The Gills begin against the last season's League 2 champions.

15.09
Max Ehmer clears off the line.

15.23
GOAL! Accrington Stanley 0-1 Gillingham: Hanlan
Hanlan scores from a Charles-Cook cross, both players known by Lovell when at Charlton.

15.42
GOAL! Accrington Stanley 0-2 Gillingham: Parker
Parker scores in his second successive league game. He has won 9 of the previous 13 games he has scored in and won 5 out of 6 away when scoring.

15:47 Half-time 0-2 (46:45)

16.03
The second half kicks off.

16.50
O'Neill clears off the line.

16.51 FULL-TIME 0-2 (95:38)

Attendance: 2,201 (418)
Position: 2nd
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1SUPNII86Y
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44989246

Its mad to think the new season starts in just two days.The World cup has made the off season go very quick! I will be making my first trip to Accrington on Saturday,hoping for a good start against a boyant Accrington side.They will be confident of getting their first win in league one,but hopefully we will defend a lot better than we did v Colchester last week.A draw would be a good start,and something to build on

As 2 nil wins go this was pretty convincing, don't think we were ever in any real trouble at any point in the game.

Well done team and to all the folk that made the trek - possibly the longest of the season.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah , we beat some team called Accrington Stanley , WWOOOHH HHHHOOOWWW, well done the boys in blue. OK that celebration should be over by the time the team bus hits the M2, back in training Monday morning, lets beat Burton at least 2-0 next time out....GO YOU GILLS................. P.S. well done you Gills , 3 points a great start to the season.

I was up at 4am for the game,but it was worth getting up early for.We arrived around 1PM at the ground,so me and FOM went into their social club.I managed to buy three pints for £6! It was Happy hour,so £2 a pint.It was good to mix with their fans who were very friendly.As for the game we were in full control for most of the first half.They did come close to scoring first,but Ehmer did very well to head a certain goal off the line.We then took the lead when Hanlan slotted home on his debut.We then could have scored twice more before Parker struck the important second before H/T.He scored a trademark header after a lovely cross from O`Neill.In the second half we tried to keep it tight,and even though they had more of the ball,I don`t remember Holy being called into action really.We had a couple of chances to extend our lea when Parrett`s shot went just wide,and Eaves headed over.A great start to the season winning at a ground where they had not lost since December,and us looking a threat going forward.Charles-Cook had pace to burn which caused them problems.Bingham back in the Team was a big plus! He broke up play twice which lead to goals.Hanlan looked lively,and bagged a goal.Eaves when he came on looked unfit,but that is understandable.A great day,with 418 happy Gills fans making the trip.