w/c 18th April 2026

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Saturday 18th
Match day - GILLS v Grimsby Town (EFL Sky Bet League 2)

Sunday 19th
After 22 minutes of the match at Cheltenham, the Gills surpassed their previous longest run of minutes in the league this season without conceding a goal. It was 224 minutes back in August after clean sheets against Crewe and Oldham and a 34 minutes either side of them. Cheltenham's goal ended that run of 266 minutes without a goal conceded.

Monday 20th
Glenn Morris won a foul for a 4th consecutive game in the match against Cheltenham and there were only a further 5 matches in all of the games previous had played in this season. It took his total fouls won to 12 in 27 after he had won only a further 13 fouls in his previous 106 matches for the club.

Tuesday 21st
Cheltenham's 90th minute goal was the 4th game in the last 10 that the Gills had conceded right at the end. There had been just 3 in the previous 38 games this season making it 7 of the 18 last 10 minute goals coming in the last minute. The Gills have also scored 7 goals in the 90th plus minute out of 12 last minute goals.

Wednesday 22nd
The Grimsby defeat was the 6th out of the 20 losses this season to have been by 3 or more goals. It is the most since the 2018/19 season when they lost 7 by 3 or more goals en route to finishing 13th. There have been 19 league and cup defeats by more than 3 goals in the 6 seasons in-between.

Thursday 23rd
The 1-4 home loss to Grimsby was only their 25th defeat at Priestfield by that scoreline in their history but it was their second 1-4 home loss in 77 days. Since there were 2 results by that score in 2018/19, there had only been 1 more in the 6 seasons after with a further 3 coming away from home.

Friday 24th
Within the last 12 months, the Gills have found themselves leading 1-0 at half time away from home in 3 games and lost all 3 by a 1-2 scoreline. The away game at Cheltenham followed losses at Fleetwood in December and Colchester in October. The Gills haven't won after leading 1-0 at the break away from home in 7 attempts since their last victory - Notts County in September 2024.