2021/22 Pre-season friendlies

[Garawa]

Chatham Town 3-2 Gillingham (Non first team X1)

Gbode and Gerald Sithole put the Gills 2-0 up before the hosts fight back to win.

Gillingham X1 (additonal subs made): Crump. Lintott, Carter, Giles, Akehurst, Britton (Gale 46), Smith, Trialist, ? (R. Sithole 46), Chambers, G. Sithole.

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Welling Utd 3-3 Gillingham.

Danny Lloyd and Vadaine Oliver put the Gills 2-0 up before the hosts fight back to level at the break. A Welling penalty puts Welling 3-2 to match the pattern of goals in the first friendly. Akinde levels just before full time.

Gills First Half X1: Chapman, Lintott, Ehmer, Tucker, Akehurst, Dempsey, Woods, O’Keefe, Lee, Lloyd, Oliver.
Gills Second Half X1:Chapman, Jackson, Lintott (Gbode), Carter, Tutonda, Smith, Gale MacDonald, Reeves, Woods (Chambers), Akinde.

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Colchester Utd 0-2 Gillingham

Reeves and Tucker score after the Gills long lay-off due to Covid. The trialist for the Gills was non-other than Connor Ogilvie! The Gills make 6 changes on 70 minutes.

Gills XI: Chapman, Jackson (Lintott), Tucker, Bennett (Akehurst), Trialist, O’Keefe, Phillips (Gale), MacDonald (Woods), Dempsey (Lee), Reeves (Lloyd), Oliver (Akinde)

[gillsfan1066]

We seem to have bought a lot of players in, or is that just my imagination,but are any of them any good ? I understand there all freebies, but what the hell's the point of bringing in guys that can't find a place in a team like Tranmere or whatever ? Now Ogilvie hasn't signed a contract, why not,if he isn't going to sign then get rid of him now , no point him playing is there,we need to put someone on the pitch we know will be with th Gills all season suely ?
Then I read the fans are having trouble buying seasons tickets because the system is " complicated ", I don't know if I should laugh or cry, lol, I laughed, I guess it is what I have come t expect from the Gills. Go Gills beat my second favorite team Norwich.

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Gillingham 1-1 Millwall

After 515 days, the Gills welcome fans into the ground for the first time. Dempsey put the Gills ahead before a late equaliser.

Gills Starting XI: Cumming (Chapman 60), Bennett (Lintott 46), Ehmer, Tucker, Trialist (Akehurst 46), Phillips (Trialist 60), Reeves (Trialist 60), Dempsey (O’Keefe 46), Lee (Trialist 60), Lloyd (MacDonald 60), Oliver (Gale 78).

[Garawa]

Ramsgate 3-0 Gills Academy XI

The Gills send a young side to Ramsgate. 3 goals for the hosts in the last third of the game secures the win.

Gills Starting XI: Crump (?), Leach (Coulson), Carter, Giles, Dempsey, Britton, Trialist, Trialist, Moore, Hutcheon (Gleeson), Chambers.

[gillsfan1066]

How many people went to the Millwall game do you know ?

[Garawa]

I'm not sure a gate was given I'm afraid.

[gillsfan1066]

Did you go to the game,if you did would you have said there was more than say a 1,000 people there ? Get Mr. Lidbit on the phone and tell him to get down to St.Lawrence in Canterbury, and bowl a few googlies, that bunch of clowns they seem to have playing down there this year appear to be clueless when it comes to playing any form of cricket.

[gillsfan1066]

Did you go to the game,if you did would you have said there was more than say a 1,000 people there ? Get Mr. Lidbit on the phone and tell him to get down to St.Lawrence in Canterbury, and bowl a few googlies, that bunch of clowns they seem to have playing down there this year appear to be clueless when it comes to playing any form of cricket.

[Garawa]

I didn't go I'm afraid. The delay in announcing tickets and increasing Covid rates mean I probably won't get the season ticket this year and I will be selective over the games I go to. My boss is the same age as me, with the same age kids and a ST holder and he is very ill with it.

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Leyton Orient 2-0 Gillingham

Gills are beaten by first half goals from Beckles and a trialist. Gills' trialist Ogilvie is an unused sub.

Gills Starting XI: Chapman (Trialist), Lintott (Akehurst), Maghoma, Ehmer (Bennett), Tutonda (Sithole), Trialist (Phillips), O’Keefe, Trialist (Dempsey), Lee (Reeves), Trialist (Lloyd), Akinde (Oliver).

[gillsfan1066]

Hell sorry to hear that, were getting more and more CV19 cases again,yet they have allowed Lollapalooza to go on since Thursday, two stages with bands on each stage that gets a 100,000 mainly 16 to 30 age group through the gates each day, sure doesn't make any sense to me now there saying everyone needs to start wearing masks again indoors , although yet has not been made compulsory.
Watched the Rangers/Livingstone game on TV this morning, the ground looked pretty full at least 3/4+, I guess the good folks of Scotland don't get to watch too many games in the sunshine, haha.
I swear I have tried,I swear I have, and I understand it is probably aimed at the 10 to 30 something age group, but who the hell managed to screw up the wonderful game of cricket with this thing called The Hundred ? Just looking at the TV screen is enough to drive me to drink, 20% of it is filled with stupid colored so called information. I knew I should have kept that 19 inch black and white TV we had years ago.
While you're dealing with these things Mr G ,I have just one more request . PLEASE would you ask the person who installs the microphones around the pitch in future install them say , three or four miles away from the ground, the screams of women and Indian players every few seconds shouting catch it , or something else resembling a blood curdling scream of someone being hung drawn and quartered is just unbearable, and that goes for First Class and International cricket ,not just the 100.
OK I am off to play golf, everyone have a great day GO GILLS, I put 50 bucks on you to get promoted this year , I know you can do it, so lets do it.

[Garawa]

Scotland annoy me, always call us irresponsible after they announce exactly the same thing a week later to prove they have thought about it. They slated allowing Scottish fans to the Euros because of high rates then allow virtually full stadia themselves a couple of weeks later. This will all end in tears.

Have fun at golf, thundering here and hasn't stopped raining for months lol.

[gillsfan1066]

That might end in tears ,SO WILL GILLINGHAM'S 2021/2022 SEASON IF WE DON'T SIGN SOMEONE THAT CAN SCORE GOALS . SAME ******* STORY YEAR IN YEAR OUT. We have lost Jordan Grahams 12 goals, so as far as I can see were looking to Vadaine Oliver to score around the 30 goal mark this season to get us into the top 6 for the playoffs.