w/c 21st December 2019

[Garawa]

Saturday 21st
Match day - Gills v MK Dons

Sunday 22nd
Brandon Hanlan and Max Ehmer both scored their 15th goals for the club against MK Dons. Ehmer's was his first of the season and 14 of his 15 had been scored in the second halves of games. Hanlan is next in the list of second-half top scorers with 7.

Monday 23rd
Max Ehmer's Rainham End goal against MK Dons was his 8th, the most of all players in the squad. All of his home goals have been scored at the Rainham End. Mark Byrne has the most at the town end with 4.

Tuesday 24th
The Gills miss setting a club record of 6 consecutive home league and cup clean sheets in the Football League seasons (their all-time club record of 7 was set in the 1902/3 season). MK Don's goal ended 534 minutes at home without conceding a league and cup goal. The longest run of home minutes without conceding in the last 4 seasons were: 266, 279, 251 and 349.

Wednesday 25th
The Gills sit 12th on Christmas Day and have won 10 games in all competitions. Since the 2012/13 title-winning season, the Gills record on Christmas Day was:
2018/19: 19th (7 wins). Finished 13th
2017/18: 18th (7 wins). Finished 17th
2016/17: 13th (11 wins). Finished 20th
2015/16: 3rd (14 wins). Finished 9th
2014/15: 19th (9 wins). Finished 12th
2013/14: 14th (7 wins). Finished 17th.

Thursday 26th
Match day - Ipswich v Gills

Friday 27th
The Gills draw at Ipswich meant they ended 2019 with just 6 league defeats during the year in 22 away league games. 5 games were won and 11 were drawn.