w/c 28th January 2023

[Garawa]

Saturday 28th
Match day - Swindon Town v GILLS (League 2)

Sunday 29th
Nichols' goal against Swindon made it 3-1 after 13 minutes and it was the third time the Gills had scored 3 this season. It was the first in the league since scoring 3 away at Lincoln in March 2021, a game which followed a 3-1 win at Swindon and was the 4th league game in 5 in which the Gills scored 3 goals.

Monday 30th
The Gills scored 3 first half goals away at Swindon for the first time since 26 Jan 2021, 113 league and cup games ago (a 4-1 home win over Crewe). The last time 3 first half goals were scored in an away game occurred just 6 games before that (a 4-1 win at Rochdale). Both games saw the 3rd goal scored in the 45th minute.

Tuesday 31st
The Gills have scored 4 second half league goals in total this season but have scored 6 in the first halves of the last 3. They had only managed 4 first half league goals from the 23 games which preceded them.

Wednesday 1st
The Gills have started 19 games with O'Keefe (18) and Ehmer (1) as captain this season, winning 1 and losing 8 of them. They have also played 19 with Williams starting as captain, winning 7 and losing 8 of them.

Thursday 2nd
Before scoring in the 3rd, 9th and 13th minutes at Swindon, the earliest goal for the Gills this season was a 9th minute goal at Priestfield. Away from home, the earliest goal scored came in the 12th minute and they only managed 2 before the 36th minute.

Friday 3rd
After the Gills had scored just 1 goal in 9 league games, they have since scored 7 in 3 games - a spell of 6 goals in 143 since the first one in that sequence was scored. Away from home, 5 of those were scored in 2 games after managing just 1 in 6.

[sotongill]

You've got some of these dates wrong Gary .

Remember , 31 days have January .........

[Garawa]

Oh yes, so t'as! I was clearly keen to get shot of January!