Gillingham FC Forum

- In the 111 meetings, Northampton have 12 more wins with 52. Only 19 have ended level.
- Northampton's win in the reverse fixture earlier this season was their first win in 8 games between the sides. The Gills had won 5 of them and are unbeaten at Northampton in 3 visits (0-0, 2-1, 1-1).
- Since going 6 league games without scoring (including a 0-6 home defeat to Bristol Rovers) Northampton have won 8 of their last 19 league games including 4 out of the last 6. The Gills have won 9 of their last 19 including 4 out of the last 6.
- Northampton have scored 9 goals in their last 12 home league games. The Gills have scored 15 in their last 12 away.
- Northampton's 12 second half goals in the league is the joint fewest in the division. The Gills have managed 23. Town had only conceded 19 first half goals before today and conceded 32 in the second.

19.46 Kick-Off [ 3 - 5 -2 ]

19.52
GOAL! Northampton 0-1 Gillingham: Parker
Northampton had conceded first at home in the league 9 times before this evening. They lost 8 of them and won 1. Overall they have lost 15 of the 17. The Gills have won all 6 away when scoring first.

20.04
GOAL! Northampton 0-2 Gillingham: Eaves
Tom Eaves scores his 14th goal for the club - only his 2nd goal in the first half of a Gills match and his earliest goal for the club.

20.24
Parker has a goal ruled out for offside. The Gills have now had the ball "in the net" 10 times this season whilst the opposition have suffered the same fate only twice.

20.34 Half-time 0-2 (47:58)
Northampton have recovered just 1 point when losing at half time in the league. Their record when losing at the break is:
HOME: Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 4. LEAGUE TOTAL: Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 9.

20.50
The second half kicks off.

21.00
GOAL! Northampton 1-2 Gillingham: Taylor

21.39 FULL-TIME 1-2 (96:49)
Red Card! Pereira (Northampton) receives a second yellow after the final whistle.

Attendance: 5,123 (419)
Position: 12th
Referee: Charles Breakspear
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkXD-h_kwMs
BBC Match Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42955232

Great win for the Gills and reading the reports seems we could have had two more at least,well done the boys in blue, Walsall at home on Saturday ,another win and we could easily be in the top 10, GO GILLS.

Another decent win on the road.The response since the Wigan defeat has been very positive.I listened on Gillsplayer,and it was an exciting first half to listen to.0-2 up and it sounded like we should have score four in the first half.Northampton were always going to have a go in the second half,and once they pulled a goal back they went for it.That made it a nervy last 30+ minutes.The character in the Team is strong and we held out for a decent away win,and our 7th of the season.A win against Walsall and the play off`s could really not be out of our range.

I have always said that a flying start to the season is worth it's weight in gold , you get into that bottom four an it seems every time you pick up points so do the teams just above you ,and it takes up until the middle of November to get back into the black part of the table and by then the top five or six teams are 15 points ahead .
Walsall and Bury next with the high flying Shrews as the spam in the sandwich , just think 9 points from those games, well even 2 wins and a draw or God forbid a loss to Shrewsbury would be great, I don't think we can realistically catch Bradford but it's nice to dream, lol.
Does anyone know, is Lovell only signed till the end of the season or is he on a 3 year contract ?

He signed a 2 year contract in January.

According a to a recent interview, Scally verbally offered one on the radio but no official deal has been put on the table.

31st January 2018 KOL ran this article.

Lovell, speaking about his new deal, added: “It is lovely and it’s peace of mind as well. It is a great job and one that we love doing. It’s a club I have supported for a long long time.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/spor ... ct-159367/

I know some people are critical of KOL but the BBC also infer that Lovell is happy with the offer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42885933

How odd. He definitely said on Radio Kent 2 weeks ago that he hasn't been shown the contract let alone signed one! I was speaking to the former media manager about it at the game last Saturday. I'll try and catch Luke this afternoon.

Catch Luke, haha, your tooooo slow to catch a cold, were still waiting for you to catch up with "The guess in which minute of the game my little one will want to use the bathroom" competition, thats about a month behind, lol.

I can confirm Baron that both Luke (KM) and Nick (former media manager) have said that SL is willing to sign the contract as soon as he sees it but one hasn't been presented to him.