Gillingham FC Forum

- Sunderland have won 6 of the 9 meetings including 5 of the last 6. The Gills are win-less in 4 visits, losing 3 of them, but they drew on their last trip back in January 2005 (a 1-1 draw with a goal scored by Darius Henderson).
- Sunderland have only won 1 of their last 5 home league matches however they remain unbeaten there with 9 wins from 17 home league games. They have the fewest defeats in the league (2) with just 1 defeat in 23 league games.
- Sunderland are unbeaten in 10 league games - 7 of which have been draws. 11 of their 14 draws have ended 1-1, including 6 in their last 9 games.
- Sunderland have scored in every one of their 31 league matches. Luton and Portsmouth are next best with 4 blank sheets. They have now scored in 39 consecutive league matches.
- Sunderland have scored 8 goals on the their last 2 visits to Priestfield but scored 9 in all 4 home matches against the Gills.
- Sunderland have the best conversion rates in League 1. They have seen the greatest percentage of shots on target scored (41.4%) and they have seen the smallest percentage of opposition shots on target conceded (21.9%).

19.45 Kick Off [ 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 ]

19.50
GOAL! Sunderland 1-0 Gillingham: Cattermole
Sunderland are unbeaten in the league when scoring first, winning 11 and drawing 7.

19.51
GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Gillingham: Eaves.

19.55
GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Gillingham: Flannagan

20.25
GOAL! Sunderland 2-2 Gillingham: Hanlan.
Sunderland have conceded 2 goals in a home league match for the 4th time this season, 2 of those have come in their last 2 games. They haven't conceded 3 goals in a home league game this season and have only conceded more than 2 in a league match once this season.

20.33 Half time 2-2 (47:57)
Sunderland have only been behind at half time in 5 matches this season compared to the Gills' 13 deficits. Their record when level at the break is Won 5, Drawn 7 and Lost 1.

20.49
The second half kicks off.

21.09
Penalty! Lopes concedes a fouls inside the box.

21.09
GOAL! Sunderland 3-2 Gillingham: Grigg (pen)

21.19
Penalty! Charles-Cook concedes a fouls inside the box.

21.20
GOAL! Sunderland 4-2 Gillingham: McGeady (pen)

21.37 FULL TIME 4-2 (96:01)

Attendance: 28,364 (331)
Position: 17th
Referee: Matt Donohue
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMzvljmEa-Q
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47206994

A tough game against a good Team.They have gone off the boil a bit at the moment,but will be a big threat tomorrow.An early goal for us could help us.Their fans will be agitated.Would take a point all day long.

Scary,scary,scaryyyyyyyyy, but it's The Gills, so who knows, shame it's on a Tuesday night,thats going to cost us a few thousand quid in gate money.
Come on you Gills ,think of the poor supporters you have embarrassed week in week out. Let me tell you it's no fun when people say oh your British which team do you support, Manchester United or Chelsea and you have to smile weakly say no I support a team you have never heard of called Gillingham, and they look at you and say is that near Manchester United or Chelsea as they walk away, hahaha . Come on you Gills, lets go , HUGE 3 points today against Sunderland for ME please.

gillsfan1066 wrote:Scary,scary,scaryyyyyyyyy, but it's The Gills, so who knows, shame it's on a Tuesday night,thats going to cost us a few thousand quid in gate money.

We get nothing in gate money from the game 1066 - that changed towards the end of the 80's , with Man Utd bleating that they lost out , as away support was capped at most grounds at a lower limit than it would be at Old Trafford , so the only "equitable" solution was that a home club keeps all of the home gate receipts

I did not realize that, I thought we got a percentage of the gate money. I can not believe that the other 91 clubs agreed to Manchester United crying the blues. I guess the top five or six teams in the then Division 1 all agreed, I hope any other team that went along with it got relegated and are suffering, did they have a vote on it or did the FA just do it off their own back ?

It sounds like we were unlucky not get a point performance wise.Defensively we let ourselves down with free headers,and two penalties.Their second one looked unfair as it looked like a cook was fouled just before.We will score gals,but to stay up we need to cut out the poor defending.

I agree. I sounded like we had the better of them yet gifted them 2 penalties to seal it. The opposition have scored all 6 penalties we have conceded with 3 of them being the winning goal. Costly 3 points over those three games that would see us 6 points clear of the drop.

gillsfan1066 wrote:I did not realize that, I thought we got a percentage of the gate money. I can not believe that the other 91 clubs agreed to Manchester United crying the blues. I guess the top five or six teams in the then Division 1 all agreed, I hope any other team that went along with it got relegated and are suffering, did they have a vote on it or did the FA just do it off their own back ?

All voted through , I believe , so a number of other clubs must have agreed .

So whats the secret Kent_Ucky F G, Iv'e been trying to score with gals for the last 12 months ,the last one I took out for dinner jumped out of the car before I even rolled to a stop,dam womans legs were going like Usain Bolts and I was still doing 15 mph. Guess the Jason mask from the movie Friday 13th I bought for the Mardi Gras fancy dress party I am going to in March might have something to do with it.
She seemed pretty keen to come and sit in the back seat with me, but once she sat on that mask and saw what it was she was back in that front seat like a rocket, never realized a woman that old could move that fast,she vaulted the back of the front seat like those guys in the commercial where they want you to join the army, at least I got to see her bloomers, lol.