Gillingham FC Forum

- The Gills last started their league cup campaign at home back in 2013/14 when they lost to Bristol City. Tonight's game against Newport is only the 2nd home Round 1 match in 10 seasons.
- The Gills Round 1 home record to lower league opposition stands at 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Overall, the Gills have won 38 and lost 37 of their 88 Round 1 matches.
- In the last 13 seasons, the Gills have progressed from Round 1 5 times and made it to Round 3 once. They have progressed to Round 2 on each of the last 2 occasions they played lower league opposition in Round 1.
- In regular League 2 matches (not play-offs), Newport are unbeaten in 11 matches with 6 of them ending in wins. In all games, their only defeat in 14 came from a last minute extra-time play-off final winning goal.

19.45 Kick Off [ - ]

19.48
Ndjoli fires a shot that narrowly misses the bar.

20.08
Charles-Cook hits the post!

20.09
Penalty! Charles-Cook is fouled inside the box.

20.10
GOAL! Gillingham 1-0 Newport County: Hanlan (pen)

20.32 Half time 1-0

20.49
The second half kicks off

20.57
Penalty! Hanlan is fouled inside the box.

20.59
Hanlan takes the penalty himself, his second of the game, but its saved.

21.10
The visitors have a succession of chances since the missed penalty.

21.26
GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Newport County: Abrahams

21.31
Penalty! Byrne is fouled inside the box.

21.32
GOAL! Gillingham 2-1 Newport County: Ndjoli (pen)

21.34
Penalty! Newport are awarded a penalty after a foul by Ndjoli.

21.35
Red card! Ndjoli is sent off after receiving a second yellow for the foul inside the box.

21.36
GOAL! Gillingham 2-2 Newport County: Amond (pen)

21.37 FULL TIME 2-2

21.41
The penalty shoot-out starts:
Newport - Scored
Alfie Jones - Saved
Newport - Scored
Mikael Mandron - Scored
Newport - Scored
Mark Marshall - Saved
Newport - Scored

Attendance:
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYt_2jcR7uM
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49245263

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Just how the f*ck can you conspire to lose a penalty shoot -out 1 - 4 : taking a penalty is not that difficult or is it?

Especially after 4 penalties in the match as well! We missed 3 penalties tonight in the game and shootout and scored 3. 50% conversion is poor but then our recent penalty record has been. No idea why.

Really should have won.Had three penalties,and scored two of them.Had chances to kill the game off,and they get a late penalty to take us to penalties.They scored all theirs,and we missed all but one.So frustrating as we would have got West Ham in the next round.They had a weaker side out as well.No game now until next week with the Bury game off.

Maybe we could organize a game against Bury on the side as a "friendly ", give our players a chance to wake up and realize that the season has started ,I think there still not aware of that.

Not quite the Evans bandwagon yet but I'm sure he was articulate in his post-match analysis.