Bristol City (H) - 6 Aug 13

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Bristol City (H) - 6 Aug 13

Postby Garawa » Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:41 pm

Last season's League Cup also began against Bristol City - a 2-1 win away with goals from Kedwell and Strevens.

We have played Bristol City twice in this competition, winning both games - last season's 2-1 away win and a home 4-2 win in 1963.

The Gills haven't played a home 1st round League Cup game since we beat Plymouth 4 years ago, this is only the 5th time in the last 13 seasons

Our home record in Round 1 against teams in the same league as us stands at Won 7, Drew 2, Lost 1 (Southend Utd).

In all, there have been 82 first round games so far home and away ending with 35 wins and 35 draws.

Matt Fish only missed 2 games last season (1 home and away) and both those games we lost.

Had Charlie Lee left for Southend, only 5 of the players who started against Bristol City just 12 months ago would have remained at the club.

The last back to back Gills defeats were against Port Vale and Southend back in February 2012!

After 90 minutes tonight Matt Fish will have missed 176 minutes of the season having only missed 399 in total last season.

The Gills have advanced to Round 2 in only 3 of the last 9 seasons going on to play then Premiership sides Portsmouth & Blackburn.
The most recent of those three exploits into Round 2 was last season's exit against Middlesborough.

The last Gills League Cup match to go to extra time was in 2001/2 when the Gills overcame Oxford 2-1 away from home.

Only one match has been settled by penalties in this competition, the Gills beating Brighton away in 1987/8.
This has happened 4 times in the last 8 seasons of the Football League Trophy however, 3 times at Priestfield.


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