Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill believes the stoppage-time touchline melee with Gillingham shows the club’s togetherness after they broke their League One duck.After Jack Tucker’s first-half opener, the hosts equalised through 17-year-old Tom Bloxham’s overhead kick – Shrews’ first league goal of the campaign – before Sam Cosgrove earned them a first win of th...Full Story »

Tom Bloxham’s spectacular overhead kick ended Shrewsbury’s lengthy goal drought as they came from behind to beat Gillingham 2-1.The 17-year-old’s equaliser was his club’s first strike in League One this season.He cancelled out Jack Tucker’s goal before Sam Cosgrove secured Salop’s first points of the campaign.Daniel Udoh went close to a third-minute opener for...Full Story »

Shrewsbury will be without the suspended Matthew Pennington for the visit of Gillingham in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.The centre-back was sent off during Tuesday’s 2-0 home loss to Rochdale in the Carabao Cup second round and will now serve a one-match ban.It is the latest problem for manager Steve Cotterill, whose team have lost all four league fixtures this term and also failed to sc...Full Story »

Gillingham trio John Akinde, Alex MacDonald and Daniel Phillips remain sidelined through injury for Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup second-round clash with League One rivals Cheltenham.MacDonald is yet to feature this season, while fellow forward Akinde (ankle) is also still some time off returning, as is Phillips, who started the first three matches of the season in all competitions.Defender ...Full Story »

Manager Steve Evans labelled Gillingham’s 2-1 win over Morecambe as their best performance so far this season.The Gills opened the scoring after four minutes through summer signing Mustapha Carayol, who found the top corner from 25 yards after being teed up by a short Ben Reeves free-kick.Morecambe striker Cole Stockton levelled proceedings after 25 minutes with a stunning solo effort but ...Full Story »

Gillingham will be without suspended defender David Tutonda for their home game against Morecambe.Left-back Tutonda sits out on a one-match ban after he was sent off for two yellow cards in the midweek draw at AFC Wimbledon.Boss Steve Evans is hoping fellow defender Ryan Jackson can recover in time from the knock which kept him out on Tuesday night. Another defender, Robbie McKenzie, made his fi...Full Story »

Paul Kalambayi’s goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time snatched 10-man Gillingham a point in a 1-1 draw against AFC Wimbledon at Plough Lane.Gills striker Vadaine Oliver almost embarrassed Nik Tzanev with an effort from distance that the Dons goalkeeper collected at the second attempt.Wimbledon defender Henry Lawrence fired at Jamie Cumming after eight minutes before his shot was blo...Full Story »

AFC Wimbledon could have Paul Osew available for the visit of Gillingham.Full-back Osew missed the 3-3 draw against Bolton on Saturday after suffering concussion at Charlton last week.Forwards Aaron Pressley and Dapo Mebude may have earned themselves places in the starting line-up.The duo both came off the bench to score as the Dons came from 3-1 down to snatch a point at the weekend.Gillingham ...Full Story »

Ryan Lowe’s Plymouth will welcome back midfielder Ryan Broom for their first home game of the season against Gillingham.Broom missed the thumping midweek Carabao Cup win at Peterborough because he was not eligible to play against his parent club.Argyle are still without defender James Bolton who is expected to be sidelined until October with an ankle injury.Lowe has been particularly impre...Full Story »

Steve Evans felt his much-changed team were worthy winners and deserved to progress in the Carabao Cup after clinching a dramatic 10-9 victory on penalties at Crawley after the thrilling tie had ended 2-2.The Gills went through when French defender Ludwig Francillette became the only player to miss from the spot and Harvey Lintott then stepped up to convert the decisive penalty.Crawley’s S...Full Story »

Much-changed Gillingham advanced to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 10-9 victory in a dramatic penalty shoot-out after the thrilling contest ended 2-2 at the Broadfield Stadium.Frenchman Ludwig Francillette was the only player to miss from the spot as the Gills were pushed all the way by their League Two opponents.Crawley made six changes including giving a debut to keeper Blondy Nna ...Full Story »

Crawley will be without Jordan Tunnicliffe for the Carabao Cup first-round clash with Gillingham on Tuesday.Tunnicliffe was forced off in the first half against Hartlepool on Saturday and will not be available to face the Gills.Midfielder George Francomb will be back in contention, however, having served a one-match ban for his red card in the final game of last season.John Yems will want a bett...Full Story »

Gillingham battled back from an early Tayo Edun goal to earn a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw with Lincoln on the opening day of the League One season.Edun put the visitors ahead after just four minutes at Priestfield but the Gills hit back on the stroke of half-time through Danny Lloyd to claim a point.Lincoln could hardly have wished for a better start to the new season as they took the lea...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Steve Evans will assess the fitness of several players ahead of their opening game of the season at home to Lincoln.Captain Kyle Dempsey, Alex MacDonald and Ben Reeves were left out of the pre-season warm-up at Norwich as a precaution, while John Akinde (ankle) limped off at Carrow Road.Robbie McKenzie has missed all of the Gills’ pre-season games while Ryan Jackson has yet...Full Story »

Gillingham secured a top-10 finish for the second consecutive season as Vadaine Oliver’s 17th league goal of the campaign proved decisive in their 1-0 defeat of Plymouth at Priestfield.The first half was marked by an 11-minute stoppage following a clash of heads between Oliver and Kell Watts seconds after kick-off, which left the Plymouth defender requiring medical treatment.Watts’ r...Full Story »

Gillingham will check on the fitness of Robbie Cundy and Ryan Jackson ahead of their final Sky Bet League One game of the season against Plymouth.Defender Cundy missed last week’s draw at Burton with a groin injury and will again be assessed.Tommy O’Connor switched from midfield to cover in central defence and manager Steve Evans could consider that option again.Right-back Jackson wa...Full Story »

Ryan Broom’s 90th-minute equaliser denied Gillingham all three points in a 1-1 draw against Burton.The Gills knew they had to win both of their remaining games to stand a chance of making the play-offs but Portsmouth’s win at AFC Wimbledon took it out of their hands despite them dropping two points at the Pirelli Stadium.Jordan Graham grabbed the opening goal of the game, nipping in ...Full Story »