Gillingham 1 Millwall 1

Match 118/16/1425 - Saturday, 8th April 2017 - League One

Gillingham (0) 1 Quigley 67
Millwall (0) 1 Morison 72
Attendance: 7,221

Entrance: Season Ticket
Programme: £3
Mileage: 58/8,070

Match Report

Gillingham’s chances of avoiding the drop to League Two look ever more desperate with every game that gets added to a sequence, now standing at five games without a win. At least this home draw against play-off chasing neighbours Millwall was a spirited effort, something that was lacking in their last couple of Priestfield appearances.

Millwall’s support packed out the Brian Moore Stand which at least pended itself to a much improved atmosphere at both ends of the ground as Gillingham’s vocal support found their voices.

Ultimately, it was a lack of quality from both sides that determined that the points were shared, a scenario that did little for either side’s differing ambitions. There was plenty of effort, some rough and tumble that is expected of a derby but neither side had a single player that would take the game by the scruff of the neck and prove the difference.

Millwall stretched Tomas Holy to a couple of saves that were comfortable but looked good for the camera, whilst at the other end, the home side despite having the better of the possession failed to ask anything of Tom King.

After much of the same for the first 20 minutes of the second half, Gillingham took the lead. King disputed that he had carried the ball over the line to concede a corner but from the resultant place kick the ball found its way to the far post from where Joe Quigley hooked home to delight the Rainham End.

Millwall should really have equalised within two minutes when Lee Gregory rounded Holy but then got his own feet in a tangle and scuffed his shot wide.

However the lead was only to last five minutes when a shot from Jed Wallace brought a good save from Holy but was only pushed into the path of Steve Morison who from the right hand angle of the six yard box into the far corner of the net.

A Morison header that went tamely wide was as close as it got to finding a winner.

I’m guessing that a win and a draw from their final two home games against Bristol Rovers and Fleetwood Town might just about be enough. The quality in the squad isn’t going to change overnight, hopefully the spirit shown will prove enough to see them over the line.