With leftover turkey and ham being lobbed into pies and curries as we speak, the festive football calendar continues under the lights at Priestfield this evening as we entertain Colchester and seek our first win after eight games without and just one from the last 13. Unlucky for some. Last time out we were (eventually) the better side against Neil Harris' Cambridge side, his age old tactic of taking a lead and then sitting on it rather than looking to kill the game backfirin

Gills are now four unbeaten in the league following last Saturday’s second-half comeback at Shrewsbury, and we head to darkest Essex tomorrow to take on Colchester in the revoltingly early kick-off. Sky can take limited blame for this one as, the 12.30pm Saturday kick-off being marginally more palatable than a weekend with no game, this rearranged Tuesday night fixture being the prize for our joint FA Cup failure. While our second 45 last weekend demonstrated remarkable resil

Back to back defeats in the league have somewhat punctured the feelgood factor around the club, with tonight’s fixture against Colchester in the Football League Trophy being one we could really have done without given our increasing injury list ahead of Cheltenham’s visit at the weekend. Gills head to Essex this evening to take on a team we’ve faced with depressing regularity in this dreadful competition, meeting them in the group stages in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and now this