Gills' 2-0 home win against Tranmere last Saturday not only delivered a first defeat of the season for our opponents, but gave us back-to-back victories for the first time since January. After an even first half, the Gills stepped up a gear with two well-worked goals. Logan Dobbs headed home Ronan Hale's cross in front of the Rainham End, capping a meteoric rise from the youth team and potentially earning himself a Wikipedia entry following his rejection earlier this month fo

We finally got our season up and running last time out with an excellent 1-4 away win at newly promoted Rochdale. After a bleak few goalscoring campaigns, how good was it to see James Brophy net not one, but two Goal of the Season contenders? The first, which opened the scoring, was curled delightfully into the top corner. His second was simply breathtaking as he drove through midfield from halfway before slaloming past statuesque Dale defenders inside the box and rolling it

Starting with the positives, last weekend’s goalless draw at Fleetwood saw Gills fly up the table from 23rd to 21st position, the result meaning we are now just 42 points shy of the average total required to avoid relegation across the last six League Two seasons. We’re also going well in the “who can hit the woodwork most” stakes, raising our total from three strikes to five in just two league games — impressive stuff all round. The injury curse struck us hard yet again on S