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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Priestfield Stadium
  • Attendance: 5333
  • Referee: Drysdale, D

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

89 mins

Goal!! Chris Dickson scores for Gillingham.

86 mins

Simon King is being taken off, Barry Cogan has come on in his place.

85 mins

Goal!! Gillingham have scored with David Graham putting it in the back of the net.

83 mins

Efetobore Sodje goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

78 mins

Lewis Haldane is replaced by Andy Williams.

77 mins

Gillingham are replacing Andrew Crofts with Gary Mulligan.

77 mins

The referee has booked Joe Jacobson.

69 mins

Richard Walker is being taken off, Joe Jacobson has come on in his place.

62 mins

Duncan Jupp is being taken off, David Graham has come on in his place.

46 mins

Goal!! David Pipe scores for Bristol Rovers.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by D Drysdale

27 mins

Goal!! Rickie Lambert scores for Bristol Rovers.

19 mins

Goal!! Aaron Brown scores for Gillingham.

7 mins

Mark Bentley is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Chris Dickson fired a late winner to hand Gillingham all three points and complete a remarkable turnaround for the home side.

The Gills were heading for defeat until substitute David Graham brought them level in the 85th minute by heading home Mark Bentley's cross.

And Dickson had the home fans in raptures when he fired home the winner from 15 yards in the 89th minute.

The home side had gone ahead in the 19th minute when Aaron Brown's fizzing 20-yard free-kick in the 19th minute pierced a hole in the Rovers wall and went under unsighted goalkeeper Steve Phillips.

But Paul Trollope's men were back on level terms on 27 minutes in almost identical fashion.

Referee Darren Drysdale controversially awarded a free-kick on the edge of the box after Simon King appeared to bundle over Craig Disley inside the area.

This infuriated the visitors but they were soon celebrating when Rickie Lambert fired the free-kick into the roof of the net via a vicious bounce off a defender.

There was no fortune about Rovers' second goal when, just 30 seconds into the second half, David Pipe fired a perfectly executed volley into the far corner after reacting fastest to Richard Walker's flick in the area.

Gillingham proceeded to pepper the opposition area with a succession of crosses and were denied by Aaron Lescott's goalline clearance after Philips had fumbled Nicky Southall's corner.

Their plan was proving fruitless until the introduction of Graham, who sneaked in unnoticed in the area to head home Bentley's perfect cross.

Rovers were rocked and any hopes of salvaging a point from the game diminished with a minute of normal time remaining when Dickson lashed home Delroy Facey's flick.

Gillingham Team

Bristol Rovers Team

Gillingham

Bristol Rovers

Corners

11 2

Fouls

15 10

Goal attempts

15 10

Shots off target

9 6

Offsides

2 6

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