Kick-off: 19:45
Venue: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6142
Referee: Melin, P

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

87 mins

Goal!! Gillingham have scored with Simeon Jackson putting it in the back of the net.

84 mins

Dennis Oli is replaced by Donovan Simmonds.

77 mins

Luton are replacing Ryan Charles with Calvin Andrew.

76 mins

Simeon Jackson is booked for unsporting behaviour.

75 mins

Goal!! Gillingham have scored with Simeon Jackson putting it in the back of the net.

68 mins

Andrew Crofts is booked for unsporting behaviour.

67 mins

Adam Miller is replaced by George Ba.

61 mins

Mark Bentley goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

60 mins

John Nutter is being taken off, Leroy Griffiths has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Melin

19 mins

Goal!! Sam Parkin scores for Luton.

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, April 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Simeon Jackson's late double earned Gillingham a vital win and all but condemned Luton Town to relegation.

Jackson bravely headed home from close range in the 75th minute after the home side had endured a frustrating evening in front of goal.

And the striker turned himself into a hero with the home fans by heading home Nicky Southall's cross to claim all three points for Gillingham with two minutes remaining.

Sam Parkin had given the visitors a 19th minute lead when he looped a header over stranded keeper Derek Stillie from 15 yards.

Parkin missed arguably an easier chance from an Ed Asafu-Adjaye cross five minutes later after inexplicably heading wide with a goal at his mercy.

A spell of home pressure followed and Luton keeper Dean Brill was called upon to push away a fierce Dennis Oli drive from Adam Miller's incisive pass.

But the Hatters remained a threat on the break and Matthew Spring's drive on 38 minutes almost doubled their lead but whistled just wide of Stillie's right-hand post.

The visitors threw men behind the ball after the break as Gillingham poured forward and Brill was at his best to deny Jackson on 62 minutes after the striker had found himself one-on-one, before Sol Davis produced a heroic goalline clearance.

Parkin missed another chance to put clear daylight between his side and the Gills when he curled wide from the edge of the box after neatly side-stepping two defenders.

But as the home supporters began to fear defeat, Jackson headed home a loose ball after Brill had parried substitute Leroy Griffiths' shot into his path.

With a point less than sufficient for Gillingham, the home side continued to lay siege the visitors goal before Jackson had the home fans in raptures after rising to head in Southall's cross at the far post.

Gillingham Team

Luton Town Team

Gillingham

Luton Town

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