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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: County Ground
  • Attendance: 6345
  • Referee: Thorpe, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

85 mins

Christian Roberts is being taken off, Kaid Mohamed has come on in his place.

84 mins

Goal!! Billy Paynter scores for Swindon.

65 mins

Gillingham are replacing David Graham with Gary Mulligan.

62 mins

Goal!! Swindon have scored with Simon Cox putting it in the back of the net.

59 mins

Jamie Vincent is replaced by Michael Pook.

52 mins

Goal!! Swindon have scored with Billy Paynter putting it in the back of the net.

46 mins

Adam Nowland is being taken off, Mark Bentley has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by M Thorpe

34 mins

Sam Collins is being taken off, Chris Blackburn has come on in his place.

12 mins

Gillingham are replacing Ian Cox with Simon King.

6 mins

Goal!! Simon Cox scores for Swindon.

4 mins

Goal!! Jon-Paul McGovern scores for Swindon.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, October 6th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Billy Paynter and Simon Cox each scored twice as Swindon made it a miserable return to the County Ground for former boss Iffy Onuora.

Onuora, now temporarily in charge at Gillingham, watched in horror as Swindon went two goals up in the first six minutes on their way to what could have been a real drubbing.

Only some bad misses by the Swindon strikers and some sound goalkeeping by Simon Royce kept the scoring to single figures.

Cox and Paynter also each hit the woodwork as Swindon deserved their standing ovation from delighted fans at the final whistle.

Swindon never looked back from when Jon-Paul McGovern put them ahead in the fourth minute after slicing through a non-existent defence.

Cox, on loan from Reading until January, swivelled to shoot in the second after six minutes and there was another blow for Gillingham when their experienced Trinidad international defender Ian Cox had to be replaced with concussion.

Swindon had to wait until the 52nd minute to score again when Paynter - a summer signing from Southend - burst through some poor tackling to shoot past the unprotected Royce.

Cox added the fourth on 62 minutes and Paynter made it five for the season when he added Swindon's last goal with six minutes remaining.

Gillingham offered little resistance after the early setbacks and were fortunate when Paynter blazed wide with unmarked team-mates awaiting the pass.

Gillingham's best chances fell to Barry Cogan in the 53rd minute with a shot which went narrowly wide and in the 76th minute when Swindon substitute Michael Pook cleared off the line from Delroy Facey.

Royce, with his defence in pieces in front of him, made an excellent save near the end from Craig Easton, but Swindon failed to take advantage of enough chances to have won by a far bigger margin.

Swindon Town Team

Gillingham Team

Swindon Town

Gillingham

Corners

8 8

Fouls

9 8

Goal attempts

21 2

Shots off target

10 2

Offsides

2 3

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