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It's another season in League 2 for us, and no doubt we'll all be looking at the what's, if's, and why' about a team who have been there or thereabouts all season. For there are 2 key moments which stick in my mind ................... firstly the inept home display against Colchester after our...

............................. was on Thursday 30th April 1964 to see us clinch the 4th Division title. We had won away at York without conceding a goal on the Monday of that week, and a further win without conceding would do the job. In those days, where 2 teams had the same number of points...

Have been watching Middlesbrough versus Aston Villa on The Big Match Revisited this morning. Great to see some dazzling footwork from Terry Cochrane, and a thumping last minute winner from Dave Shearer.

I wish I knew why it's a national newspaper story that their new stand wont be open in time for next season. Apart from being promoted, if there's one thing I wish for Gills this year is that we finish above Wrexham FC

I hear on the news that Rolf Harris has died, and already been '' laid to rest ''. I take that to mean that he died a few days ago, and the family didn't want to risk something other than a quiet funeral. I know Mr Harris committed some really serious crimes, but somehow I find it hard to...

Please tell me I'm not the only one who's fed up with reading about them

Was thumbing through ''Home of the Shouting Men '' today, and was reminded of my boyhood hero, Pat Terry. He had an enviable record as an old fashioned centre forward with 22 goals in each of the 3 seasons he spent at Priestfield. Certainly, an overall tally 66 goals in just 119 appearances is...

........ get my head around to Brentford not only being in the Premier League, but doing flipping well in it. A point at Arsenal today consolidates them 8th in the table, and in front of both Chelsea and Liverpool. Good luck to them of course, but somehow I find it hard to relate to Brentford...

With apologies if it's been mentioned on here before, but if you search THE BIGMATCH REVISITED on the Sky TV platform. then the Gills Charlton game is featured on one of the downloadable shows. [ series 4 episode 2 ] I assume it'll be on the ITV4 player as well.

I notice Italy have an Andrea Bellotti on the bench tonight. I wonder if he's any relation to a goalie we had who sometimes used to give the great Johnny Simpson a run for his money. In particular, I recall Derek Bellotti playing a blinder at Highbury in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal in a league cup...

................ in making the play off finals. Been supporting The Gills since the mid 50's ( yes I am that old ) and it's great to see Brentford just one game away from The Premier League. I always used to view Brentford as as almost a local derby in the bottom two divisions .............. but...

It any of you get BTSports 3, then 7am next Monday has an edition of The Big Match from 1974, featuring Gills v Charlton

It's not often we sign a striker who had scored a premier league hat trick for the away side at Old Trafford just 3 years previously. As I recall, Dennis Bailey was a skillful player, but never really made the headlines I was hoping for with us.

Easy to say, but had our home record been 12.4.7 [ which in itself is not particularly outstanding ] instead of 7.4.12, then we'd have been challenging for the play-offs. Our home form was inconsistent throughout the season, and that's where SL went wrong. The tactics never seemed to change.

Maybe it's me living alone in a bygone age, but I just can't get enthusiastic about football played by females, even if they are representing top Premier League clubs. Also, female commentators and/or presenters leave me cold. Yes, most are very knowledgeable, but somehow their voice doesn't...

At the risk of repeating what may already have been posted on here ( and on the assumption that anyone can hear to see it ) then I notice 15 mins of highlights (?) of the Man City game is available on the Sky Sports player.

....... is needed in the lower leagues. That was clearly over the line, but neither the ref nor lino had the guts to say so. We were undone by ( sorry to his fans ) yet another Holy mistake, in a game where we had the best of the few clear openings available to either side.

Rodney Green. An old fashioned get stuck in type of centre forward from the 60's, whom as I recall had a pretty good scoring record in the time he was at Priestfield. Thanks Rodney.

According to Gills official site, Lee Martin ......"bent a wicked, dipping shot past a despairing Bond from 30 yards" ..... whereas on the Peterborough site, that same goal is stated as ..... " an ambitious effort from fully 30-yards crept into the back of the net via the inside of the post." I...

I note a story on GIllsconnect that John Arnott died recently. You have to be of a certain vintage to remember this player, but he was most certainly a key member of the defence which conceded just 30 goals throughout the 1963/64 season, when we were promoted to the old 3rd division. Indeed...