Match Report
| Gillingham | Gillingham |  |  | Coventry City | Coventry City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Riza | J. Riza |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 59 | | Colin Carlton | C. Carlton | |||||||||
| Zbigniew Lato | Z. Lato |  | 60 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 57 |  | Manolo Aguirre | M. Aguirre | |||||||||
| Noel Winterburn | N. Winterburn | | 57 | D | | 3 | | D | 48 | | Stan Wallwork | S. Wallwork | |||||||||
| Aaron Ince | A. Ince | | 50 | D | | 4 | | D | 45 | | Stephen Jeffers | S. Jeffers | |||||||||
| Modeste Ndiefi | M. Ndiefi |  | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 44 | | Nigel Gerrard | N. Gerrard | |||||||||
| Maximiliano Felix | M. Felix |  | 55 | M | | 6 | | M | 62 | | Trevor Gower | T. Gower | |||||||||
| Brendan Bastin | B. Bastin | | 47 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 | | Graham Maddison | G. Maddison | |||||||||
| Ivan Barry | I. Barry | | 47 | M | | 8 | | M | 45 | | Nigel Beagrie | N. Beagrie | |||||||||
| Oscar Meride | O. Meride |  | 54 | A | | 9 | | A | 63 | | Tony Barton | T. Barton | |||||||||
| Daniel Christie | D. Christie | | 45 | A | | 10 | | A | 51 | | Patrick Lumsdon | P. Lumsdon | |||||||||
| Greg Royce | G. Royce | | 44 | A | | 11 | | A | 49 |  | Stuart McGrory | S. McGrory | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Priestfield Stadium where Gillingham play host to Coventry City. Its a sell-out today with the 5,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Both Gillingham and Coventry City are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Gillingham and Coventry City are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Coventry City kick off the first half!
4.24
1-0Zbigniew Lato chips the ball to his team mate, Brendan Bastin. Brendan Bastin knocks the ball forward to Daniel Christie. Daniel Christie goes all the way! Daniel Christie takes a shot at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Daniel Christie!
8.14
1-0Brendan Bastin chips the ball to his team mate, Greg Royce. Greg Royce knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Stephen Jeffers.
9.27
1-0Brendan Bastin barges into Graham Maddison. The referee calls over Brendan Bastin and warns him to calm down! Graham Maddison gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
10.54
1-0Graham Maddison flicks the ball to his team mate, Tony Barton. Tony Barton shoots from distance. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
14.08
Maximiliano Felix surges forward with the ball. Maximiliano Felix goes all the way! Maximiliano Felix rockets a shot on goal but Colin Carlton is on top of it.
16.01
1-0Ivan Barry makes a beautiful solo run. Ivan Barry knocks in a cross ball towards Oscar Meride. Oscar Meride is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
20.40
Maximiliano Felix brings the ball forward. Maximiliano Felix knocks in a cross ball towards Greg Royce. Greg Royce directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's miles wide!
28.59
Maximiliano Felix threads the ball through to Daniel Christie. Daniel Christie lofts in a cross ball towards Oscar Meride. Oscar Meride directs the ball goalwards with his head but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
33.39
1-0Gillingham are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Coventry City's defence.
34.15
Nigel Beagrie chips the ball to his team mate, Tony Barton. Tony Barton tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
36.48
1-0Stan Wallwork barges into Greg Royce. Stan Wallwork is warned by the referee! Greg Royce stretches but gets up unharmed.
44.46
Noel Winterburn makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Maximiliano Felix. Maximiliano Felix sees a break and surges forward. Maximiliano Felix lofts in a cross ball towards Oscar Meride. Oscar Meride heads the ball goalwards. Colin Carlton manages to gather it comfortably.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with Gillingham kicking off!
49.49
Trevor Gower makes a probing pass to Stuart McGrory. Stuart McGrory shoots from 20 yards. The ball comes in low, but Jason Riza easily smothers it!
54.27
Graham Maddison passes the ball forward to Patrick Lumsdon. Patrick Lumsdon tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
59.09
Zbigniew Lato deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ivan Barry. Ivan Barry chips the ball to his team mate, Oscar Meride. Oscar Meride shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
60.03
1-0Maximiliano Felix makes a simple pass to Oscar Meride. Oscar Meride knocks the ball forward to Daniel Christie but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
66.23
Aaron Ince flicks the ball to his team mate, Ivan Barry. Ivan Barry sees a break and surges forward. Ivan Barry lofts in a cross ball towards Daniel Christie. Daniel Christie flicks the ball with his head but it flies wide!
67.44
Trevor Gower takes it forward alone. Trevor Gower shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
69.16
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
71.49
Trevor Gower makes a probing pass to Tony Barton. Tony Barton shoots from distance but Jason Riza is on top of it.
77.27
Manolo Aguirre flicks the ball to his team mate, Graham Maddison. Graham Maddison makes a beautiful solo run. Graham Maddison goes all the way! Graham Maddison tries a spectacular strike but it is miles over!
81.22
Graham Maddison knocks the ball to his team mate, Patrick Lumsdon. Patrick Lumsdon knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Zbigniew Lato.
83.54
Graham Maddison passes the ball forward to Tony Barton. Tony Barton whips in a cross ball towards Stuart McGrory. Stuart McGrory is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
89.11
Ivan Barry threads the ball through to Daniel Christie. Daniel Christie plays a perfect one-two with Oscar Meride and rushes in on goal... Daniel Christie takes a shot at goal. Magnificent save by Colin Carlton!
90.00
Stephen Jeffers knocks the ball to his team mate, Trevor Gower. Trevor Gower advances with the ball. Trevor Gower knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
4
3
Shots off Target
5
5
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
51.9%
48.1%
Play Area
25.9%
49.4%
24.7%
Scorers