Match Report
| Ipswich Town | Ipswich Town |  |  | Gillingham | Gillingham | ||||||||||||||||
| Bohannon Bohannon | Bohannon Bohannon | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Newby | J. Newby |  | 47 | G |  | 1 | | G | 59 | | Colin Barry | C. Barry | |||||||||
| Jermaine Mustoe | J. Mustoe | | 58 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 51 | | Shaun Shilton | S. Shilton | |||||||||
| Tommy Grantt | T. Grantt | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 50 | | Frank Holloway | F. Holloway | |||||||||
| Dennis Luzhny | D. Luzhny | | 45 | D | | 4 | | D | 45 | | Mark Holloway | M. Holloway | |||||||||
| Gary Bridge | G. Bridge | | 44 | D | | 5 | | D | 44 | | Jason Dichio | J. Dichio | |||||||||
| Robert Roberts | R. Roberts | | 50 | M | | 6 | | M | 48 | | Nicky Fortune | N. Fortune | |||||||||
| Oleg Pearce | O. Pearce | | 45 | M | | 7 | | M | 42 | | Anthony Greening | A. Greening | |||||||||
| Peter Jeffers | P. Jeffers | | 44 | M | | 8 | | M | 41 | | Ross Hurst | R. Hurst | |||||||||
| Rio James | R. James | | 35 | M | | 9 | | M | 39 | | Marc Hitchcock | M. Hitchcock | |||||||||
| Brendan Prior | B. Prior | | 56 | A | | 10 | | A | 55 | | Alistair Murray | A. Murray | |||||||||
| Ralph Jobson | R. Jobson | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Lee Shaw | L. Shaw | |||||||||
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Portman Road where Ipswich Town play host to Gillingham. A crowd of 4,642 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Ipswich Town and Gillingham are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Ipswich Town and Gillingham are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Gillingham get the match underway!
3.05
0-0Jermaine Mustoe knocks the ball forward to Oleg Pearce. Oleg Pearce controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ralph Jobson. Ralph Jobson shoots from long range. It's miles wide!
6.40
Oleg Pearce makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ralph Jobson. Ralph Jobson shoots from outside the area but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
8.04
0-0Gillingham are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Ipswich Town's defence.
14.49
0-0Peter Jeffers passes the ball forward to Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Barry who gathers it comfortably.
18.37
Frank Holloway knocks the ball forward to Ross Hurst. Ross Hurst passes the ball forward to Lee Shaw. Lee Shaw knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Jermaine Mustoe.
21.07
Tommy Grantt surges forward with the ball. Tommy Grantt chips the ball to his team mate, Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
24.28
Rio James makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
30.40
Anthony Greening makes a simple pass to Lee Shaw. Lee Shaw shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
33.22
Jermaine Mustoe deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Peter Jeffers. Peter Jeffers flicks the ball to his team mate, Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Barry who gathers it comfortably.
34.16
Ipswich Town are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
36.57
0-0Brendan Prior hacks Frank Holloway from behind! The referee calls over Brendan Prior and warns him to calm down! Frank Holloway hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
38.52
0-0Jermaine Mustoe deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Peter Jeffers. Peter Jeffers makes a simple pass to Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is tipped over by Colin Barry.
44.14
Tommy Grantt surges forward with the ball. Tommy Grantt sees a break and surges forward. Tommy Grantt goes all the way! Tommy Grantt makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but somehow Colin Barry manages to keep it out.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and Ipswich Town kick off!
53.09
Mark Holloway kicks a strong pass forward to Ross Hurst. Ross Hurst knocks the ball forward to Lee Shaw. Lee Shaw knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
55.39
63.45
Dennis Luzhny controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Robert Roberts. Robert Roberts makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Barry who gathers it comfortably.
65.26
Anthony Greening makes a probing pass to Lee Shaw. Lee Shaw controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
71.31
Peter Jeffers surges forward with the ball. Peter Jeffers plays a perfect one-two with Brendan Prior and rushes in on goal... Peter Jeffers shoots from just inside the box. Magnificent save by Colin Barry!
72.55
Marc Hitchcock makes a simple pass to Alistair Murray. Alistair Murray shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
75.12
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
81.13
Anthony Greening knocks the ball forward to Alistair Murray. Alistair Murray shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
85.12
1-0Peter Jeffers makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Brendan Prior. Brendan Prior goes all the way! Brendan Prior rockets a shot on goal. What a cracker!! Colin Barry had no chance!! Goal for Ipswich Town!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
4
0
Shots off Target
5
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
65.5%
34.5%
Play Area
26.2%
45.2%
28.6%
Scorers