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Gills here Danny Spiller battles for the ball
at Morecambe
by Luke Cawdell
Danny Spiller rescued a point for Gillingham
with a late goal against Morecambe.
Andy Hessenthaler’s men had the majority of
the chances in the game but were trailing after Craig Stanley
headed home on the hour.
Spiller’s goal earned the Gills a point but
little consolation as they remain in search of their first win
of the League 2 season.
The Gills had the better of the first half
chances and should really have been ahead by the break.
Morecambe were reliant on shooting from
distance and their best effort came from Phil Jevons, whose shot
was palmed out for a corner from debutant keeper Lance Cronin.
Andy Barcham had plenty of the ball in the
first 45 minutes and his cross for Mark Bentley on the half-hour
mark almost produced a goal, but a combination of keeper Barry
Roche and defender Chris McCready cleared the danger.
Moments later Barcham had a shot of his own,
but Roche was there to save and with five minutes of the half
remaining the Morecambe goalie excelled again by tipping Danny
Spiller’s free-kick over the bar.
Another good chance fell to Spiller early in
the second half but he blasted the chance across the face of the
goal.
The Gills were made to pay for missing those
chances as a cross from the left was headed home by Craig Stanley
just before the hour mark.
Gillingham levelled the scores with six
minutes to go when Palmer’s free-kick was bundled home by
Spiller.
Keeper Roche made a great save from Barcham in
injury time as the Gills pressed for the winner.
Gills: Cronin, Fuller,
Palmer, Lawrence, Sinclair, J Payne, Spiller Bentley (Rooney
75mins), Barcham, Akinfenwa, McDonald (McCammon 75mins). Subs not
used: Julian, Nutter, Maher, Gowling, S Payne.
Morecambe: Roche, Moss
(Mullin 46mins), Scott, McCready, Fleming, Duffy, Wilson, Parrish,
Stanley, Shuker (Drummond 66mins), Jevons (Spencer 86mins). Subs
not used: Bentley, Hunter, Hendry, Walker.
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