Crewe 1 Gillingham 2
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Danny Spiller is mobbed
by his team mates after putting Gillingham 2-0 ahead at Crewe.
Picture: Barry Goodwin.
by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham made it two league wins from two after taking the
spoils in their game at Crewe.
Goals from Chris Whelpdale and Danny Spiller
had given the Gills a two goal advantage.
Crewe pulled one back in the second half
through Shaun Miller and the goal breathed life into the hosts, who
up until then had looked poor.
The Gills hung on in the end to win the
game.
Gillingham had struck twice in two minutes to
claim the first half advantage.
The opening goal from Whelpdale, after 23
minutes, was a stunner as he collected the ball up on the edge of
the box, picked his spot, and pinged it into the top corner.
Gillingham’s 297 travelling fans were in dream
land just 60 seconds later when Joe Martin’s cross eluded Danny
Kedwell but found Spiller. He took the ball down on his chest
before rifling it past a stunned Steve Phillips in the Crewe
goal.
Whelpdale lasted 10 more minutes before
hobbling off with a dead leg.
Crewe came into the game in the latter stages
of the second half and Gills keeper Ross Flitney needed to be
alert. He held Ashley Westwood’s powerful shot and watched as both
Shaun Miller and Adam Dugdale missed by a fraction.
The Gills seemed content with the two goal
advantage at the start of the second half and kept Crewe at a safe
distance.
Crewe had barely had a sniff of the goal
before a long ball forward fell to the feet of Miller and he
smashed home from close range to halve the deficit with 15 minutes
left.
A minute later and Crewe almost levelled,
denied only by a double clearance off the line by Jack Payne.
Crewe were putting on the pressure and Barry
Fuller was next to rescue the Gills, hooking Harry Davis’ header
away at the far post.
The Gills were under pressure and it needed a
great save from Flitney to keep out Danny Shelley’s powerful shot.
He held the effort well.
Five minutes of added time were played and
Flitney was called on again with a great save, tipping wide Byron
Moore’s low shot. The final whistle couldn’t come quick enough for
the Gills.
Crewe: Phillips, Davis,
Westwood, Artell, Dugdale, Bell, Murphy (Leitch-Smith 68mins),
Miller, Moore, Martin, Powell (Shelley 64mins). Subs not used:
Martin, Clayton (Miller 86mins), Hughes.
Gillingham: Flitney, Fuller,
Martin, Frampton, Lawrence, Lee, J Payne (S Payne 84mins),
Montrose, Spiller (Fish 86mins), Whelpdale (Weston 34mins),
Kedwell. Subs not used: Richards, Gazzaniga.
Attendance: 3,401
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Friday, August 12 2011
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