The League 2 table might make better reading for Gillingham fans after Monday’s win but things may not be as clear-cut as they seem.

Had it not been for a one-point deduction handed out to Torquay at the start of this month by the Football League then the Seagulls would be sitting sixth and the Gills would still be in eighth - a place outside of the play-offs.

Torquay’s crime was to field a player in the game against Hereford who wasn’t registered before the transfer deadline. Ironically, Hereford committed the same offence in the same game and were hit by a three-point deduction.

The deadline for registering an appeal against the decision is on Wednesday, May 4, four days after Torquay’s crucial match against Chesterfield on Friday night.

If Torquay lose that game they head into the final weekend with the real possibility of missing out on the play-offs.

Read this week's Gills blog from Luke Cawdell by clicking the link here.