Luton 0 Gillingham 0

Gillingham held on for a point at Luton during a testing encounter at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday night.

Basement side Luton had a number of chances to take the points but couldn�t find their way past the Gills defence.

Gillingham were thankful to still be on level terms at the break as Luton had a number of chances to take the lead.

A lively home attack were running rings around Gillingham�s defence at times and Luton striker Tom Craddock came closest to scoring for the hosts when he turned Mark Bentley and sent a curling shot against the post.

As early as the second minute fellow striker Sam Parkin struck a shot across the face of the goal and keeper Simon Royce was called upon to save from Chris Martin, Craddock and a minute before the break denied Ian Hernderson with a finger tip save.

Striker Simeon Jackson was back in the starting line-up for Gills alongside Mark McCammon and they made a bright start. After just 18 seconds Jackson�s cross was only narrowly missed by McCammon. It was a great start to the first half but it didn�t last.

Luton were kept at bay at the start of the second half but Gillingham were also struggling to test the keeper. Dennis Oli�s 50th minute shot went well wide while Craddock lifted a shot over the bar at the other end.

Luton applied the pressure in the final minutes, earning a series of corner-kicks, and Craddock struck a great chance over the bar.

Manager Mark Stimson said: �Conditions weren�t the best and it was a game of two halves because of the wind which played into one half of the pitch.

�We had to defend that end first half and we did well to go in 0-0 and we just said to the players, in the second half let�s put them under a bit of pressure.

�We had opportunities but didn�t take them and overall, with the conditions, and the way the boys dug in we�ll take the point.

�If we can keep knocking up these points away from home and win our home games then hopefully we�ll be around it at the end.�

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Gills: Royce, Fuller, Nutter, King, Bentley, Jackson (Richards 90mins), Southall, Miller, Oli (Mulligan 69mins), Weston (Lewis 90mins), McCammon. Subs not used: Steer, Julian.

Luton: Brill, Davis, Keane, Henderson (Howells 72mins), Parkin, Hall, Asafu-Adjaye, Martin, Bower, Craddock, Gallen. Subs not used: Gnakpa, Charles, Spillane, Price.

Attendance: 5,739.