Match Report


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Match Report

Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Priestfield Stadium where Gillingham play host to Luton Town. A crowd of 2,606 fill this 3,000 capacity stadium.
Both Gillingham and Luton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.


0.00
Gillingham kick off and get the first half underway!
3.54
Luís Velez barges into Noel Smith. The referee calls over Luís Velez and warns him to calm down! Noel Smith grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
4.26
Alexander Moore chips the ball to his team mate, Danny Flintlock. Danny Flintlock makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David Bould but he's offside!
10.18
Del Hall passes the ball forward to Danny Flintlock. Danny Flintlock knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Paul Mason.
15.22
Lee Westwood passes the ball forward to Adam Hunt. Adam Hunt controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alfred Richards. Alfred Richards shoots from outside the area but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
16.14
Trevor Lofthouse controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alfred Richards. Alfred Richards knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Maurizio Degano.
32.58
Luís Velez makes a simple pass to Teddy Boertien. Teddy Boertien sees a break and surges forward. Teddy Boertien sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
33.38
Luton Town are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Gillingham's defence.
34.27
Stan Benjamin knocks the ball forward to Alfred Richards. Alfred Richards knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Nwankwo Edghill.
40.14
Nwankwo Edghill makes a simple pass to Teddy Boertien. Teddy Boertien kicks a strong pass forward to David Bould. David Bould shoots from 25 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
44.47
Stan Benjamin surges forward with the ball. Stan Benjamin shoots from 25 yards but it flies wide!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!


45.00
Luton Town kick off the second half!
48.29
Stan Benjamin kicks a strong pass forward to Alfred Richards. Alfred Richards shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
55.44
Ugo Rowett hacks Nigel Laycock from behind! The referee calls over Ugo Rowett and warns him to calm down! Nigel Laycock stretches but gets up unharmed.
57.06
Stan Benjamin passes the ball forward to Noel Smith. Noel Smith sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but James Lampard is on top of it.
59.18
Alexander Moore threads the ball through to Danny Flintlock. Danny Flintlock controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
63.41
Stan Benjamin flicks the ball to his team mate, Noel Smith. Noel Smith knocks in a cross ball towards Alfred Richards. Alfred Richards directs the ball goalwards with his head but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
67.07
Lee Westwood passes the ball forward to Trevor Lofthouse. Trevor Lofthouse advances with the ball. Trevor Lofthouse makes a probing pass to Alfred Richards but he's offside!
75.20
Alexander Moore makes a probing pass to Danny Flintlock. Danny Flintlock knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Paul Mason.
78.00
Del Hall makes a probing pass to Danny Flintlock. Danny Flintlock shoots from 20 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
81.49
Del Hall chips the ball to his team mate, David Bould. David Bould knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Paul Mason.
87.17
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
90.00
Noel Smith clumsily knocks into John Thirlwell. Noel Smith is given a warning by the referee! John Thirlwell runs off the knock.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to Stan Benjamin of Luton Town

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 0 vs 0
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 0 vs 1
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 4 vs 4
Offsides
Offsides: 1 vs 1
Fouls
Fouls: 2 vs 1
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 0 vs 0
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 50.5494505494505 vs 49.4505494505495
Play Area
Home team third: 28.57%, Midfield: 51.65%, Away team third: 19.78%