Gillingham’s long awayday to Blundell Park looked set to end with an unlikely victory. But instead, a dagger of an equaliser in the last minute of stoppage time ensured that the Gills’ winless run continues.
Grimsby probably had the better of it in the first half, as the Gills once again struggled to give the opposition much to worry about in the final third. But, remarkably, for the second successive game, the opposing side stepped up and gave us a helping hand… well, shin.
With Joe Gbode the only Gills player in the Grimsby box – well marshalled, too – Jack Nolan whipped a low cross into the penalty area. The cross was going nowhere near a yellow Gills shirt, but defender Doug Tharme swung his left leg at it, and didn’t get the connection he wanted as he shanked the ball straight into his own net.
Perhaps buoyed by holding an unlikely lead, Gillingham came out in the second half and gave us a much-improved performance. Sure, the quality still wasn’t there, but the effort certainly was, and as the game headed into stoppage time, it looked like the Gills might finally hold on for the win.
But, in a suicidal final seven minutes of stoppage time, the team sat back, invited pressure, and got punished with a Danny Rose goal with mere seconds of stoppage time remaining.
It means the team’s winless streak now stands at seven, a run that stretches back to the team’s 1-0 away win at MK Dons on December 14.
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