V sad news. Richard was a stalwart during dark times of the early 90s & then survived the 1995 summer cull to be in the 95-6 Pulis promotion side - played 35 games in the lge that season & 50+ games in the 3rd tier. Reliable, durable & committed. 253 apps - 27th all-time. RIP

Is it happening all over again with the Gills? 2023-24 in top 7 until game 13 (harris then sacked) 2024-25 in top 7 until game 13 (bonner goes game 23) 2025-26 in top 7 until game 14 (return, briefly, after) 2026-27 in top 7 until game 13 Maddening.

Remember when the Gills were thumping bournemouth on sky? 25 years later (gulp) the Cherries are beating seven-time european champions...and er we are...well...

Seems cruel - a decision that will need the context of what follows to be truly judged. But, given what this man did with the club, surely should have earned him more time in lge 1 than just 10 games?

Shade

good lad! @thomasniblock @McQuaidNFL

The Gills' record in 2026 is now W9 D7 L17 With just 6 pts between 4th and 23rd - it's WIDE open this season. Every team bar 4 has now lost at least 3 times already.

Updated Gills scorers: 1 Yeo 149 2 Cas/Gibbs 110 4 Lovell 104 5 Richardson 102 6 Price 89 7 McDonald 81 8 Morgan/Westwood 77 10 Terry 66 11 Onuora 56 12 Weatherley 55 13 Pulley 51 14 Shearer 50 15 King/Crown/DACK 47 18 Kedwell 45 19 Mehmet 43 20 Nicol/Jackson/EAVES 42

Best strike rate for @TheGillsFC - minimum 100 apps: 1. Pat Terry (1958-1961) 66 goals in 119 apps 0.555 2.Ernie Morgan (1953-1957) 77 in 163 0.47 Dave Crown (1990-1993) 47 in 100 0.47 4.Dave Shearer (1984-1988) 50 in 119 0.42 Tom Eaves (2017-2026) 42 in 100 0.42

That's Bradley Dack's 47th goal for @TheGillsFC moving him up to 15th= in club history - alongside David Crown and Marlon King. Will Tom Eaves (42) or Dacky get to 50 goals first!?

So the night he makes his 100th app for @TheGillsFC that is goal number 42 for Tom Eaves. He moves 20th= in the all-time club list....alongside George Nicol and Simeon Jackson.

So @TheGillsFC win 4-1 away for the second time this season. 1938-9 is the last and only other time we won 4-1 away twice in a season - that was in the Sthn Lge Div 1. In 1946-7 season we won 4-1 on six occasions - but only once away.

Tom Eaves' 41st goal for @TheGillsFC today sees him move past Carl Asaba to 22nd on all-time goals list for club: 19th Dave Mehmet 43 20th George Nicol 42 Simeon Jackson 42 22nd TOM EAVES 41 23rd Carl Asaba 40 24th Bob Taylor 39

Sad news about Mike Ditka. For a lot of UK/Ire NFL fans of a certain age, his SB XX-winning Chicago Bears were our introduction to America's game thru the improved C4 coverage that season & the fact his team was one of the all-time best. Saw them at Wembley in 1986. RIP coach.

Gills players with over 250 apps and 50 goals - the 'Immortals'... Mark Weatherly 542/55 Brian Yeo 387/149 Damien Richardson 357/102 Tug Wilson 293/148 Ken Price 293/89 Brian Gibbs 285/110 Steve Lovell 275/104 Tony Cascarino 269/110 Bradley Dack is now on 250 / 46

So late sub Bradley Dack makes his 250th app for @TheGillsFC today - just the 29th player in the 133-year club history to reach that mark. And he did it with a 7-yr gap between his 2 stints at the club - 185 apps from 2012-2017, 65 since return in 2024.

Eaves back...a reminder of the Gills @TheGillsFC all-time goalscoring chart... 17th BRADLEY DACK 46 goals 18th Danny Kedwell 45 19th Dave Mehmet 43 20th George Nicol 42 Simeon Jackson 42 22nd Carl Asaba 40 TOM EAVES 40

Marvellous

Before someone asks, that's 9 straight games on a Tuesday without a win for @TheGillsFC - W0 D1 L8. Tuesdays are Bluesdays...in the negative sense!