Haydn Parry

Longest current unbeaten run in all four divisions....

1. GILLINGHAM 16
2. Birmingham 15
3. Man City 11
Leeds 11

RIP Brian Glanville. As a kid in the mid-70s, getting obsessed with football, I devoured his books on the World Cup and football history - lit a spark. 20+ years later I remember being slightly in awe speaking to him through work. 'Doyen' indeed...his writings are a fine legacy.

a man in a blue suit is laughing with his mouth wide open ALT: a man in a blue suit is laughing with his mouth wide open

Hmm. Season 2 - it's now become Les Andorables...

Bradley Dack made his 200th app for @thegillsfc.bsky.social after coming on as sub last night. Just the 52nd Gills player ever to reach that total in 132 years.

13 games without a win in the lge for @thegillsfc.bsky.social

Only 3 longer winless lge runs in club history now.
1. 15 in 1972
2. 14 in 1989 and 2021/2

Still, through thick and thin. And thin and thin!

With his 434th app for @thegillsfc.bsky.social today
Max Ehmer is now 5th in the all-time club list...

Four legends ahead of him...

1 Ron Hillyard 657
2 John Simpson 617
3 Mark Weatherley 543
4 Jimmy Boswell 523
5 Max Ehmer 434

Ok - ready...

NFL to touchdown in Ireland with Pittsburgh Steelers? The NFL is looking at the possibility of staging a second American Football regular season game overseas, with Croke Park in Dublin under consideration.

Wrote this 13 years ago now....

Today @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social have confirmed their arrival next season!

www.bbc.com/news/uk-nort...

Confirmation Conor Masterson will make his 100th appearance for the Gills
@TheGillsFC
this evening.

And Max Ehmer will become just the 6th player in club history to reach the 425 apps mark.

Robbie McKenzie appreciation tweet on a Sunday:

TheGillsFC lge record so far is W9 D2 L8 - win % of 47.4 (projected as 70 pts over a season)

When Robbie plays it's W7 D1 L4 - win % of 58.3 (an 84 pt season)

I know it's not all about 1 player but we do better with him.

Top 10 (well, 11) appearances for @TheGillsFC in the 21st century:

1 Max Ehmer 421
2 Chris Hope 235
3 Barry Fuller 230
4 Stuart Nelson/Cody McDonald 223
6 Nicky Southall 219
7 Paul Smith 210
8 Andrew Crofts 197
9 Mark Bentley 195
10 Bradley Dack 188

Confirmation Max Ehmer makes his 420th app for
Gillingham tonight going 6th on the all-time club list - & only 14 behind the legendary Charlie Marks

1 Hillyard 657
2 Simpson 617
3 Weatherley 543
4 Boswell 523
5 Marks 434
6 Ehmer 420

Colin 'Paddy' Powell was guest at the Gills on Saturday - I got him to sign my programme, for old times' sake. I used to ask pre-match back when i was a pre-teen in the old GRS. An extensive trawl in the grand programme collection revealed that, in fact, the last time I had asked was 42 yrs ago! 😳

So max ehmer makes appearance 419 today to move alongside Dick Tydeman at 6th in the club's all-time list - gills

Long way to come from Belfast but heading to the Gills @TheGillsFC today - weather permitting. Plane ok...now trains...

After 60 years of the Gills, his patience was commendable! I will be sitting in his seat this Saturday - over for the game. Say hello if you're nearby!

Today it's 12 years since Dad left us, far too soon (throat cancer). A Gillingham fan for 60 years and the reason i am a fan - I still find myself reaching for the phone to call him for his reaction to a performance/result and have to 'whoa-pause-reset'. UTG

Welcome back to the Gills, Joe.

none taken - don't worry. Hey - as a Gills fan, I have to have an enormous sense of humour 😆

As a Gillingham fan I am used to being a member of a small tribe! Not here for the follows - more for the sanity. It seems like a much nice place.

Thank you. It's like emerging from smog and breathing in fresh air, so far.

The view from the beach at the bottom of my road...always good for calming the soul...

After tonight's win on pens
The Gills' record in shootouts has now improved to W10 L9 & we've now won our last four pen shootouts
23/8/2022 6-5 v Exeter (H) LC2
11/10/2022 5-4 v v Colchester (H) FLT
08/11/2022 6-5 v Brentford (A) LC3
12/11/2024 5-4 v Stevenage (A) FLT

Read any Hans Van Wees? I remember going to see him lecture in the late 80s when i was doing my own on the Iliad.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...

So a third into season, the Gills have 13 pts from games vs top half sides (W4 D1 L4) & 10 pts v lower (W3 D1 L2).
2nd= best home record (15 pts: only Walsall have more) but just 8 pts on the road (very Gills!).
9 of ther next 10 games are v teams below us, 7 v bottom half.🤔

Hello - I post about my football team, Gillingham FC, mostly. But I do have an eclectic range of interests - ranging from Ancient Greece to the NFL, 80s music to Italian food & drink. Just moved in - nice to cross over from the Dark side.