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MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon Town v Gillingham FC

Good afternoon and welcome to the County Ground for this early kick-off as Swindon Town host Gillingham in the latest round of League One fixtures. Join Total Sport Swindon's Ryan Walker throughout this afternoon as we bring you all the action in our Matchday Live blog. We'll be kicking things off at 12.30 bringing you all the team news and live action.

2:50PM


Full-time: Swindon Town 1-3 Gillingham

2:46PM


90' Four minutes of added time.


1-3

2:39PM


83' Twine has a free-kick on the edge of the Gills box. He shoots and it is narrowly wide.


1-3

2:33PM


76' SWINDON SUBSTITUTIONS



Off - Conroy, Broadbent, Thompson, J Grant, A Grant


On - Curran, Odimayo, Payne, T Smith, J Payne


1-3

2:32PM

76' Stuart O'keefe is shown a yellow card for a foul on Twine, Twine is shown a yellow for reacting.


1-3

2:31PM


75' Swindon are about to make five substitutions.


1-3

2:27PM

71' Vadaine Oliver almost has his hat trick with a close-range header going just over the bar.


1-3

2:24PM

67' GOAL GILLINGHAM


Kyle Dempsey's free-kick from the edge of the box takes a deflection and is past Trueman for Gillingham's third goal.


1-3


2:23PM

67' Swindon have well and truly collapsed in this game after a positive first-half. They can still get something out of this but need to improve.


1-2


2:19PM
Goal

62' GOAL GILLINGHAM


Oliver gets his second after rounding Trueman, who rushed out of his box, and finishing from a tight angle.


1-2

2:17PM

60' The goal came from Swindon's inability to defend a set-piece as Jack Tucker's delivery into the box from near the halfway line was headed back across goal by Ogilvie, with Akinde's header rattling off the bar and onto the head of Oliver who had an open net to aim at.


1-1

2:15PM
Goal

58' GOAL GILLINGHAM


Vadaine Oliver scores with a header from close-range into the roof of the goal.


1-1

2:12PM


55' Gillingham put the ball into the danger area of Swindon's box, the hosts have players behind the ball and Broadbent does well to deny Ogilvie from close-range with a crucial block.


1-0

2:08PM

52' Gillingham have a corner over on the right-hand side, the delivery is poor and Pitman clears at the near-post. The visitors attempt to recycle the ball but it ends up behind for a Swindon goal-kick.


1-0

2:08PM
Sub

52' GILLINGHAM SUBSTITUTION


Off - Lee


On - Akinde


1-0

2:02PM
Yellow Card

46' An early chance see's Graham get to the Swindon byline before floating a cross into the box that Broadbent gets a head on to put behind for a corner. Trueman is fouled in the box and Ogilvie is shown a yellow card.


1-0

2:01PM


45' Back underway at the County Ground. Come on Swindon!


1-0

2:00PM
Sub


GILLINGHAM SUBSTITUTION


Off - O'Connor

On - Macdonald

1:59PM

The players are back out and we are almost underway.


1-0

1:45PM

HALF-TIME: Swindon Town 1-0 Gillingham


1:44PM


45' 1 minute of added time will be played.


1-0

1:43PM


43' Anthony Grant is pulled down and Swindon have a free-kick 35-yards out. Twine hits it well but Trueman punches it away to save.


1-0

1:41PM

42' Swindon nearly concede immediately after the restart as Olly Lee latches onto a ball forward before shooting from close-range with Thompson doing well to come across and make a block.


1-0

1:39PM
Goal

40' GOAL SWINDON


Lyden passes to Pitman inside the area, he dummies onto his left foot before stabbing past Bonham.


1-0

1:36PM

36' Stuart O'Keefe wins Gillingham their first attempt on target with a header from the edge of Swindon's area that is saved easily by Trueman. The keeper tries to unleash Thompson with a long throw but it's too long and out of play.


0-0

1:32PM

32' Gillingham win a corner off Caddis. Graham whips the ball into thew box, and Conroy clears at the near-post.


0-0

1:30PM

30' Thompson wins the ball back in midfield, Twine passes it out to Garrick on the wing who works his way into the box before shooting on-target with a deflection taking the ball out of play for a corner that comes to nothing.


0-0

1:23PM

21' Ogilvie fouls Joel Grant on the right-wing 25-yards out. Caddis delivers the ball into the box, it bounces around the area before the visitors clear.


0-0

1:19PM

20' Gillingham win the first corner of the game. Graham puts the ball into the box but Pitman clears.


0-0

1:15PM


15' Dominic Thompson leaves Kyle Dempsey for toast with some trickery in his own half before giving away the ball with a sloppy pass. Ryan Jackson then looks to put a cross in but hits his cross straight into the Town end.


0-0

1:13PM

13' Swindon get the ball forward into attacking areas coming down the wing with Jordon Garrick eventually getting a cross in that Twine met with a bicycle kick that was weak and easily saved.


0-0

1:08PM

8' Town look shaky at the back as Gillingham start to string a few passes together around the Swindon box, a shot eventually comes in and Dominic Thompson does well to clear.


0-0

1:05PM


6' Town are winning the ball back lots in midfield but seem to be rushing their attacks, stringing together four or five passes together before hoofing a long ball forward towards Pitman. A lot of Swindon's attacks seem to be coming from their centre-backs but their midfielders need to get on the ball more.


0-0

1:01PM

1' Handball is given 35-yards out from the Gillingham goal. Scott Twine lines a shot up, strikes the ball cleanly and it's wide of the goal. Way too far out.


0-0

12:59PM
Whistle


KICK-OFF: Gillingham get us underway at the County Ground.


0-0

12:58PM

And here is how the Gills line-up for today's fixture:


Gillingham XI


GK: Bonham

RB: Jackson

CB: Cundy

CB: Tucker

LB: Ogilvie

RM: Graham

CM: Dempsey

CM: O'Keefe

LM: O'Connor

CAM: Lee

ST: Oliver


12:51PM

Swindon manager John Sheridan has made two changes from the team that lost against Oxford midweek with Anthony Grant coming back into the starting XI for the first time since the Robins won away at Ipswich, along with Joel Grant who makes his first appearance since the away draw against Charlton at the end of January.


Swindon Town XI


GK: C Trueman

RB: P Caddis

CB: D Conroy

CB: T Broadbent

LB: D Thompson

CM: J Lyden (C)

CM: A Grant

RW: J Garrick

CAM: S Twine

LW: J Grant

ST: B Pitman


12:46PM

So let's take a look at how the two team's line-up for today's match.


12:46PM

In contrast Gillingham have lost just once in their last four matches, losing one-nil to Fleetwood Town last time out. Steve Evans has managed to distance the Gills away from the relegation zone with the club sitting in 13th position just four points outside the playoff spots.


12:42PM

Swindon Town come into today's game on the back of a three straight losses, most recently losing 1-2 to local rivals Oxford United at home on Tuesday evening. A result that saw the Robins drop into the League One relegation zone.


12:33PM

Good afternoon and welcome to the County Ground for today's Matchday Live commentary as Swindon Town host Gillingham for today's League One fixture.

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