Gillingham v Shrewsbury

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson is hoping it will be third time lucky when his side meet Shrewsbury at Wembley on Saturday.

The Gills lost 7-0 at the ProStar Stadium and conceded two late goals against the Shrews in a 2-2 draw at Priestfield.

Now Stimson is hoping his side can deliver when it counts in the League 2 play-off final.

"We got bashed at their place and we drew at home and now hopefully it’s our turn to win one," he said.

"The only way we’re going to do that is by preparing right, which we’ve done, and now we need to take into Saturday what we’ve done for the last four to six games, a real disciplined performance and also a big threat on the break."

The Gills boss knows the game could be tight and a win won’t be easy.

He said: "We’re not going there playing an ordinary side, we’re facing a very good team, and we’re aware of that.

"They are a decent side and they’ve showed this season against us and also late on in the season, when a lot of people though their chance had gone, they went to Dagenham who were on a fantastic run and won there 2-1.

"We’re not getting away from the fact that we face a good side but on our day we are a decent side as well. I’m hoping it will be a good game of football and we come out on top.

"On the break we look lively and a threat and that’s the way we’re going to be attacking the game on Saturday, with the pace we have up top with Andy Barcham, Simeon Jackson and Dennis Oli. That will cause teams problems and we just need to make sure that defensively we don’t concede and then take the game to them when we have the ball.

"On the day, who plays their natural game will come out the winners."

Stimson’s biggest task before Saturday’s final will be selecting who from 17 fit players to leave out of the 16-man squad.

With Adam Miller returning to the squad, Stimson is likely to be making a decision between the pace of Albert Jarrett and the experience of Nicky Southall.

And Stimson dropped a hint that Southall, who was a Wembley winner with the Gills in 2000, could be the one to miss out.

"That’s probably going to be the hardest decision and it’s not a nice place to be left out," said Stimson, who himself was dropped for a play-off final while playing for Leyton Orient.

"They won’t take it well and I don’t expect them to, but I have to make that decision and I want to go to Wembley and win and the way I’ve looked at it, with all different angles, the player I’m going to pick has got more of a threat going forward."

Stimson is likely to start with the same eleven that beat Rochdale in the play-off semi-finals.

They complete their training schedule on Friday at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground.

"You try and do everything you can to make sure that when Saturday comes around everything has been covered," he said.

"If we can get a surface that’s as close to Wembley and get a session on that then the players have no excuses. Arsenal is the perfect one and it’s not too far from where we’re staying as well, so it’s a good one for us."