Gillingham fans are growing used to the sight of players in their latter years excelling at Priestfield.

Nobody will be able to touch current boss Andy Hessenthaler for stature around these parts but the man currently impressing significantly is central defender Matt Lawrence.

He’s been putting in man-of-the-match performance on a regular basis now and at 36 there seems to be plenty of life in those legs just yet.

In this form Lawrence is certainly showing the age is not the be all and end all and that he’s more than capable of battling it out with the best at this level.

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