The physical condition of the Gillingham players has drawn praise from manager Martin Allen.

Every member of the first team squad has continued to lose weight since returning from the summer break.

And Allen was delighted with the way the players have responded to the weight loss challenge.

Allen said: "Not one of our players in eight weeks have gone up with their percentage of body fat.

"Everyone has come down and they are still continuing to come down and that’s our first team, senior squad of players. That is a fantastic achievement.

"And we have not one injury in our whole squad."