Gills here Danny Spiller battles for the ball at Morecambe

by Luke Cawdell

Danny Spiller rescued a point for Gillingham with a late goal against Morecambe.

Andy Hessenthaler’s men had the majority of the chances in the game but were trailing after Craig Stanley headed home on the hour.

Spiller’s goal earned the Gills a point but little consolation as they remain in search of their first win of the League 2 season.

The Gills had the better of the first half chances and should really have been ahead by the break.

Morecambe were reliant on shooting from distance and their best effort came from Phil Jevons, whose shot was palmed out for a corner from debutant keeper Lance Cronin.

Andy Barcham had plenty of the ball in the first 45 minutes and his cross for Mark Bentley on the half-hour mark almost produced a goal, but a combination of keeper Barry Roche and defender Chris McCready cleared the danger.

Moments later Barcham had a shot of his own, but Roche was there to save and with five minutes of the half remaining the Morecambe goalie excelled again by tipping Danny Spiller’s free-kick over the bar.

Another good chance fell to Spiller early in the second half but he blasted the chance across the face of the goal.

The Gills were made to pay for missing those chances as a cross from the left was headed home by Craig Stanley just before the hour mark.

Gillingham levelled the scores with six minutes to go when Palmer’s free-kick was bundled home by Spiller.

Keeper Roche made a great save from Barcham in injury time as the Gills pressed for the winner.

Gills: Cronin, Fuller, Palmer, Lawrence, Sinclair, J Payne, Spiller Bentley (Rooney 75mins), Barcham, Akinfenwa, McDonald (McCammon 75mins). Subs not used: Julian, Nutter, Maher, Gowling, S Payne.

Morecambe: Roche, Moss (Mullin 46mins), Scott, McCready, Fleming, Duffy, Wilson, Parrish, Stanley, Shuker (Drummond 66mins), Jevons (Spencer 86mins). Subs not used: Bentley, Hunter, Hendry, Walker.

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