Martin Allen highlighted the struggle even the top teams face when playing at home, as he looks to wrestle with his side’s own woes at Priestfield.

The Gills welcome Dagenham onSaturday and Allen will be hoping his team can put on a show in front of their own fans.

Already this season the Gills have lost five times on home soil and have won just one of their last seven.But they are not unique.

Allen said: "I have a friend who is a season-ticket holder at Chelsea and they play fantastic away from home and we are talking about stars who play in World Cups and are top internationals. But when they go to Stamford Bridge, they are not the same.

"They can’t hack it, they can’t deal with it and they can’t make the openings. It is right through football and it is not just our football club that has not been doing great.

"Every game that we play, it is tough for our players, tough for me and tough for our supporters. There are high expectations.

"But it is right through football and it is not just our club that hasn’t had great home form. Top level, any level, it’s what we have to deal with."

The Gills will be without Danny Kedwell (hamstring) and Charlie Allen (hand) for this weekend’s game.