Cardiff 3 Gillingham 1

GILLS relegation woes took a nose-dive in Cardiff as they were beaten 3-1 at Ninian Park.

Two goals from Peter Thorne and an opener from Cameron Jerome heaped more pressure on the Gills who could take little from the game.

The management combo of Iwan Roberts, Paul Smith, Darren Hare and Paul Scally could do little as their team were beaten comfortably by fellow strugglers Cardiff.

Tommy Johnson, making his first start of the season, scored his second is an many games to fire Gills level after they had fallen behind in the fourteenth minute.

But a penalty from Thorne, after Nyron Nosworthy had fouled Jerome in the box, and a second after the re-start from Thorne put the home side in command.

From then Cardiff never looked back as they moved four points clear of managerless Gills.

Gills: Bossu, Nosworthy, Hills, Smith, Ashby, T Johnson, Crofts (Roberts 72), Hope, Jarvis, Spiller (Pouton 65), Sidibe. Subs Not Used: Beckwith, L Johnson, Rose.

Cardiff: Warner, Gabbidon, Thorne, Boland, Barker, Collins, Parry, Williams, McAnuff, Jerome (Harris 75), Ledley. Subs Not Used: Weston, Vidmar, Bullock, Alexander.

Att: 10,623

* Player coach Roberts was disappointed with the result, but told KM-fm after the game that he feels the club have handled a tough couple of weeks well...