GILLINGHAM have been dealt a hammer blow after it was revealed that midfielder Danny Spiller has been ruled out for two months after suffering a stress fracture to his left leg.

The 23-year-old limped out of Gillingham's defeat to Cardiff and an MRI scan revealed the stress fracture to his left fibula.

The news comes as a huge blow as Spiller joins a growing injury list that icludes Mark Saunders, Jason Brown, Steve Banks, and Matt Jarvis among others.