GILLINGHAM chairman Paul Scally is ready for whatever destiny dishes out to the Kent club on Sunday afternoon.

Whether they stay up or go down, Mr Scally says the club will continue to push on, despite this season being a tough one on and off the field. And he’s treating the match at Stoke as just another game, despite relegation looming large over Priestfield.

He said: “It’s obviously not a position we want to be in at the end of the season but in nine years we’ve had some great ups and I suppose there’s always going to be a time when there’s going to be a down.

“Fighting a relegation battle is certainly a down. It hasn’t surprised me because of the injuries we’ve had. It’s been an precedented season in the history of the club. I don’t suppose there’s been 14 players injured at any one time out of a squad of 24-25 players ever.

“It’s been that bad and I feel for the manager because he’s not had the funds that previous managers have had. And while we have tried to bring in players from time to time, they’ve also got injured. It’s almost as if fate has been against us and what we need is fate to turn for us on Sunday.

“But if we don’t win it could well be we still stay in the division so we need a little bit of luck. But if fate isn’t in our side and destiny shows us that we’re going into a different division then whatever we do on Sunday won't make any difference at all.

“I’m a great believer in fate. There are too many things that have happened this season that makes it more than just bad luck. It’s almost laughable.

"It’s been difficult this year. We’ve had five different goalkeepers but nonetheless the team is a good team and the club is a good club.”

“I’ll have somebody watching the Walsall game to let me know every kick and turn. But at the end of the day, it’s not what Walsall do. It's what we do.”