Port Vale 2 Gillingham 1

I cannot begin to tell you how I feel.

I listened to the first half on Radio Kent in the bosom of my family, but at 1 nil down and having missed a penalty I decided I was better off getting the 4.15 train back to London.

I couldn't help myself and went 'wappy' on my mobile phone to get the latest scores... I think I swore out loud to discover we were 2-1 down. Crewe at the time were winning as were Bournemouth. It ended with a Crewe draw - leaving us as follows:

17 Cheltenham 40 -17 47
18 Bristol Rovers 36 -3 45
19 Millwall 40 -14 45
20 Crewe 40 -16 44
21 Gillingham 39 -28 39
22 Bournemouth 40 -17 32
23 Luton 39 -14 30
24 Port Vale 40 -30 29

The plug has got us in it's swirl. There is only one way now. Gravity and inertia pulling us into Division Two.

The team were beset by 'injuries' (Cullip who made the difference on Saturday) and can you believe an international call up (Crofts for Wales) plus the four players sent to Coventry due to failing to turn up to training. Oh which I assume one is Facey - so that's a bonus as he is sooo slow. But Mulligan? Cox? We need our experienced players to dig us out of this turd fest. Look how much the team keeps changing - no wonder it doesn't settle.

Gillingham(v Bournemouth): Stillie, Richards, Cullip, King, Clohessy, Bentley, Crofts, Oli (Cumbers 90), Nutter, Jackson, Miller (Griffiths 81).

Subs Not Used: Kiely, Howard, Fuller

Gillingham(v Vale): Stillie, Clohessy, Richards, King, Nutter, Stone (Griffiths 59), Howard (Cumbers 75), Bentley, Miller, Jackson, Oli.

Subs Not Used: Kiely, Fuller, Bygrave.

So our run in looks like this:

Saturday, 29 March 2008 - Gillingham v Carlisle, 15:00
Tuesday, 01 April 2008 - Gillingham v Luton, 19:45
Saturday, 05 April 2008 - Millwall v Gillingham, 15:00
Saturday, 12 April 2008 - Gillingham v Swansea, 15:00
Saturday, 19 April 2008 - Bristol Rovers v Gillingham, 15:00
Saturday, 26 April 2008 - Gillingham v Swindon, 15:00
Saturday, 03 May 2008 - Leeds v Gillingham, 15:00

Spot the teams who are near us..., mm 2 of them, the rest are all above us therefore probably better than us... therefore I surmise we will be going to Grimsby and Rotherham next season....

Please leave me to be blue and glum. This may take some time to get over.