Gillingham 1 - 0 Palace

Sat Oct 25 2003 - League

The Eagles slip further down the depths of the table with a 1-0 defeat against 10-men Gillingham.

Match Stats

Ground: Priestfield (Attendance: 8889) Gillingham: Jason Brown, Nosworthy, Ashby, Hope (sent off 54), Cox, Hessenthaler (Perpetuini, 79), Smith, Southall, Hills, Shaw (Saunders, 82), Wallace (Sidibe, 71) Subs not used: James, Spiller Bookings: Cox, Smith Goal: Perpetuini 83 Palace: Myhre, Fleming (Borrowdale, 75), Symons, Popovic, Smith, Derry, Riihilahti, Black (Routledge, 65), Johnson, Freedman, Shipperley Subs not used: Berthelin, Hughes, Watson Booking: Riihilahti Referee: H Webb

The Gills had the better of the first period but failed to find the net. Player-manager Andy Hessenthaler went close on eight minutes and later had an effort blocked by Kit Symons.

Andy Johnson nearly scored for the visitors as his header from Shaun Derry's free-kick was saved by Jason Brown. Seconds later, Thomas Myhre blocked a header from Chris Hope down the other end.

Hope was sent off for a professional foul in the 54th minute when he brought down Dougie Freedman in the area.

Freedman dusted himself down and stepped up to take the spot-kick but it was saved by keeper Brown.

Johnson fired an acrobatic shot from close range which flew inches over the bar on 70 minutes. Ten minutes later, Brown tipped Symons' header over the bar.

Unfortunately it was Gillingham who found the net at the other end. On 83 minutes, David Perpetuini scored the winner for the home side from Mark Saunders' pass.

---

Latest football results and scorers

Division One table

Palace 2003/4 team stats

Rate the players' performance

Send us your match report

Call the HOL on 07092 362 125 and tell us what you thought of the match! More information about the service

See how you got on in the Prediction League

Did you take any photos of the game? Send them to: webmaster@holmesdale.net