Gillingham v Palace

Priestfield Stadium, Sunday 1.30pm

Steve Kember

Team news

Steve Kember is looking to end the season on a high away to Gillingham on Sunday, kick-off 1.30pm.

Kember said: "In the last three matches we have had a draw, a narrow defeat at Millwall and a good victory over Stoke. It is important that we continue this on with the three points in our final match of the season.

"We were battered the last time I took a team to the Priestfield but we are stronger as a side physically now and must impose ourselves on the game from the first whistle."

He added: "Darren Powell has been playing with a hamstring problem recently but had to leave the field last week although I am confident he will make the starting line up on Sunday.

"We will be without Noel Whelan though as his foot injury last weekend had no chance of being 100% so he has returned to Middlesbrough.

"Our fans have had some good days through the season but have also had to suffer some disappointments along the way so it would an excellent day for them to go into their summer with a good performance and maximum points."

Gillingham - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
13th	45	15	14	16	59

Full league table

Gillingham - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	1	2	2	1	3

Full form table

Our away record v Gillingham

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
29	8	9	12	37	50

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
29/09/2002	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Gillingham
16/01/2002	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 1	Gillingham
21/11/2001	League	Gillingham	3 - 0	Crystal Palace
20/01/2001	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Gillingham
26/12/2000	League	Gillingham	4 - 1	Crystal Palace

All time results

One to watch

Rod Wallace

Gillingham's top scorer

Paul Shaw - 12 goals

Gillingham's bad boy

Andy Hessenthaler - 11 0

Palace old boys

Simon Osborn,

The experience of the little midfielder cum striker has been an important factor this season for the Gills. He'll be looking to weave some final-day magic against Palace on Sunday.

Last meeting

Palace 2-2 Gillingham

Sunday September 29 2002

Palace: Michopoulos, Granville, Butterfield, Popovic, Powell, Gray (Black 45), Riihilahti, Mullins, Routledge, Freedman, Adebola (Derry 74).

Subs Not Used: Scheuer, Rubins, Austin

Booked: Butterfield

Goals: Granville 47, Routledge 70

Gillingham: Brown (Bartram 15), Nosworthy, Ashby, Hope, Leon Johnson, Smith, Pennock, Shaw, Perpetuini, Wallace (Tommy Johnson 81), Ipoua.

Subs Not Used: Rose, Spiller, Crofts

Booked: Leon Johnson, Ipoua

Goals: Perpetuini 23, Mullins 70(og)