October 5 2006

Scott Flinders

Palace have agreed to Gillingham's request to keep goalkeeper Scott Flinders on loan for another month.

The 20-year-old former Barnsley player was signed in the summer for a fee of £1 million and is tipped for a bright future at Palace.

Gabor Kiraly has kept him out of contention for a first team place with a number of fine performances between the sticks.

Palace boss Peter Taylor originally agreed to the loan move to ensure Flinders was getting first team action this season.

Gillingham manager Ronnie Jepson said: "He [Flinders] has come in and done very well and hopefully he has found his feet now.

"He is highly-thought of in the England set-up as well as at Crystal Palace, and he's been a good addition for us."

Flinders will go straight into the Gills squad for their next Division One match against Crewe on Saturday.