by Paul Williams

Some say that if Kent is the Garden of England, then the towns on the Medway are where you’d put the compost heap. I’m not sure that’s true – have you ever been to Margate?

The town of Gillingham fills the gap between the former naval dockyards at Chatham and Rochester Castle. I accidentally found myself there once, outside of the football season, and must say it does have a nice fish and chip shop and several traffic lights. But, apart from commanding a view of the Kingsnorth power stations, I couldn’t see what else the town had going for it.

However, the football team has made a better start than most to the new League 1 campaign under Justin Edinburgh, with long-haired midfielder Bradley Dack among the goals.  The Gills are unbeaten so far in the league but Rovers have only lost once at the windy Priestfield since 1996 – Harry Forrester’s freak 40-yarder securing a point last season.

Oscar Gobern could make his debut for Paul Dickov’s men this weekend in the midfield spot vacated by want-away Richie Wellens – thanks for the memories Richie but we’ve done fine without you in the last two games.

The youngsters will be back on the bench at Gillingham after battling hard in the JPT on Tuesday so let’s hope that the first team can follow their lead and grab a result in Kent to make further strides up the table.