Gillingham 0-3 Bromley: A New Year's disgrace

It was a nightmare after Christmas for Gills fans as Gillingham produced yet another terrible display – this time under the lights at Priestfield – as they crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Bromley.

Manager Mark Bonner made six changes to the starting XI, then made three half-time changes as he changed the permutations in a bid to avoid the obvious – that this Gillingham squad simply doesn’t have the wit, the will or the wherewithal to compete at the required level in League 2.

Chants of “You’re not fit to wear the shirt” rained down from The Rainham End as the team capitulated in the first half, while the halftime and final whistles were greeted with loud boos from all of the home stands. After the third goal went in, around a quarter of the home fanbase got up and left, as a significant portion of the home support let their feet do the talking by walking out mid-game.

Those that remained were left dumbstruck by the rest of the Gillingham performance. Despite Bromley sitting back and inviting the Gills to try to break them down, the home side just weren’t good enough to do it. Only a penalty would give the team a clear shot at goal, and when that arrived, Elliott Nevitt haplessly blazed his spot-kick over the crossbar.

It was a disappointingly appropriate way to end another awful Gillingham performance, and on this post-match episode of The ME7 Podcast, Owen Stanley is joined by a host of Gills fans to share their take on a performance that feels like the end of the road not just for the team’s hopes of achieving any sort of positive finish to the season, but also for the manager Mark Bonner, who faced calls to resign as he left the pitch at the end of the game.

So, what happens next? That’s the question that will be filling the minds of owners Brad and Shannon Galinson, and MD Joe Comper.

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