Gillingham 1 Crewe 3
Some comedy capers with ongoing foot knack following my trip to Tamworth and long night with old friends dissuaded me from making the 450-mile round trip to Gillingham. So I was reduced to listening to the game on crackle-heavy Medium Wave, courtesy of Radio Stoke. Sounded like a good game, from the Crewe perspective. The away side should, by all accounts, have been ahead long before Gillingham were reduced to ten men following the sending-off of debutant Callum Davies. After the sending-off Crewe took control of the game and went ahead courtesy of an accidental goal from Byron Moore. For all his good work against the Gillingham full-backs he was getting no reward until a cross was missed by the defender and ricocheted in off Moore's shoulder. Fair play to Gillingham though - they didn't crumble. After seeing one goal chalked off for offside, they forced Crewe' keeper Rhys Taylor into action a couple of times. Just before the break Donaldson added to the total. Moore surged down the left, beating the full-back, and pulled the ball back to Donaldson, who spun and placed a shot in at the far post. Two nil, and that should have been that.
Still, they are Crewe and in the second half they conceded an early goal to set the nerves jangling again.Gills pushed hard for an equaliser but Crewe weathered the storm. In the end, as the Gills ran out of steam, Crewe notched a third as Murphy set Miller free down the middle and he finished with aplomb to hand Crewe the win.
So another three points on the road and Crewe climbing back up the table, albeit only by a couple of places. Another tricky game coming up though, at home to Rotherham, who are going well this season. Not going for my lucky walk though, so it could be another defeat. :-(
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