League Two
March 9, 2013
Gillingham
2 - 1
Plymouth Argyle
League Two
15:00 +00:00, March 9, 2013
MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Referee: C Pawson
Gills break clear.
Scoring Summary
| Gillingham | Plymouth Argyle |
|---|---|
| Antonio German (31') | Jason Banton (77') |
| Chris Whelpdale (62') |
Teams
| Gillingham | Plymouth Argyle |
|---|---|
| 1 Stuart Nelson | 1 Jake Cole |
| 26 Adam Barrett | 5 Guy Branston |
| 6 Leon Legge | 26 Anthony Charles |
| 3 Joseph Martin | 14 Onismor Bhasera |
| 2 Matt Fish | 4 Maximo Blanchard |
| 10 Anton Robinson | 10 Lee Cox |
| 28 Steven Gregory | 6 Conor Hourihane |
| 7 Chris Whelpdale | 27 Andres Gurrieri |
| 18 Bradley Dack | 24 Reuben Reid |
| 9 Danny Kedwell | 28 Ronan Murray |
| 19 Antonio German | 19 Jason Banton |
| Substitutes | |
| 21 Tommy Forecast | Ollie Chenoweth 13 |
| 15 Callum Davies | Jamie Richards 23 |
| 5 Danny East | Paul Wotton 15 |
| 25 Michael Richardson | Luke Young 8 |
| 8 Charlie Lee | Nick Chadwick 9 |
| 20 Deon Burton | Paris Cowan Hall 7 |
| 17 Adam Birchall | Gozie Ugwu 18 |
| Substitutions | |
| Deon Burton for Antonio German (63) | Gozie Ugwu for Ronan Murray (56) |
| Michael Richardson for Chris Whelpdale (68) | Paris Cowan Hall for Andres Gurrieri (63) |
| Danny East for Bradley Dack (73) | Luke Young for Conor Hourihane (73) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Conor Hourihane (36) | |
| Guy Branston (80) | |
| · Squads: Gillingham | Plymouth Argyle | |
Gillingham opened up a five-point lead at the top of nppower League Two as goals from Antonio German and Chris Whelpdale proved enough to see off relegation-threatened Plymouth.
German, on loan from Brentford, pounced on Argyle's failure to clear Bradley Dack's free-kick to fire the Gills ahead from close range after 31 minutes.
Whelpdale doubled their advantage shortly after the hour, tapping home when German could only hit the post having rounded Argyle goalkeeper Jake Cole.
Jason Banton's curling strike 14 minutes from time gave the visitors hope, but turned out to be a consolation for Argyle, who are now bottom of the Football League.
The hosts had lost three of their previous six games at the Priestfield Stadium, but never looked like dropping points against the relegation-threatened Devon side.
Whelpdale should have given them the lead inside five minutes, but wastefully headed over when unmarked in the area following Dack's cross.
Dack, Matt Fish and Danny Kedwell all had chances to add to the scoreline in between German and Whelpdale's goals.
Before scoring, Banton had the visitors best chance as he forced Stuart Nelson into a fine save to keep out his deflected, looping effort.