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[god-damn-demetria]

Things I need to happen in season 4 of Sex Education:

- Maeve and Otis exploring and getting to know each other as boyfriend and girlfriend

- Maeve getting to know Jean…I desperately need these two to finally interact.

- Otis teaching Maeve how to ride a bike…can you imagine how cute that would be?!😭

- Maeve and Otis’ first time…I’m hoping for something romantic and passionate.

- Adam and his dad talking about their feelings and making peace with each other

- Adam finding his happiness…whether that’s with Eric or someone else is irrelevant

- Lily and Ola being happy together

- More of Maeve’s mom, brother and possibly even her dad.

- Ruby finding her match because it’s obviously and most definitely not Otis

- Jackson, Viv and Cal being an awesome and badass trio

- Otis being a cute big brother to Joy

- Getting an answer who Joy’s father is

I might add more if I can think about more stuff. Feel free to add yours ☺️🥰

[milkpuddjng]

sex education s3 thoughts!

oh my god. so many thoughts. i’ve never been too into sexed just cause. but i have SO many opinions about this season and they NEed to be heard. i think i’ll also be making a post about young royals later on so. yes.

i think i’ll just. start off by saying. what the fuck was that? the only enjoyable characters to watch this season were Adam, Ruby, Aimee and the adults. the rest of the cast (that I had originally really enjoyed watching the first two seasons) were absolutely butchered and made to serve extremely boring, there-for-the-sake-of-it ideas. like?? huh?

for one, Otis felt like. an absolute loser this season. not just because he is the archetypical “loser”, but also because he was just so. bland and had such little zest. i understand that the whole point of the season was that he had no more clinic and couldn’t help people and therefore felt like a dampened version of himself, but wtf? his excuse was terrible. that in no ways would make you as different from your original self as you are in this season! the way he went about his relationship with his mum was good though - that was quite nice to watch. but his friendship with Eric this season just felt.. forced. it didn’t feel like it really did anything with the narrative, they were kind of just there for each other as fodder. and and GOD the character just flip-flopped between being spineless and an asshole, and it really didn’t read well with me. I thought the delicate kind of balance and characterisation of Otis they had in the first two seasons really fell through and it’s honestly a shame they let him ‘develop’ into this in this season.

and don’t get me started at ALL on Eric. to me this was the worst and most cruel character DECIMATION this entire season. my reading of Eric was as someone who had only recently developed into his gayness. he had only recently reclaimed his own identity and found pride in his gayness and flamboyance. this being a way-too-overdone gay trope aside, I had originally rooted for him lots in the first two seasons because it felt like he was doing it at his own pace and slowly getting comfortable with that. in s3 though, it feels like he is condescending BECAUSE of this confidence, and frankly that really just did not sit right with me. they made Eric out to be cruel, tone-deaf and insensitive. throughout the entire s3, even in his scenes with Adam, he’s uninterested, and really doesn’t show much interest in Adam apart from wanting a relationship and all its physical and social perks. he’s so preoccupied with having a Perfect gay relationship and takes no interest in actually knowing more about Adam, and that honestly really rubbed me off the wrong way, especially with the way their relationship was portrayed as being more emotional and something vulnerable in the last seasons. Eric this season felt like he was making use of Adam the whole way, and what was originally something I was looking forward to a lot in this season ended up being the thing that disappointed me the most. and i’m not sure if it’s the writing or not, and the lack of material for them to work with, but the chemistry between them this season was so lacklustre. really really disappointing.

fk i hate tumblr. i wrote a whole thing about adam and how much i love that his line was written in a delicate and sweet way, but it got deleted. rip. anyway i liked his relationship with Rahim, Ruby and interactions with Ola far more than his relationship with Eric, and I enjoyed how he became sweeter and more delicate towards Ms Sands and his own mother! to me this season was about him unlearning and trying better to relate to the people around him, and connect with himself on a deeper level and it was really very sweet to watch as that panned out. would have loved to see more interactions of him and Ola and them confiding in each other, but I swear if he and Rahim’s friendship develops into a romantic relationship I would lose it. ok but i love stoic boy learns emotions for people around him trope and the scene of him crying on the bridge really fucked me up :”) OH and i also enjoyed how the entire Groff family had their own individual developmental arcs this season, and i really hope that means something for them as a family unit later on and their reunion as a healthier, albeit un perfect still family.

on the topic of people who deserved more! i think viv for sure. i frankly don’t understand the point of giving her a hot boyfriend and of not exploring her friendship with Jackson more. not TO mention the own blandness of Jackson’s character,,, god. they had so much to work with and truly just abandoned it all. it made sense to me that she would engage in such ‘treasonous’ behavior with Hope and all, but I didn’t understand what the sexy boyfriend and sexting did for her character. i would have much preferred deep emotional talks between Jackson and her, and of the three of them solidifying as a solid friend group. would also have appreciated her becoming better friends with Cal but. wtv. very disappointed with her character this season, especially because her and Jackson’s friendship last season was done so well.

and on Jackson and Cal, i like Cal lots. really. but i really didn’t see the narrative function of their character in the show this season. while I really respect and enjoy the show’s decision to have more diversity of representation etc., i thought Cal as a character was quite unnecessary, especially because this season proved that the writers were struggling a lot to develop everyone’s characters and their backstories etc. Cal, while fun, just distracted from existing relationships and characters the show would have benefitted from exploring more. and i just didn’t see the chemistry between them and Jackson, idk at first I felt it but after a while it didn’t seem very genuine or legit to me and it felt even a bit forced. idk if this is unpopular but i honestly really enjoyed Jackson with Maeve a lot more. this was in my opinion, quite a disappointing match-up. also i missed Jackson’s mums - thought it would have been nice to spend more time thinking about that and showing that relationship as well. also didn’t think Jackson doing drugs was like. necessary. it was nice but like. ? i didn’t see the character development with that.

Maeve and Isaac. i really started off season 3 hating Isaac’s guts, but i thought that as the season went on, I really saw the chemistry between them which I truly thoroughly enjoyed. I also don’t know. why and how Maeve is still attracted to Otis - frankly, Isaac understands her way more, and allows her that much independence that I felt was necessary for her growth. Oh but I did like Maeve’s growing into accepting help and setting down her pride - especially in her relationship with Anna. i felt Maeve was more or less stuck in the same place as last season save for her letting down of her pride though. although her and Aimee as usual! were very enjoyable to watch.

ok i think this is all i have to say for sexed for now, when and if I do find more to talk about i will uPdate this!

[foreveralwaysanauthor]

How To Bake A War Crime

December 11, 2021

Prompt - Baking

Characters - Cabin Crew (+ a brief bit of Vivien)

Notes - Okay, so I have no clue if anyone else follows bdylanhollis on Tik Tok as well, but I like to scroll through his page to see the different weird recipes. Did I stalk his page while writing this? Yes, yes I did.

December 11th,

Bentley and I finished the first Percy Jackson book yesterday before dinner. I think Viv and I might’ve created a monster. He wants to finish the series, which is great, but there are tons of books. Viv says there are four more in the original PJ series, then there are maybe five more spin-off series that follows this one. She also sent me another app suggestion (this one makes twenty-eight since the start of the month). It’s called Tik Tok and Bentley and I are having a blast with it so far. There’s one guy that we both have been watching a lot already and we really want to try baking stuff like the ones he does. I don’t understand why the 1960s and 70s had such a sick obsession with gelatin or why everyone used so much Spam in their recipes, but we’ve been having fun trying not to gag at how nasty everything looks. Later, I think we’re going to try convincing Aunt Mack and Uncle Brady to let us make one of the recipes from his page.

Royce and Bentley let out matching hums of curiosity as another video began. For the majority of their morning, they’d been scrolling on Royce’s phone, watching videos of a man baking a variety of recipes from the past. “A 7up Jello salad from sixty-three,” the man stated before he began listing the ingredients and mixing them according to the recipe. Royce cringed in disgust as marshmallows and walnuts were added to the already nasty-looking mixture and it was set inside the man’s fridge.

“Why is it jiggling?” Bentley laughed awkwardly as the “food” wiggled ominously on a plate.

“I don’t know, but I want to try it,” Royce chuckled, swiping to the next video as the current one came to an end. They quickly skipped over that one as it was a recipe they knew all too well; chipped beef - or as the soldiers of World War II so eloquently named it: shit on a shingle. Yes, it looked exactly as it sounded and tasted even worse. Sadly, due to their father’s military service, the meal was served now and then while they were growing up. Needless to say, they were grateful for every meal they now ate with Miles and the rest of their found family.

The next video on the list was a chocolate mayonnaise cake from 1956. “What’s the deal with mayonnaise?” Royce questioned in disgust. “And why put it in a cake of all things?”

“I don’t know,” Bentley said around a laugh.

Once the baking was done and the guy tried his concoction, he announced that it was actually really good. “Hmm,” Royce hummed thoughtfully. “Maybe we could try making that later.”

Bentley laughed before coughing and clearing his throat when Royce didn’t join in. “Wait. You can’t be serious?”

“Why not?” Royce asked. “The guy said it was good.”

“It has mayo in it!” Bentley exclaimed in mild disgust. “The guy even called it a war crime because of how much there is in it! Besides, you hate mayo.”

Royce shrugged, pushing himself up from where they’d been lounging on the floor. “It’s a cake, Benny. I can get over how nasty that goop is if it’s for a cake.”

Bentley followed close behind as Royce left the room, a smirk stretching his face as he realized, if his brother wanted to make this cake, he’d have to scoop that “nasty goop” himself. “Now this, I gotta see.”

One trip to the grocery store, twenty replays of the Tik Tok they’d chosen, and a quick Google search later, the boys had all of the ingredients set out on the counter, waiting to be mixed and baked, but no progress had been made. In the spirit of things, they decided to try guessing what to do before ditching their first attempt when it looked significantly different than the one in the video. Finally, they resigned to calling the only person who might have an idea as to what to do next - Vivien.

Vivien laughed from her end of the video chat Royce had set up, “You guys have no clue what you’re doing, do you?”

“Nope!” both brothers confirmed.

Vivien shook her head with a smile. “And the video didn’t help at all with measurements or timing?”

“Apart from saying he put in about a cup of mayo in the dry mix, no,” Bentley claimed. “Just some funny commentary and a list of ingredients.”

“Well, sounds like you’re in for it a fun afternoon,” she laughed as she looked at something behind her phone.

“Tell me about it,” Royce huffed.

Vivien sent him a teasing smirk before speaking, “Once upon a time…”

“Alright, I walked into that one.”

Bentley chuckled and shook his head as Royce began searching for a pan to bake the cake in, “Can you come over and help before he starts ripping chunks of hair out of both our scalps?”

This time Vivien sighed heavily, “I wish I could, but we have to bring my sister to skating practice and then mom and I are going Christmas shopping. And, before you ask, no, I won’t tell you what I’m getting you.”

With a smile, Bentley leaned close to the phone and whispered to Vivien, “I’ll tell you what I’m getting Royce if you tell me what you’re getting him too.”

“I heard that,” Royce claimed, his head still buried in a cabinet next to the sink where he was continually searching for a pan.

“You heard nothing,” Vivien and Bentley shot back before descending into laughter.

Their laughter was quickly cut off as Vivien’s mom called her from the other room. With a sigh, Vivien told her mom she was coming before turning back to her phone screen. “Well, that’s my cue. I’ll talk to you guys later. Save me a piece of the monstrosity, alright?”

“We will. See you later,” Royce said with a wave as he placed a pan onto the countertop.

“See you,” Bentley said as he picked up Royce’s phone from its precarious perch in the windowsill.

“Try not to burn the house down!” Vivien quickly added before saying goodbye and ending the video call.

After pocketing his phone, Royce turned to Bentley with a deep sigh. “Do you think we should at least get Miles to help us?”

Bentley gave Royce a deadpanned look in response. “The same Miles that left an empty pot on the lit stove and nearly started the house on fire a few days ago? Besides, he’s busy wrapping gifts upstairs.”

“Okay, that’s a no.” Royce ran a hand through his curls before leaning on the counter. “How about Mickie?”

“She and Lela went to that game store in the mall with Auntie Mack,” Bentley exhaled. “We won’t see them for another three hours, at least.”

“Then our options are slim.”

“Basically nonexistent,” Bentley agreed. “Miles can make great food when he’s not thinking about other stuff too. Uncle Brady burns everything he touches.”

“Like the microwave eggs?”

“Especially the microwave eggs.”

Royce sighed, “That leaves Butchy.”

“Whatever it is, I didn’t do it,” Butchy commented as he passed the kitchen on his way to the living room, having heard his name mentioned as he walked.

The brothers shared a laugh before Royce said in return, “No, but you will!”

“Get ready to open the window in case the smoke alarm goes off,” Butchy ordered calmly as he neared the oven.

Royce found the latch of the nearest window, ready to flip it up and push the window open if a burst of smoke billowed out of the oven. Bentley held a few dish towels, prepared to fan any possible smoke in Royce’s direction. Butchy slowly pulled the oven door open, pleasantly surprised to see no smoke and, even better, a fluffy-looking cake. Royce let go of the window latch and Bentley set aside the dishtowels as Butchy pulled the cake pan out of the oven and set it on some oven mitts on the counter.

“Well, it doesn’t smell burnt,” Bentley muttered, easing his way closer to the cake.

Royce cocked his head to the side as he glanced at Butchy. “Does that mean it’s edible?”

“Not a clue,” Butchy replied with a sigh, “but there’s enough mayonnaise in that thing to kill a man.”

“Maybe cooking it gets rid of the taste of mayonnaise,” Bentley offered with a hopeful smile.

“Do you think it’s cooked all the way?” Royce questioned.

“I sure hope so,” Butchy sighed as they stared at the cake.

“If you stick a toothpick into the center of it, pull it out, and the pick is clean, that means whatever you baked is fully cooked,” Brady answered as he entered the kitchen. At the three confused looks he received, Brady sighed, “Just because I burn everything I cook on the stove, doesn’t mean I’m bad at baking, guys.”

Butchy tilted his head thoughtfully. “Didn’t you almost burn the lasagna last ni-”

“Yeah, yeah, I know,” Brady cut him off with a wave of his hand. “If someone,” Brady ran a hand over Bentley’s hair with a smile, messing it gently as he went, “hadn’t distracted me by raving to me about the Percy Jackson book he’d just finished, I might’ve heard the timer.”

“Sorry, Uncle Brady,” Bentley apologized.

“It’s fine,” Brady acknowledged with a smirk. “I think we all would’ve preferred if I had actually burned it since pizza was our other option. Besides, it was nice to talk about a book I haven’t read in years.”

“It was a really good book.”

“And I’m glad you shared your love of it with me,” Brady replied before pulling a toothpick from a plastic container on the side of the stove. He stuck the pick into the cake and pulled it out, showing the clean toothpick to the boys before throwing it out. “Well, it looks good to go. Are you going to put frosting on it?”

“We didn’t pick any up. Do we have any frosting here?” Royce questioned.

Brady grinned, making his way to the pantry and pulling out a plastic bag with four different colored frosting containers inside. “Let me introduce you to my secret stash, boys.”

“Why do you have a secret stash of frosting?” Butchy asked this time as Royce and Bentley began opening the containers and painting the frosting on the cake with some butter knives.

Brady sent him a look. “Have you met the women of this house? All three of them will annihilate all of the sweets in the pantry, including these, if given the opportunity. I hide these in one of the top cupboards that they can’t reach so I can have some for myself once in a while.”

Butchy shook his head with a smile, turning to watch the boys coat their chocolate experiment in an almost tie-dye array of colors. Once the cake was thoroughly coated, they set it in the fridge so they could eat it with the rest of the family when the girls came home from the mall. After everything was put away and the frosting was hidden once more, the group of four joined Miles in the living room to watch TV until the girls got home for dinner.

About an hour later, Mick, Lela, and Mack finally arrived, dragging bags and pre-wrapped presents into the house and placing them in the living room. Lela began sniffing the air as she placed a few of the gifts they’d bought under the tree. “Why does it smell so good in here?”

Mick took in a deep breath. “It smells like chocolate.”

“Brady,” Mack called from the kitchen, “why is there a rainbow log in our fridge?”

“Royce, Bentley, and Butchy made a chocolate cake for us all to try,” Brady replied. “They decorated it themselves.”

“You can bake?” Lela asked her older brother.

“Yeah, since when can you two bake?” Miles questioned his little brothers. “And why wasn’t I invited to help?”

“You were wrapping upstairs and we didn’t want to bug you,” Bentley said with a grin.

“Plus you would’ve been too busy ‘taste testing’ everything to actually help,” Royce added.

Miles scoffed in mock offense, “But that’s my official job title!”

Mack shook her head from the entryway of the kitchen. “How about we all become taste testers now?”

Royce and Bentley shared a look before turning to Mack as Lela and Mick joined her in the kitchen. “You want to have dessert before dinner?” Bentley asked.

“I don’t see why not,” Mack replied with a smile. “Besides, it smells too good to just leave it in there.”

As soon as his wife disappeared into the kitchen once more, Brady leaned over to Butchy with a smirk. “I told you. They’re a bunch of sugar gremlins.”

The group was soon brought together in the kitchen, a slice of brightly decorated cake on each of their plates. “Ready?” Brady asked the group.

“More than ready,” Mick sighed, poking the cake with her fork as she stared at it almost longingly.

“Go for it,” Mack encouraged, already placing a forkful in her mouth.

A majority of the group followed, bar Royce and Bentley who decided to watch their reactions before ingesting any of the mayonnaise-infused cake. Once they saw that the cake was received well, the boys tried it themselves.

“Okay,” Miles sighed to the boys. “I don’t know what you did to this thing, but it’s great.”

“Thanks,” Bentley said with a grin.

“It was pretty easy to make with Butchy’s help,” Royce stated softly as he took in more cake.

Bentley nodded before speaking again, “Butchy said earlier that there’s enough mayonnaise in there to kill a man.”

Everyone apart from Butchy and the two younger Murphy boys paused their eating. “Did-” Lela coughed slightly before placing her fork back on her plate. “Did you just say there’s mayonnaise in the cake?”

“Yep!” Bentley confirmed with a smile.

Mack cleared her throat, “Do you mean margarine, Bentley?”

“No,” Royce denied. “He said it right. We used a cup of mayo in the cake and we also made some chocolate sauce to put on top with the frosting and that used even more mayonnaise.”

With a small, almost cautious smile, Miles spoke, “I guess it’s a good thing it doesn’t taste like mayo, huh?”

Butchy smirked. “If you want it to taste more like it, there’s more mayo in the fridge.”

A chorus of “Ew, no,” and “Ugh, that’s disgusting,” quickly came from the rest of the group as they dispersed from the kitchen, leaving Butchy and the two boys laughing by themselves. Sure enough, though, by the end of the night, all but one slice had been eaten. When Vivien came over for the next day so she could talk with Royce and Bentley about the next book they’d be reading, they made sure to let her try their colorful creation. She didn’t seem to mind the amount of mayonnaise inside the chocolate cake, something both boys seemed happy about. Instead, she gave them an idea for their next culinary adventure; the worst “dessert” of all time - a fruitcake.

[wheresthespunkadam]

in a house with big windows

Chapter IV

a future!Wileyburn fic

Viv’s frown matches his. “How are things going with you two?”

Where does he start? How every other day he feels like they’re making progress, and in between that, he thinks she’s almost ready to leave. “Both good and bad.”

“Sounds like Maeve,” Jackson says with a halfhearted laugh. “Up and down.”

“But you don’t think things will get worse, will they?” Viv asks.

Jax and Winnie both chase each other around the picnic bench, throwing pieces of bread at each other. “Children,” Ruby shudders.

Viv shakes her head. “Yeah, and to think you want one of them!”

“Oh no, mine won’t be anything like these two.”

Did he think things would get worse? He honestly didn’t know. He’d like to think their love could withstand the hardest of battles, and it does. Only just. “I don’t know, Viv.”

“Like, how bad are we talking here? Divorce bad?” Jackson scoffs. “Yeah right. Maeve… no way… she wouldn’t. You guys are never breaking up, that’s ridiculous.”

“I hate to say it, but you guys were written in the stars. I give it two months. Maybe two and a half months, and everything will be back to normal. There’s time frames, you know? Grieving is a process, then recalibration. Statistics show…” Otis zones out on Viv’s jumble of words.

“I’m sorry, is this a Nicholas Sparks novel, Viv?” Jackson teases his wife.

“Says the man who recited Shakespeare to me this morning? Good to see you still know Romeo’s lines, Jackson,” Viv replies with a wink.

Written in the stars? Viv was right in a way. Fate wasn’t something he thought of often, but he knows his heart was drawn to Maeve’s from the moment she told him she knew a good place to hide a body. And sometimes, it feels like she’s killing me...

Shit is bad when Ruby looks like she’s struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Viv and Jackson attempt to control the kids and leave them both sitting at the table. “You’re a good guy, Otis. Only good things happen to good people.”

“Then why does it feel the complete opposite?”

“I’m telling you. Take my word for it. We’re all forced to listen to your advice, so why not listen to us for once?”

Yay to friendship! Read it all here on AO3!

[fan-of-mulligan]

FOM BLOG: WIGAN ATHLETIC 2-3 GILLINGHAM

My Thoughts On Wigan Athletic V Gillingham………..

Gillingham have started The 2020 / 2021 Season with four successive home matches against Southend United (League Cup First Round) Crawley Town (Football League Trophy) Hull City (League One) and Coventry City (League Cup Second Round), four home matches in three different competitions, But Wigan Athletic Away was in-fact Gillingham’s first away match of The 2020 / 2021 Season, and having lost against Hull City 2-0 on the opening League One Match Of The Season, Gillingham responded from that disappointing performance and disappointing defeat by winning 5-4 on penalties against Coventry City In The Second Round Of The League Cup, But the challenge for Gillingham now is to pick up our first league win of the season against A Wigan Athletic Side who were playing in The Championship Last Season.

And speaking of Gillingham’s First Away Game Of The Season, Had supporters been able to go to Wigan Athletic V Gillingham in normal circumstances, then we would have probably been on the coach at 6.30AM In The Morning for the long away trip to Wigan Athletic, Traveling to Wigan Athletic one way would have seen us travel 244 miles in four hours and thirteen minutes, this travel time of course does not take into consideration stopping off at the service stations, or, any potential traffic problems we might have encountered on our journey towards Wigan Athletic, But with league matches being broadcasted on I Follow, This means no early start and you are only paying £10 to watch Wigan Athletic V Gillingham either on your television, or on your computer.

It is important to note that watching matches on I Follow is a substitute for not being able to watch the match live inside the football stadium, but there are clear benefits to watching Wigan Athletic V Gillingham on I Follow which cannot be ignored, If we’re on the coach for Wigan Athletic V Gillingham, Your talking about getting up at 5AM to get on the coach at 6.30AM In The Morning, and we would probably arrive outside The DW Stadium at 1.45PM In The Afternoon, and after the match has finished, and your back on the coach at 5.10PM, your probably looking to get back into Kent at 11PM on Saturday Night, and a away day really does take up a entire day, not to mention the additional costs that come with traveling to Wigan Athletic Away, I know quite a few supporters who regularly went to away matches who have stopped going to Gillingham Away Games, not because of the cost, but because of the time it takes traveling to and from the likes of Rochdale, Accrington Stanley, Blackpool and Plymouth Argyle.

And I know quite a few supporters who opt to watch Kent Non League Sides play whenever Gillingham play away from home, and quite a few supporters go and watch Chatham Town, Hollands & Blair, Faversham Town, Whitstable Town, Sittingbourne, Lordswood, Ebbsfleet United, Dover Athletic and Dartford play instead, And with football supporters being allowed inside football stadiums to watches matches at Ryman Premier League Level or lower, then I can see quite a few supporters watching Kent Non League Matches instead of watching Gillingham play away from home, especially when the following is most likely to happen,,,, Now this is only my opinion, and things can change should information change regarding when football supporters can watch matches in League One and League Two like we normally did back in February, But I think away supporters won’t be able to watch away matches for the entire 2020 / 2021 Season, simply because football clubs will want to get there Season Ticket Holders and pay on the day home supporters inside the ground to watch there team play, And when supporters can watch Gillingham Play inside Priestfield Stadium, Where away supporters are situated inside Priestfield Stadium, either in the end block of The Gordon Road Stand, Or The Brian Moore Stand, then those area’s can be opened up to get more Season Ticket Holders inside Priestfield Stadium.

Eventually, Gillingham’s Team News Appeared On Twitter, And Gillingham Lined Up As Follows,,,,,,, Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Christian Maghoma, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Scott Robertson, Josh Eccles, Jacob Mellis, Jordan Graham, Trae Coyle, Vadaine Oliver SUBS: Joe Walsh (GK), Zech Medley, Robbie McKenzie, Matty Willock, Henry Woods and John Akinde - Gillingham had only named six substitutes on the bench with Kyle Dempsey and Stuart O’Keefe both unavailable because of injury, whilst Alex MacDonald was also unavailable for selection for The Gills, Josh Eccles is thrown straight into the starting line up to make his full Gillingham Debut, And Trae Coyle also starts, having come on as a substitute in Tuesday Night’s League Cup Win Against Coventry City.

As for the formation and how Gillingham are going to line up, Gillingham will line up with A 4-3-3 Formation with Jacob Mellis playing further forwards ahead of Scott Robertson and Josh Eccles on central midfield, Jordan Graham will play on the right, Trae Coyle will line up on the left, And Vadaine Oliver will lead the line for The Gills, Vadaine Oliver had to start for Gillingham after his exceptional performance against Coventry City and John Akinde is going to have wait patiently for his opportunity to start for Gillingham, Another positive is Ryan Jackson’s inclusion in the starting line up, both full backs struggled to get forwards in Gillingham’s 2-0 home defeat against Hull City and Robbie McKenzie lined up at Right Back for Gillingham that day, So having Ryan Jackson available for selection is a huge boost for The Gills.

I had paid £10 to watch Wigan Athletic V Gillingham on I Follow just after 2PM and got the video clip working, There were some sound issue’s because I could not hearing the commentary from BBC Radio Kent until ten minutes before the match started, But just as both teams walked out on to the pitch, I had uploaded the following comment on to Twitter,,,,, Wigan Athletic V Gillingham about to kick off - Hopefully, Gillingham can build on Tuesday Night's Penalty Shoot-Out Win Against Coventry City In The League Cup, And Gillingham can pick up our first league win of the season in League One Today - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!! - It also has to be noted that Wigan Athletic wearing black squad numbers on the back of A Blue And White Stripped Kit is a horrendous kit decision, I thought the back of stripped shirts had to be clear, for example, Sunderland’s Home Shirt from a few season’s ago.

MATCH DETAILS (FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS)

Five Minutes Into The Match, And Wigan Athletic win themselves the first corner kick of the match with Josh Eccles timing his challenge to perfection on Kai Naismith and knocking the ball out of play for A Wigan Athletic Corner Kick, Again, It has to be noted that Wigan Athletic’s squad numbers are dreadful and you can barely read the players names or numbers on the back of the shirt’s, and from the resulting corner kick, Wigan Athletic almost take the lead, Kal Naismith drops the ball short to Gary Roberts, who takes a touch to control the ball, and Gary Roberts works his way towards the byline and whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross, and Jack Tucker’s defensive header goes straight to Lee Evans inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area, And Lee Evans gets the ball under control before firing a fiercely driven effort towards goal which is blocked by Jack Tucker, who lunges himself in-front of the ball and the ball ricochets out of play for A Wigan Athletic Corner Kick - A Dreadful Defensive Header From Jack Tucker, But Jack Tucker redeems himself with that excellent lunging block to prevent Wigan Athletic from opening the scoring.

And from the resulting corner kick, Wigan Athletic almost opened the scoring in fortuitous circumstances, Kal Naismith whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Jack Bonham punches the ball into the back of Vadaine Oliver’s Head and the ball ricochets out of play for another Wigan Athletic Corner Kick - That ricochet off Vadaine Oliver could have easily seen Wigan Athletic open the scoring with a fortuitous own goal - And from the third corner kick, Gary Roberts whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Kal Naismith headers the ball over Gillingham’s Crossbar from roughly eight yards out and the ball goes out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick - There were only highlights for the first corner kick shown on the extended highlights on I Follow, But I thought I would put all three corner kicks together in these two paragraphs.

Eleven Minutes Into The Match, Danny Fox has possession of the ball for Wigan Athletic down Wigan Athletic’s Left Side Of The Pitch, Just In Gillingham’s Half, And Danny Fox hits a diagonal cross-field cross towards Joe Garner, who goes to ground underneath Connor Ogilvie’s Challenge Inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area, And Wigan Athletic have some very legitimate penalty appeals turned down by Referee Tom Nield, But play continue’s as Trae Coyle manages to get to the loose ball ahead of Lee Evans, But Trae Coyle’s pass back to Jack Tucker was woefully under-hit, And Jack Tucker has to kick the ball clear away from danger at the expense of conceding a corner kick with Lee Evans closing Jack Tucker down, and from the resulting corner kick, Wigan Athletic should have scored, Gary Roberts passes the ball short to Lee Evans, who passes the ball back out-wide to Gary Roberts, And Gary Roberts gets the ball under control before whipping in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards Viv Solomon-Otabor, who is completely unmarked inside Gillingham’s Six Yard Box, and Viv Solomon-Otabor completely mis-kicks his initial effort on goal and Connor Ogilvie has done just about enough with a last ditch interception to divert the ball out of play for A Wigan Athletic Corner Kick - That should be 1-0 to Wigan Athletic without question - And you have got to say that Gillingham’s defending from corner kicks in the first twelve minutes of this match have been less than convincing.

The next passage of play see’s Trae Coyle completely taken out by Danny Fox down the left side of the pitch in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third, And Trae Coyle has won Gillingham a free kick in a very promising position on the pitch, Danny Fox was also shown a yellow card from Referee Tom Nield for that foul, and from the resulting free kick, Scott Robertson whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the back-stick, And Jack Tucker does exceptionally well to header the ball back across the face of goal and keep the attack alive by heading the ball down towards Connor Ogilvie inside Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, And Connor Ogilvie takes one touch to control the ball, and another touch to fire a low effort towards goal which takes a huge deflection off Tom Pearce, and the ball deflects out of play for A Gillingham Corner Kick, And From The Resulting Corner Kick, Scott Robertson whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Connor Ogilvie is penalised for a foul on Danny Fox.

And failing to capitalise on that half chance for Vadaine Oliver proved to be costly for The Gills, Because Wigan Athletic manage to take the lead after The Twenty First Minute Of The Match, Wigan Athletic retain possession of the ball very nicely and move the ball from left to right and eventually Tom James is in possession of the ball for Wigan Athletic down the right side of the pitch right on the byline, And Tom James passes the ball inside to Lee Brown, who passes the ball back to Nathan Cameron, And Nathan Cameron passes the ball square to Danny Fox, who gets the ball under control, And Danny Fox passes the ball forwards to Alex Parry, And Alex Parry takes a touch to control the ball before passing the ball back to Nathan Cameron, who passes the ball forwards to Lee Brown, And Lee Brown manages to pick out Viv Solomon-Otabor with a threaded pass down the right flank, and Viv Solomon-Otabor is one on one with Connor Ogilvie, And Viv Solomon-Otabor uses his pace to go on a driving run down the right side of the pitch, and Viv Solomon-Otabor whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and there was Joe Garner with a excellent first time volleyed finish to give Wigan Athletic the lead, and there is absolutely nothing that Jack Bonham can do about that effort on goal to prevent Joe Garner from scoring, And Wigan Athletic have taken the lead - 1-0 TO WIGAN ATHLETIC.

What is particularly irritating about that goal, is that Gillingham have got to twenty minutes without conceding and that’s always what you look for in a away game, don’t let the home side score inside the opening twenty minutes, and a minute after twenty minutes of the match had been played, Gillingham concede, But it is also how Gillingham concede the opening goal which is frustrating, Christian Maghoma has got to do way better then that to prevent Joe Garner from scoring, and although Connor Ogilvie is protesting that Viv Solomon-Otabor has over-ran the ball out of play for A Gillingham Throw On, I think the defending was poor, three Wigan Athletic Players and three Gillingham Players inside the penalty area and Joe Garner does not score if Christian Maghoma does a better job defensively, Now, Gillingham went a goal down against Hull City and didn’t respond in our opening league game, So can Gillingham replicate what we were able to achieve against Coventry City On Tuesday Night and score a equaliser to level the game up at the very least ???

And the answer to that question is Yes, A Big Yes, Because Gillingham were able to score the equaliser straight from the kick off, Jordan Graham passes the ball back to Christian Maghoma, who takes a touch to control the ball before kicking the ball long down-field and the ball bounces through towards Vadaine Oliver down the left side of the pitch in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third - Wigan’s Right Side - And Tom James is under pressure from Vadaine Oliver to hook the ball clear and Lee Brown headers the ball further clear away from goal and Josh Eccles shows great composure to allow the ball to bounce over his head and pass the ball back to Jack Tucker, who takes a touch to control the ball before passing the ball out-wide to Connor Ogilvie, And Connor Ogilvie gets the ball under control before hitting a high long ball towards Vadaine Oliver, And Vadaine Oliver does brilliantly to win the aerial battle up against Danny Fox to flick the ball on towards Jordan Graham, And Jordan Graham takes one touch to take the ball away from Tom Pearce, and another touch to smash the ball into the back of the net with Jamie Jones well and truly beaten, and that really is a remarkable equaliser from Jordan Graham - WIGAN ATHLETIC 1-1 GILLINGHAM.

The goal from Jordan Graham really is a exceptional equaliser, And the technique to get the ball under control and the finish was top quality, and it really has been a decent week for Jordan Graham at the moment, A 94th Minute Equaliser from the penalty spot to take Gillingham V Coventry City to penalties, Jordan Graham then scores in the penalty shoot-out to help Gillingham progress into The Third Round Of The League Cup, And Now Jordan Graham has scored Gillingham’s Equaliser against Wigan Athletic at The DW Stadium, Also, special praise must go to Vadaine Oliver for the flick on for Jordan Graham’s Equaliser, and Vadaine Oliver is putting in the performance which is keeping John Akinde on the substitutes bench at this moment in time.

And just past The Thirty Minute Mark, Gillingham do in-fact manage to turn this match on it’s head and go from 1-0 down to 2-1 up, The high press from Scott Robertson in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third forces Tom James to kick the ball long down-field and Gillingham are awarded a throw on, on the halfway line down Gillingham’s Left Side Of The Pitch, And it is from this throw on where Gillingham score to take the lead, Connor Ogilvie throws the ball long down the line and Vadaine Oliver wins the aerial challenge up against Alex Parry to header the ball on towards Jordan Graham, who gets the ball under control, and Jordan Graham runs down the left side of the pitch in possession of the ball before continuing his run inside Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, And Jordan Graham works his way towards the byline, cuts inside to avoid the attempted challenge from Nathan Cameron, And Jordan Graham fires a low driven effort towards goal which goes through Jamie Jones Leg’s, and the ball goes into the back of the net to give Gillingham the lead at The DW Stadium - WIGAN ATHLETIC 1-2 GILLINGHAM.

Wigan Athletic Jamie Jones was perhaps unsighted with the defenders in-front of him, but that is a fantastic individual goal from Jordan Graham, And Trae Coyle and Jacob Mellis were both inside The Wigan Athletic Penalty Area waiting for a cut back or re-bound, but nether player was required, Because Jordan Graham has stuck the ball into the back of the net to give Gillingham the lead and Gillingham have responded from going 1-0 down to now take the lead and go 2-1 up, Hopefully, Gillingham can extend the lead to 3-1 whilst the momentum is in our favour.

OTHER MATCH INCIDENTS WHICH WERE NOT SHOWN ON EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST HALF

The first noteworthy moment of the match see’s Gillingham awarded a free kick down the left side of the pitch in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third, And From The Resulting Free Kick, Scott Robertson whip in a dangerous in-swinging cross which is headed partially clear and away from danger by Nathan Cameron, who wins the aerial challenge up against Connor Ogilvie, and Jacob Mellis is first to the second ball on the edge of Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, And Jacob Mellis headers the ball back into the danger zone, and Danny Fox manages to boot the ball clear and away from danger for the hosts - and that was a half chance for Gillingham to open the scoring.

Three Minutes Into The Match, And Trae Coyle’s pass towards Jordan Graham down the left side of the pitch is slightly over-hit and runs out of play for A Wigan Athletic Goal-Kick, It is very on in the match, but there was very good movement between Trae Coyle, Jordan Graham and Vadaine Oliver in that passage of play, and in both attacks, Gillingham have looked to expose a few weaknesses that Wigan Athletic have got down there left side.

Fourteen Minutes Into The Match, And Jordan Graham almost picks out Vadaine Oliver with a fantastic cross and Nathan Cameron does just about enough to header the ball back to Jamie Jones In The Wigan Athletic Goal, Vadaine Oliver was out-side Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area so this was not quite the cross which lead to Vadaine Oliver scoring for Gillingham against Crawley Town In The Football League Trophy, But even so, that was a unbelievable cross from Jordan Graham.

Nineteen Minutes Into The Match, And Gillingham are looking to make the breakthrough, Josh Eccles cross-field pass is cut out, but Jacob Mellis is on to the loose ball and Jacob Mellis plays a excellent through-ball through to Vadaine Oliver, and the loose ball takes a double deflection off two Wigan Athletic Players and there was a half chance that the ball would ricochet through to Jordan Graham, But Jamie Jones does in-fact manage to dive on to the loose ball and the chance has gone for The Gills.

Twenty Three Minutes Into The Match, And just after Jordan Graham had scored the equaliser for The Gills, Joe Garner is penalised for a foul on Josh Eccles, and a minute later, Gillingham create a decent goal-scoring opportunity as The Gills look to flip this match on it’s head and take a 2-1 lead, Ryan Jackson has whipped in a fantastic in-swinging cross and Scott Robertson tries to pick out the bottom left corner of the net with a glancing header, But Jamie Jones was in the right place at the right time to make a comfortable save in The Wigan Athletic Goal.

Twenty Seven Minutes Into The Match, And Wigan Athletic really should have scored, Jordan Graham is penalised for a foul and Wigan Athletic have been awarded a free kick, and from the resulting free kick, Lee Brown whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the back-stick and Danny Fox wins the aerial challenge at the back-stick and tries to header the ball down towards Joe Garner and Scott Robertson has done just about enough to prevent Joe Garner from getting a shot off on goal, and Gillingham manage to clear there defensive lines, But that was a real scare defensively for Gillingham, And you have got to say that The Gills look very vulnerable from set plays and the inexperience in our centre back pairing is really showing at the moment.

A Few fouls just start to break up the passage of play, Joe Garner is penalised for his challenge on Jacob Mellis, However, In The Thirty Fourth Minute Of The Match, Josh Eccles is booked for a cynical foul on Kal Naismith as Wigan Athletic were looking to build up a attack and Josh Eccles has taken one for the team conceding that free kick, and the booking was the correct decision, now, Wigan Athletic have been awarded a free kick in a very promising position on the pitch, and from the resulting free kick, Kal Naismith has tried to smash the ball into the bottom right corner of the net and Kal Naismith’s free kick smashes into Gillingham’s Defensive Wall, And Gillingham momentarily manage to clear there lines, however, Tom James has possession of the ball on the halfway line, And Tom James tries to pick out Tom Pearce with a long diagonal cross-field cross pass which is over-hit and runs out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick - And Gillingham will gladly take the goal-kick and Gillingham can re-group and just try and see out the final ten minutes plus stoppage time of the first half.

But it appears that Wigan Athletic have other idea’s and the hosts are looking to level the match up at 2-2 before the half time interval, Because In The Thirty Eighth Minute Of The Match, Kal Naismith manages to use his pace to burst inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area Down The Left Side Of The Pitch - Gillingham’s Right - And Christian Maghoma manages to stay on his feat and Christian Maghoma manages to block Kal Naismith’s fiercely driven cross, and the cross ricochets back to Kal Naismith who inadvertently knocked the ball out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick - Sometimes you need that little bit of luck, Because I thought that Christian Maghoma had blocked Kal Naismith’s Cross at the expense of conceding a corner kick.

Trae Coyle then wins Gillingham a throw on in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third Down The Left Side Of The Pitch In The Thirty Ninth Minute Of The Match, And From The Resulting Throw On, Ryan Jackson hurls in a long dangerous throw into the heart of Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area and Nathan Cameron can only header the ball partially clear towards the edge of Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, And Scott Robertson takes one touch to control the ball, and another touch to smash a fiercely driven effort goal-wards and the ball is blocked and deflected out of play for A Gillingham Corner Kick, With Wigan Athletic Defender Nathan Cameron making the all important block, And from the resulting corner kick, Jordan Graham almost scores directly from the corner kick as Jordan Graham whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards goal and Jamie Jones appeared to claw the ball back into play from behind the goal-line - NOW, DID THE BALL CROSS THE GOAL-LINE!!!!!! - Because there were plenty of appeals from Gillingham Players inside Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area that the ball did in-fact cross the goal-line, and with no goal-line technology, and with no side on camera view, it is inconclusive if the ball had in-fact crossed the goal-line, but that looked in for me, and this could well be a controversial talking point at the end of the match, If Gillingham do not pick up all three points, and especially if we find out after the game that the ball had in-fact crossed the goal-line.

Kal Naismith is then penalised for his challenge on Josh Eccles In The Forty Second Minute, And Gillingham have been awarded a free kick, and from the resulting free kick, Scott Robertson was quick to pass the ball short to Trae Coyle, And Trae Coyle takes one touch to control the ball, and another touch to a thread a pass down the line towards Jordan Graham, And Jordan Graham tries to pick out Vadaine Oliver with a high and hanging cross towards the back-stick, But Jamie Jones was able to gather Jordan Graham’s Cross with relative ease.

Gillingham are then under the cosh in First Half Stoppage Time, As Jack Tucker makes a important clearance to intercept a cross, and Tom James see’s his fiercely driven effort towards goal blocked by Christian Maghoma, But the hosts are still looking to try and level the score up at 2-2 at the half time interval, And Wigan Athletic move the ball from the centre to out on the right flank where Viv Solomon-Otabor was situated, And Viv Solomon-Otabor gets the ball under control and uses his pace to get himself towards the byline, And Viv Solomon-Otabor whips in a high and hanging cross towards the back-stick, And Jack Bonham makes a comfortable gather to ease the pressure building on to Gillingham’s Goal.

HALF TIME:

I Wrote the following status update on to Twitter for My Half Time Thoughts on the match so far,,,,,,,,, HT: WIGAN ATHLETIC 1-2 GILLINGHAM - Joe Garner opened the scoring for Wigan Athletic, But Gillingham score a instant equaliser with a great goal from Jordan Graham, And Jordan Graham puts Gillingham in front in The Thirtieth Minute with a excellent finish from a tight angle. I am not sure if Jordan Graham scored directly from the corner kick, a side on angle would give us a better view to see if Graham had in-fact scored, But that's 3 goals from Graham in the last 2 matches, And he is looking like he is only going to get better with more game-time. Gillingham have looked suspect from a few corner kicks that Wigan had whipped inside Gillingham's Penalty Area in the early stages of the match, And Solomon-Otabor should have scored for Wigan from one of those corner kicks, But Gillingham go in at half time with the lead.

I had replied to a few comments on Facebook, Josh Eccles was wearing Squad Number Seventeen For The Gills and with all the new signings that Gillingham have made during the off season, and the signings that Gillingham have made during the season, then it is important to keep track of the squad numbers of all of our signings, as well as the squad numbers from the few players that were in Gillingham’s First Team Squad For The 2019 / 2020 Season, I mentioned just how bad Wigan Athletic’s Kit was with Black Squad Numbers on the back of A Blue And White Stripped Shirt, which made the players names and squad numbers unreadable at times.

As far as any tactical substitutions goes, I don’t think any player needs to be substituted, Gillingham are winning 2-1 against Wigan Athletic, and whilst it is a slender lead, it is still a winning position Gillingham are in at this present moment in time, And with Josh Eccles cup-tied for Gillingham’s League Cup Third Round Tie Against Stoke City, then Josh Eccles should play the full ninety plus minutes for Gillingham against Wigan Athletic, and we can then rest Josh Eccles up for the home game against Blackpool The Following Saturday, Hopefully, Gillingham can pick up there first win and there first three points of the season against Wigan Athletic, and Gillingham can get the first away win of the season as well - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SECOND HALF (HIGHLIGHTS)

Fifty Three Minutes Into The Match, And Gillingham continue to build on there bright start to the second half by creating another goal-scoring opportunity, Jack Bonham kicks the ball long down-field and Nathan Cameron wins the aerial challenge and headers the ball backwards towards his own goal and Danny Fox wins the aerial challenge up against Trae Coyle, and Tom Pearce kicks the ball long down-field and Connor Ogilvie wins the aerial challenge up against Viv Solomon-Otabor, and Alex Parry has completely taken Scott Robertson out and The Gillingham Midfielder is down injured, but play continue’s as Kal Naismith wins the aerial challenge up against Josh Eccles, and Christian Maghoma headers the ball forwards to Jordan Graham, who takes a few touches in possession of the ball before passing the around the corner down the right flank towards Ryan Jackson, who uses his pace to run down the right wing, wait for support and pass the ball through to Jordan Graham on the over-lap, And Jordan Graham manages to keep the ball in play, and Jordan Graham works his way into a crossing position before whipping in a sensational in-swinging cross towards the back-stick and Tom Pearce has done just about enough to win the aerial challenge up against Vadaine Oliver to header the ball clear and out of play for A Gillingham Throw On - Thankfully, Scott Robertson is OK to continue playing for The Gills - And from the resulting throw on, Connor Ogilvie hurls in a long dangerous throw into the heart of Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area and Vadaine Oliver and Jamie Jones compete for the high ball, And Vadaine Oliver is penalised for a foul on The Wigan Athletic Goalkeeper, and this is just one of those things nowadays where you cannot challenge The Goalkeeper for a high ball anymore.

Sixty Two Minutes Into The Match, And Gillingham extend the score-line to a 3-1 lead, Jack Bonham kicks the ball long down-field and Vadaine Oliver wins the aerial challenge to flick the ball on towards Jordan Graham, who gets the ball under control before getting challenged by Alex Parry, and the loose ball falls kindly into Scott Robertson’s Path, And Scott Robertson retains possession of the ball before passing the ball back to Josh Eccles, who passes the ball out-wide to Connor Ogilvie down the left side of the pitch in Wigan Athletic’s Half, And Connor Ogilvie takes one touch to control the ball and after touch to clip the ball down the line towards Vadaine Oliver, And Vadaine Oliver manages to get the ball under control and lay the ball off to Scott Robertson on the edge of Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, And Scott Robertson gets the ball under control and passes the ball square short to Trae Coyle, who does brilliantly to pick out the bottom right corner of the net with a first time curling effort, and there is nothing that Jamie Jones can do about that, And Trae Coyle’s goal has given Gillingham a valuable two goal cushion just past the hour mark - WIGAN ATHLETIC 1-3 GILLINGHAM.

Out of the three goals, you have to say that Gillingham’s Third Goal was more of a team goal with Scott Robertson, Josh Eccles, Jordan Graham, Vadaine Oliver, Connor Ogilvie and Trae Coyle all involved in that passage of play, And just like Jordan Graham, Trae Coyle has also had a excellent week for The Gills, Trae Coyle scored the winning penalty in Gillingham’s Penalty Shoot-Out Win Against Coventry City In The Second Round Of The League Cup, And Trae Coyle has now scored his first ever league goal in professional football, And it has to be mentioned that Trae Coyle is only Nineteen Years Old and he is having a real impact early on in his loan spell at The Gills, But the one thing this third goal does, is potentially give Steve Evans the option to substitute a few players who are starting to tire and keep those players fresh for Wednesday Night’s League Cup Third Round Tie Against Stoke City.

But Wigan Athletic were on the front-foot straight from the kick off and Ryan Jackson was penalised for his challenge on Kal Naismith down Gillingham’s Right Side Of The Pitch In Gillingham’s Final Third Close To The Byline, And From The Resulting Free Kick, Tom Pearce whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the near post and Jacob Mellis’s Defensive Header wasn’t the best and Jacob Mellis has headed the ball clear and out of play at the expense of conceding a corner kick, however, It is from this corner kick where Wigan Athletic do manage to get themselves back into this match, Gary Roberts whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross from the resulting corner kick and Josh Eccles misses the initial header, and the ball ricochets off Jack Tucker and Connor Ogilvie and there was Kal Naismith to stick the ball into the back of the net with a snap-shot first time finish from inside the six yard box and there was nothing that Jack Bonham could have done about that, and Wigan Athletic have responded with a goal in The Sixty Fourth Minute Of The Match - WIGAN ATHLETIC 2-3 GILLINGHAM

But that was a terrible goal for Gillingham to concede, Josh Eccles misses the header, the ball ricochets off Jack Tucker and Connor Ogilvie and maybe Vadaine Oliver could have done more to prevent Kal Naismith from scoring, But what is extremely irritating about that goal is the fact that Gillingham were 3-1 up, The Gills did the hard part and extending our lead by two goals meant that I could not see Wigan Athletic getting themselves back into this match, But this instant goal from Kal Naismith has completely changed this match, Because with the score-line at 2-3, Wigan Athletic only need one goal to pull themselves back on to level terms at 3-3, it also has to be mentioned that Gillingham’s Defending From Corner Kicks has been very disappointing in this match against Wigan Athletic, and it comes to no surprise to see Wigan Athletic score from a corner kick - Those substitution suggestions and resting a few players for The Stoke City League Cup Game has gone completely out the window now, But I do wonder if Steve Evans will look at his options on the substitutes bench to try and freshen the team up for the rest of this match ???

Eighty Six Minutes Into The Match, And Gillingham had the chance to make absolutely sure of securing all three points against Wigan Athletic, Gillingham were awarded a throw on down the left side of the pitch right in-front of the dugouts, And Connor Ogilvie hurls the ball long down-field and John Akinde gets the ball under control before being challenged by Nathan Cameron, and the loose ball falls kindly to Jordan Graham, who gets the ball under control and Jordan Graham manages to pick out Josh Eccles with a cross-field cross pass roughly twenty five yards from goal, and Josh Eccles takes one touch to control the ball and another touch to smash a fiercely driven effort towards goal which failed to hit the target by some considerable distance - But that effort on goal was defiantly worth taking on by Josh Eccles, nothing wrong with that effort on goal at all.

But In The Eighty Eight Minute Of The Match, there was a huge talking point, As Jack Bonham kicks the ball long down-field, and John Akinde reads the bounce of the ball better then Nathan Cameron and Nathan Cameron is in serious trouble here for Wigan Athletic for pulling John Akinde back when he was one on one and through on goal, And Nathan Cameron is very lucky not to be sent off for pulling John Akinde’s Shirt, Maybe Referee Tom Nield thought John Akinde wasn’t going to get to the ball, But Nathan Cameron was the last man and I do think he is very lucky not to have been sent off, and from the resulting free kick, Trae Coyle has failed to hit the target by some considerable distance with his effort on goal - And I am surprised that Jordan Graham didn’t take the free kick considering that Jordan Graham is on for a hat-trick for The Gills.

Christian Maghoma is then penalised for a foul on Joe Garner, And Wigan Athletic have been awarded a free kick in a promising position on the pitch, and from the resulting free kick, Alex Parry passes the ball short to Lee Evans, who takes a few touches in possession of the ball, And Lee Evans whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the back-stick and Scott Robertson knocks the ball out of play for A Wigan Athletic Corner Kick, Wigan Athletic thought that Connor Ogilvie had pushed Kal Naismith to the floor and that Wigan Athletic should have been awarded a penalty kick, But Referee Tom Neild points for A Corner Kick for the hosts.

And from the resulting corner kick, Lee Evans whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Christian Maghoma manages to header the ball clear and away from danger and Alex Parry gets to the loose ball first and passes the ball out-wide to Lee Evans, who takes a touch to control the ball and whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Jack Tucker headers the ball partially clear and away from goal and Danny Fox has possession of the ball in Gillingham’s Half On The Halfway Line, And Danny Fox manages to pick out Olly Crankshaw with a accurate pass down the right flank - Gillingham’s Left - And Olly Crankshaw is running through towards goal and Olly Crankshaw continue’s his run towards the byline and pulls the ball back across the face of goal with a floated cross, and Joe Garner’s header hits Matty Willock on the arm and Christian Maghoma boots the ball clear and away from danger - AND WAS THAT A PENALTY KICK FOR WIGAN ATHLETIC!!!! - Referee Tom Neild waves those penalty appeals away and that was a huge let off for The Gills.

OTHER MATCH INCIDENTS WHICH WERE NOT SHOWN ON EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS

SECOND HALF

And right at the very start of The Second Half, Gillingham manage to win themselves a corner kick because Tom James times his challenge to perfection on Jordan Graham at the expense of knocking the ball out of play for A Gillingham Corner Kick, And from the resulting corner kick, Gillingham almost extended there lead to 3-1, Jordan Graham curls the ball goal-wards directly towards goal from the resulting corner kick and the ball strikes the out-side of the near post with Jamie Jones well and truly beaten and that was no accident, that corner kick was intentional by Jordan Graham and Gillingham almost went 3-1 in-front, And a minute later, the ball set up nicely off the turf for Vadaine Oliver to strike a fiercely driven effort towards goal which was straight at Jamie Jones In The Wigan Athletic Goal and Vadaine Oliver has certainly caused Wigan Athletic problems defensively and Vadaine Oliver has assisted both of Jordan Graham’s Goals in this match so far, and this fast and frantic start to the second half continue’s, As Viv Solomon-Otabor uses his pace to run down the right flank and Connor Ogilvie has done very well to stay with Viv Solomon-Otabor, And Viv Solomon-Otabor see’s his dangerous in-swinging cross take a huge deflection off Connor Ogilvie and Jack Tucker allows the deflected ball to run through to Jack Bonham to make a slightly difficult save, And I say a slightly difficult save because Joe Garner was lurking in there inside the six yard box - I have got to mention that Viv Solomon-Otabor has caused Gillingham problems defensively throughout this entire match, And it was Viv Solomon-Otabor who assisted Joe Garner’s Goal for Wigan Athletic In The First Half.

And this fast and frantic start to the first half continued, As Jack Bonham kicks the ball long down-field and Vadaine Oliver wins the aerial challenge to header the ball down the line towards Trae Coyle, who manages to keep the ball in play down the left flank in Wigan Athletic’s Final Third, And Trae Coyle uses his pace to cut inside into a more central position of the pitch just out-side Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area and Trae Coyle fails to hit the target by some considerable distance with his effort on goal, And Gillingham have already seen efforts on goal from Jordan Graham, Vadaine Oliver and Trae Coyle within the first five minutes of the second half.

Josh Eccles has picked up a knock and went down to the deck and required treatment, Gillingham had in-fact continued to play on, And Ryan Jackson’s dangerous in-swinging cross was saved by Jamie Jones In The Wigan Athletic Goal and play was then stopped by Referee Tom Nield, And The Wigan Athletic Players were furious with that decision, Because they thought that Gillingham should have knocked the ball out of play which would then allow Josh Eccles to get some treatment, thankfully, Josh Eccles is OK to continue playing for The Gills, especially when you take into consideration that midfielders Stuart O’Keefe and Kyle Dempsey are out injured for The Gills.

Fifty Seven Minutes Into The Match, And I thought Gillingham should have been awarded a penalty kick when Trae Coyle was pulled down by Tom James inside Wigan Athletic’s Penalty Area, But Referee Tom Nield waves away Gillingham’s Penalty Appeals, And Wigan Athletic probably believe that this makes them even with there penalty appeal in the first half also being turned down, And in the same minute, Viv Solomon-Otabor is penalised for pushing Jack Tucker to the ground and Jack Tucker wins Gillingham a defensive free kick in Gillingham’s own final third, excellent defending from Jack Tucker there to position himself in-between the ball and Viv Solomon-Otabor to win Gillingham that free kick, And In The Fifty Ninth Minute Of The Match, Gillingham had a half chance to potentially extend there lead to 3-1, Scott Robertson manages to intercept the ball in Wigan Athletic’s Half Of The Pitch, And Scott Robertson passes the ball forwards to Vadaine Oliver, who is crowded out by Danny Fox and Nathan Cameron, And Wigan Athletic just about manage to clear there lines - But had Scott Robertson put more pace on to that pass towards Vadaine Oliver, Then Vadaine Oliver would have been one on one and through on goal.

Sixty Five Minutes Into The Match, And Trae Coyle see’s his audacious effort on goal clear Wigan Athletic’s Crossbar by some considerable distance, I think the front three of Jordan Graham, Vadaine Oliver and Trae Coyle have been excellent for Gillingham throughout this match, The temptation will be there for Steve Evans to substitute one of these three and bring on another midfielder to try and pack the centre of the pitch, But looking at this match in comparison to the other matches this season, Ryan Jackson was sent off against Southend United, So Gillingham had to make changes, Kyle Dempsey picked up a injury against Hull City, Stuart O’Keefe was seriously injured against Coventry City, So it makes a pleasant change for Gillingham to be winning, and not have to make enforced substitutions throughout this match.

Right now, Gillingham are under the cosh with Christian Maghoma having to header the ball clear and out for a throw on, Gillingham have also blocked two crosses into our penalty area, And Jack Tucker was in the right place at the right time in The Seventy Third Minute to not only intercept the ball, But Jack Tucker kicks the ball long down-field and Danny Fox is penalised for his challenge on Vadaine Oliver on the halfway line.

Seventy Five Minutes Into The Match, And Wigan Athletic are pushing to make the breakthrough and score the equaliser, Tom Pearce has whipped in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the back-stick and Viv Solomon-Otabor cannot get on the end of that cross at the far post and the ball goes out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick, And In The Seventy Sixth Minute, Gillingham were fortunate to win themselves a goal-kick as Wigan Athletic are on top, But In The Seventy Eighth Minute Of The Match, Connor Ogilvie is forced to concede a corner kick and the hosts have a opportunity to get themselves back on to level terms, Gary Roberts passes the ball short to Viv Solomon-Otabor, who lays the ball off to Gary Roberts, And Gary Roberts runs into a more central area of the pitch just out-side Gillingham’s Penalty Area, And Gary Roberts driven effort towards goal is blocked by Connor Ogilvie, and while that was going on, Christian Maghoma was down injured for Gillingham and required treatment and play continued whilst Gillingham were on the defensive - Thankfully, Christian Maghoma was OK to continue playing for The Gills, But Robbie McKenzie and Zech Medley are both on the substitutes bench, Should Gillingham need to make a change at centre back.

Eighty Two Minutes Into The Match, And Matty Willock comes on to replace Jacob Mellis, And Matty Willock is probably going to drop in alongside Scott Robertson and Josh Eccles as Gillingham line up with a three man central midfield, And In The Eighty Fourth Minute Of The Match, Gillingham make there second substitution as John Akinde comes on to replace Vadaine Oliver, who truly has been exceptional for Gillingham throughout this entire match against Wigan Athletic, I know Vadaine Oliver has not got himself on the score-sheet, but two assist’s for two Jordan Graham Goals, and Vadaine Oliver played a pivotal role for Trae Coyle’s Goal, Vadaine Oliver’s Contribution For Gillingham has to be noted, and I think it is between Jordan Graham and Vadaine Oliver for Gillingham’s Man Of The Match against Wigan Athletic - Because both players have been exceptional for The Gills in this match.

Ryan Jackson then concedes a corner kick just as we go into the first of five additional minutes of stoppage time, and from the resulting corner kick, Tom Pearce whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Nathan Cameron’s glancing header fails to hit the target and that was the chance for Wigan Athletic to score the equaliser as well, Wigan Athletic have also made there first substitution of the match as Olly Crankshaw comes on to replace Gary Roberts, And I have got to say that considering that Wigan Athletic are losing and we are heading into stoppage time at the end of The Second Half, why hasn’t Charlie Jolley or Kyle Joseph come on as substitutes for the hosts ??? - Both Players mentioned are strikers, and Wigan Athletic could bring both players on to try and find the equaliser, And if I was A Wigan Athletic Supporter, I would be asking the question why haven’t these two players come on, Because both players could have come on and made an impact for Wigan Athletic ???

POST MATCH THOUGHTS

And that penalty appeal was the final noteworthy moment of the match as Gillingham held out for a hard fought 3-2 away win against Wigan Athletic, Two Goals From Jordan Graham and a goal from Trae Coyle was enough to ensure that Gillingham picked up there first win and first three points of the season in our second League One Fixture of the season, and after losing 2-0 against Hull City on the opening League One Match Of The Season, It was vital that Gillingham responded with a win against Wigan Athletic and that is precisely what Gillingham have done.

I then posted the following comments on to Twitter,,,, FT: WIGAN 2-3 GILLINGHAM - A Brace From Jordan Graham and a goal from Trae Coyle helps to secure Gillingham three vital points against Wigan Athletic, Having gone 3-1 up, It was disappointing to see Gillingham concede a sloppy goal which brought Wigan back into the match at 3-2. Having lost 2-0 against Hull City on the opening league game of the season, It was very important for Gillingham to get our first league win of the season against Wigan Athletic this afternoon, and that is precisely what Gillingham have done, And Graham was superb for Gills Today. - I also mentioned the following as well,,,,, Last Season, It took nine away league matches before Gillingham secured there first away win of the season with A 1-0 Away Win Against Accrington Stanley, Gillingham have secured there first away win in there first away match of The 20/21 Season with A 3-2 Win Against Wigan. - Gillingham drew Twelve Away Matches and only won three away matches throughout the entire 2019 / 2020 season, And Gillingham have already picked up there first win, in there first away match of The 2020 / 2021 Season.

I then re-tweeted status updates from Ryan Jackson, Vadaine Oliver, Josh Eccles, Jack Tucker and Trae Coyle, There were quite a few status updates from Gillingham’s Official Twitter Account that I had Re-Tweeted, I noticed elsewhere that Toby Bancroft got himself on the score-sheet as Margate won 2-1 against Brightlingsea, Gillingham Town also won 2-1 against Sherborne Town Reserves, and Josh Eccles will of course be cup-tied for Gillingham in our League Cup Third Round Tie Against Stoke City On Wednesday.

As for player performances, Jordan Graham, Vadaine Oliver and Trae Coyle are three players who were getting plenty of praise and plaudits, Jordan Graham scored two excellent goals, especially the first goal for the equaliser, Vadaine Oliver assisted both of Jordan Graham’s Goals and Vadaine Oliver’s all-round game was exceptional and Vadaine Oliver won everything in the air as well, And Trae Coyle took his goal really well, and this front three were versatile and interchangeable and there is a lot of movement between all three players, and although John Akinde did come on to replace Vadaine Oliver in the latter stages of this match, I do think that Gillingham need to sign two wide forwards to provide cover and competition for Jordan Graham and Trae Coyle, Because 4-3-3 looks like the formation that Gillingham want to line up for this season.

Josh Eccles and Scott Robertson are both inexperienced midfielders, But both players really put in a stellar performance for Gillingham in central midfield and both players are going to get game-time for Gillingham, especially with Stuart O’Keefe and Kyle Dempsey out injured on the sidelines, But the negatives have to be the one position on the pitch which was the back-bone of Gillingham’s Success Last Season - The Defence - Gillingham looked very vulnerable from defending corner kicks and that is exactly how Wigan Athletic scored there second goal, poor marking, poor defending and a poor goal to concede, especially as this goal was scored just two minutes after Trae Coyle had given Gillingham A 3-1 Lead, Christian Maghoma and Jack Tucker are going to have to improve as a defensive partnership, especially given that both players lack experience and we don’t have Barry Fuller or Max Ehmer in Gillingham’s Back Four for this season.

But this match was about Gillingham getting there first league win of the season and that is precisely what Gillingham have done, thankfully, we are not talking about Jordan Graham’s Corner Kick - Which apparently did cross the goal-line - otherwise we would be talking about a controversial talking point with Gillingham not picking up all three points - Three Goals, Three Points, Gillingham’s First Away Win Of The Season In Gillingham’s First Away Match, Gillingham have moved up to Fourteenth In The League One Table, And I got my prediction completely spot on for The NoirCat Prediction League.

And the matches continue to come at us thick and fast, With The League Cup Third Round Match being played against Stoke City On Wednesday Night, And a very difficult home fixture against Blackpool In League One On Saturday, Hopefully, Gillingham can build on The 3-2 win against Wigan Athletic, and Gillingham can win both matches against Stoke City and Blackpool as Gillingham build some momentum early on in The 2020 / 2021 Season - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!

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COUNTRY BOWLS CLUB On Friday morning it came down to the last game of the season with Country Bowls Cubs holding onto 5th position by 1 point against the Roundheads, so everything was to play for. The Cubs welcomed San Luis Pumas and were motivated to score as many points as possible and they did not disappoint. With 4 out of 5 rinks winning and the overall shots were a positive difference to the cubs of 44, can they hold onto 5th place? The newly formed cubs have excelled in their first year at competitive bowling and deserve every success. Winning rinks were Sandra McIlroy, John Burke & John Mallet, Chris Stevens, Craig Dyson & Andrew Bryce, Dave Smith, Dot Davies & Niel West and finally Sheena Mallet, Derek Lewis and Peter Robins. Great result Cubs. Country Bowls Geckos were away for their last match of the season in  the afternoon against Quesada Swans. From the off the Geckos took command with a real determination to finish the season on a high with another good win.  A couple of the rinks were very close at the halfway mark and in the second half one rink was nip and tuck to the very end. By the 18th end the Geckos had their wish and were well up on all but one rink which was 3 shots up going into the last end, but unfortunately managed to drop 4 shots losing them the game by one shot. The victors were: Viv Brown, Pat Ray, Brian Ray, 20-12; John Jukes, Graham Richardson, Wayne Osguthorpe, 24-10; Carole Donnellan, Les Turner, Den Birkett, 18-13;  Really bad  luck to Sylvia Rennie, Jean Turner & Jim Rennie who have been so successful all season to lose by just one shot on the last end.  Well done the Geckos. For more information on Country Bowls please visit the website www.countrybowlsmurcia.com tel 966191552 or email grahamandjo7@gmail.com EL RANCHO BOWLS CLUB Monday morning the Palominos entertained Greenlands Chestnuts and played well to take 3 rinks and the overall shots, with a wind that was tricky to say the least. A good result for the Palominos. The Raiders were at Vistabella playing the Buggies and met some strong opposition, though coming away without a point. Sometimes the opposition is just too strong. Meanwhile the Pintos were at Mazarron playing the Miners, the stiff breeze making playing a mat with a reduction from 8 rinks to 7, just a little difficult, never seems to work well to me. But as always the company was good and we enjoyed the day, though alas we came away with just one point. Friday found the Rangers playing host to La Marina Merlins, playing well and ending with 3 rinks and the overall shots by just the one, a good result showing that the extra moment of concentration can bring you the extra 2 points. Meanwhile the Mustangs were at Greenlands against the Oaks and put in a good effort and particularly perseverance in the case of John Skipper’s trip, getting used to the rink until 15-1 down, then coming back to win 17-16. The Mustangs came away with 2 rinks, a very good away result. We should at the end of the season thank the team captains for their sterling efforts. In the afternoon the Broncos were at home to La Manga Crusaders and had a great day, taking full advantage of the home mat by taking all the available points. Val Ryder, Sheila Cox and Mike Cox 18-17. Emma Walsh, Ann C Taylor and Keith Longshaw 25-10. Maria Wilkinson, Liam Foley and Rob Clark 33-10. Gill Bartlett, Marion Haynes and Dave Haynes 22-5. Brian Yates, Pam Harris and Brian Harris 27-11. For further membership information contact Sheila Cox at micksheilacox@gmail.com or Brian Taylor on 965077093 or at elranchobowlsclub@gmail.com EMERALD ISLE BOWLS CLUB BY ELWYN MORRIS Sunday saw Irelands weekend of woe continue, after Wales beat them (sorry) the Emerald Isle beat Ireland in the annual St Patricks Days game at the Isle 95-93 to take back the trophy, well done to all that took part in the usual good spirit. Monday saw the Titans playing San Miguel Alsatians, and they won 8-4 aggregate 95-81, winners were M Riley C Smyth J Smyth 26-15, R White M Veale G Odell 16-14, S Kavanagh G Shoots B Kavanagh 23-13 Neptunes travelled to Horadada Falcons and had a great 10-2, aggregate 93-62, winners were C Ayling B Eldred   P Heaney 25-6, R Adams B Doran D Donovan 19-13,  ,E Morris C Parsons A Malcolm 19-13, M Malcolm S Wickens H Rhodes 18-14 Moonrakers were at home against San Miguel Dalmatians and slipped to a 2-10 aggregate defeat, winners I Hughes M Breen P Dix 15-13 Saturns played at San Luis Romulans and lost narrowly 5-7, aggregate 69-85. The winners were B Taylor T Roche T Upham 20-15, K John R Andrews E Shepperd 16-14, E Brookes J Gregory J Mulloy drew 13-13 Tuesday saw the Final of the Premier 20 KO played home/away against San Luis. The overall score was 6-10 aggregate of 128-129 to San Luis. Home winners P Coffey 21-15, L Freeman T Dix G Ponsford, P Dix 24-9. Away winners D Jones C Smyth J Smyth 24-15 Emerald Isle were at home against La Marina in the Winter league on Wed and had a good 10-2 aggregate 99-61  win, winners were D Jones J Mulloy M Breen D Gerrard  30-12, M Riley  C Smyth M Odell C Lindgren 22-4, S Kavanagh T Dix P Dix B Kavanagh 22-10, S Johnson S Watson H Rhodes P Coffey 16-11 Cavaliers played San Luis Tigers and were beaten 2-10, aggregate 78-91, winners D Jones D Leeming C Lindgren 19-16 Claymores travelled to play at La Marina Ospreys and they lost 2-10 aggregate 63-95, winners M Malcolm S Wickens H Rhodes 14-10 Outlaws played Greenlands Cedars and slipped to a 5-7 aggregate 76-77. L Burns M Breen P Dix 27-12, D Close G Dyer G Ponsford  13-12, I Hughes T Capewell P Willicott drew 12-12 Roundheads played against Vistabella Swingers and they slipped to a 4-8 aggregate 74-85 winners were A Miles F Thomas T Upham 21-15, R Fooks T Roche 16-15 GREENLANDS BOWLS CLUB WITH DAVE WEBB In the discovery Division, the Maples were away to La Marina Pathfinders, quite a cold day with a stiff wind. A very close game played throughout meant it was down to the wire before you could call the game. Final score was, shots 78 - 74. Points, 8 - 4. Best winning rink was A Toozer, C Dewar, skip. R Lee. 19 - 14. With one match left to play, we cannot be caught so this result will ensure we go up next season, so congratulations are in order to all members of the team, well done. Meanwhile our other team the Sycamores, were at home to Monte MarToreadors. Final score was, shots 82 - 77. Points 7 - 5. Best winning rink was Z Wilcock, R Stansfield, skip T Hill. 25 - 6. In the Winter league we travelled up to Benitachell Bowls Club, The weather was not on our side for most of the game but we soldiered on. Final score was shots 72 - 93. Points - 4 - 8. Best winning rink was B Tomlin, J Giddings, J Wilcock, skip B Collins. 16 - 15. In Division A the Maples were at home for their final match against El Rancho Mustangs. After a friendly but competitive game, the result was as follows.. Shots 93 - 64, Points, 8 - 4, best winning rink was A Toozer, L Rudge, skip C Dewar. 23 - 9. The Elms meanwhile were away to La Siesta Silvers, final score was Shots 80 - 69. Points 6 - 6. Best winning rink was D Watt, C Stobbart, skip G Watt. 25 - 11. In Division C the Southern League, the Cedars were away to Emerald Isle Outlaws. final scores on the doors were - shots 77 - 76. Points 7 - 5. Best winning rink was L Morris, V Duchart, skip T Hill.20 - 11. This result ensures two of our teams have been promoted so well done to the Maples and Cedars. For all inquiries please contact Chris Dewar on 698418987 or visit our website at www.greenlands-bowls.wixsite.com/greenlandsbowlsclub. LA MARINA BOWLS WITH CHRIS BOULD Monday 18- 03 - 19. The Pathfinders were at home to Greenland Maples. Points were 4 for and 8 against. Shots for 74 and against 78. The two winning rinks were Jean Tregoing, Garth Slater, John Withers 17 - 16; and Reg Jackson, Dave McGaw, Terry Perchard 15 - 12. All other rinks were very close but didn’t quite make it. The Explorers we’re away to San Luis Klingons. Points for 2 and against 10. Shots 62 for and 89 against. The only winning rink was Janet Parsons, Jean and Don Fowkes 18 - 11. Wednesday 20 - 03  - 19. The Winter league played Emerald Isle. The points were 2 for and 10 against.shots were 61 for and 99 against. The only winning rink was that of Janet Parsons, Jean Fowkes, Peter Parsons and Don Fowkes 24 - 9. Friday 22 - 03 - 19. The Ospreys we’re at home to La Siesta Blues. Points were 10 for and 2 against. Shots were 96 for and 66 against. The best winning rink was Janet Parsons, Jean and Don Fowkes 26 - 11. The Merlin’s were also at home, afternoon, to El Rancho Rangers. Points were for 4 and against 8.  Shots were very close, 75 for and 76 against. Best winning rink was Jean Tregoing, Bernie Carr and John Morgan 22 - 10. Last weekend we had  two teams playing in Mojacar at the Indalo bowls club 4 day event 422 competition. The team of John and Lorita Rae and Mike and Carol Smith won the top prize. Well done to both teams. A good time had by all. That’s all folks! LA SIESTA BOWLS CLUB BY ROD EDGERTON For information about joining visit our website at : The La Siesta Bowls Club - Google Sites On  Monday in the Voyager Division the Apolloss played against San Miguel Beagles in a match that finished up with both teams getting a 6-6 draw  with the Apollos taking the shots by 79 to 67.Dawn and John Taylor with Brian Harman with a 34 shots to 5 win producing much to get this result. In the Voyager Division Sputniks had a bye this week whilst the Pioneers played San MiguelPointers and lost the match by 94 shots to 72 with the winning rink coming from Doug and Fay Beattie with Norman Adcroft with a 19 shots to 13 win. In the Winter League  La Siesta took the trip to Javea with several of the regular squad unavailable and despite not winning any rinks and going down by 113 shots to 68 it gave the club the ability to blood some fresh faces in to the team.  In Division A Blues finished their season away at QuesadaSwallowslosing the match by 91 shots to 94 winning on the rink of Dave Davies, Harold Charleton and Irene Mangan by 34 shots to 8 picking up 2 points leaving the Blues to finish 10th out of 12 teams in the Division. In Division B  Golds at home to Quesada Swifts lost the shots by 77 to 83 but won on the rinks of Bill & Sue Jordan with Pat Moore 25-15, Doug Beattie with Fay Beattie and Ros Stockell 22-18 and Barbara Cooper with Vic Mahomet 18- 16 sharing the points 6 apiece to finish 5th in the table. In Division C  Silvers at home to Greenland Elms won the overall shots by 80-69 with wins from Hilary Clarke with Wendy and Alan Ralph 34-5 and Kathleen amd Noel Morrisoe with Joe Kocsis 25 -11 sharing the points 6 apiece to finish 9th in the table.Leader Final Results 22nd Mar 19 MONTE MAR BOWLS AND SOCIAL CLUB Sponsored by The Pub, Bowling Abroad, Avalon, Lounge D, Rogers, La Piazza and The Belfry. TOREADORS Monday 18th March Monte Mar Toreadors v Greenlands Sycamores Away at Greenlands on quite cold March morning the Toreadors had good result. Winning on two rinks and drawing on one. Well done to the winning rinks of Sheila Roberts, Diane Horsington skip Mick Soars. Shots Toreadors 77 – 82 Sycamores. Points Toreadors 5 – 7 Sycamores. MATADORS Monte Mar Matadors v San Luis Treckers A tough game against the Treckers the Matadors only managed to win on one rink. Well done to the winning rink of Harry Dobson, Ronnie Cairns skip Dave Melville 17 – 14. Shots Matadors 77 – 100 Trechers. Points Matadors 3 – 9 Treckers. WINTER LEAGUE Wednesday 20th March Monte Mar v San Luis Monte Mar played host to San Luis in the winter league today, weather could have been better and so could the bowls. We won on one rink and drew on another. Well done to Sheila Roberts, June Young, Pauline Woodfine skip Barrie Woodfine on a very good win 21 – 7 and Harry Dobson, Tanya Oliver, Rod Chamberlain skip Phil Goble drawing 13 – 13. then over to the Belfry for a lovely meal and a drink, great afternoon had by all. Shots Monte Mar 58 – 87 San Luis. Points Monte Mar 3 – 9. For further information about Monte Mar Bowls and Social Club check out our website  www.montemarbowls.com or email us at info@montemarbowls.com. We are also on Facebook SAN LUIS BOWLS CLUB REPORT 22.03.19. Some really great news this week with SAN LUIS WINNING TEAMS: FED 4’s League: SL OSPREYS, are Division A WINNERS, SA League, Enterprise Division Monday 18th Klingons v LM Explorers, good result; 10pts-2, 89shots-62. Winners: Colin Jackson, June & Keith Jones 21-4, William Holtham, Sabrina & Russell Marks 20-14, Bob White, Janet & Peter McEneany 18-15, Giuseppe Galelli, Ann Holland, Ray Pollock 19-11. SL KLINGONS are A Division WINNERS. Trekkers, good result away v MM Matadors, shots100-77, 9pts-3. Winners: Allen Bowen, Marina Beardsall, Brian Pocock 24-17, Kevin McKenna, Bill Webb, Barry Edwards 16-16, Ros Holmes, Jan Pocock, Suzi Cooper 20-12, Judy Carroll, Jo & Jules Pering 26-15. Vulcans v CB Flamingos, 2-10, shots 60-81. Winners: Pat Tilley, Chris Jackson, Bob Bromley 15-10. Romulans v EI Saturns, 7 useful points-5, 85shots-69. Winners: Robert Hicks, Mary Fromson, Lyndon Johnson 21-13, Chris Phillips, Allan Lever, Ralph Jones 13-13, Chris Lythe, Pat Barnes, Tom Fromson 22-7. Tuesday 19th PREMIER 20 KNOCK OUT COMPETITION FINAL v Emerald Isle; an incredibly close match to the last shot. Home team winners: Colin Jackson 21-9, Jan & Brian Pocock 16-15, Ann Holland, Pam Lockett, Giuseppe Galelli, Scott Malden 20-10. Away team winners: June & Keith Jones 15-12, Kath Reid, Jo & Jules Pering 18-13. Overall: 10pts-6, 129 shots-128. Wednesday 20th Winter League: v Montemar, good result 9-3, 87shots-58. Winners: Pam Lockett, June Jones, Peter McEneany, Keith Jones 19-9, Kath Reid, Giuseppe Galelli, Neil Morrison, Ian Kenyon 31-4, Ann Holland, Ray Pollock, Jo & Jules Pering 13-13, Bill Webb, Keith Phillips, Ray Clarke, Scott Malden 17-11. Southern League: Friday 15th Lions v VB Lanzadores, 8-4, 77shots-71. Winners: Colin Jackson, June & Keith Jones 16-15, Kath Reid, Pam Lockett, Ian Kenyon 18-9, Margaret Morrison, Keith Phillips, Neil Morrison 17-15. Tigers great result v EI Cavaliers, 91shots-78, 10pts-2. Winners: Judy Carroll, Marina Beardsall, Barry Roseveare 21-17, Helen Hammond, Peter Fuller, Scott Malden 19-15, Allen Bowen, Mags Haines, Brian Pocock 18-17, Jan Pocock, Les Bedford, Suzi Cooper 17-10. Leopards v MM Toreadors, good result: 8pts-4, 102shots-81. Winners: Ray Watmough, Dave Tilley, Drew Russell 21-14, Dennis Jackson, Margaret Clarke, Sue Ross 24-9, Audrey Ford, Steve Rossiter, Bob Bromley 27-21. Pumas: v CB Cubs 2-10, 68shots-112. Winners: Robert Hicks, Mary Fromson, Lyndon Johnson 28-7. SLBC website: www.sanluisbowls.byethost7.com We welcome new & experienced bowlers, come along & see us, or contact June Jones, Club Captain: 691903773. Sheila Cammack SAN MIGUEL BOWLS CLUB  - BARRY JONES San Miguel Dalmatians were away this week to Emerald Isle Moonraker, winning 10 - 2 (95 shots to 62), the best winning triple were Jack Jackson, Bob Graham and Bob Donnelly, 29 - 8. San Miguel Alsatians were also away to Emerald Isle Titans losing 4 - 8 (821 shots to 95), the best winning triples were Marilyn Shatwell, Gerald Shatwell and Mike Douglas 25 - 17. San Miguel Pointers were home to La Siesta Pioneers winning 10 - 2 (94 shots to 72), the best winning triple were Anne Young, Pat Staden and John Staden 24 - 20. Finally San Miguel Beagles were home to La Siesta Apollos drawing 6 - 6, (67 shots to 78), there were two winning triples; Noel Davies, Gail Willshire and Fred Willshire 22 -10, also Don Whitney, Dave Johnson and Steve Cantley 26 - 14. On Friday San Miguel boxers were home to Montemar Matadors drawing 6 -6  (72 shots to 67) the best winning triple were Paul Cutting, Barry Jones and Bob Donnelly 24 - 5. San Miguel Bulldogs were away to Vistabella Picadors winning 10 - 2 (100 shots to 67) the best winning triple were Alan Booth Ken Hope and Mike Douglas 35 - 13. A reminder that the Wasps sessions take place Wednesdays 1:30 for 2:00 - €5 for an afternoon’s bowling with shoes and woods available to borrow. Due to the popularity of the Wasps, first time bowlers are asked to attend an initial coaching session on Tuesday afternoons, starting at 1:45. For further information on San Miguel Bowls Club please contact the President Stuart Hemmings on 965720461, or the Secretary Gail Willshire on 965020492. VISTABELLA BOWLS SPONSORED BY TV. CHOICE & VENTURE FLEET WITH LYNNE BISHOP SAL LEAGUES. The penultimate week for everyone so how did they all fare, our Enterprise side the Albatrosses didn’t do too badly, away to the Quesada Diamonds, both sides won on two rinks and drew the other, the Diamonds won the long game...just. VB 83(5) - 85(7) Q. The Drivers were also away at Quesada against the Pearls, they too won on two rinks but lost on three. VB 71(4) - 86(8) Q. Discovery league Eagles took on another Quesada side ..the Rubies and beat them on all rinks..a great home win, just brilliant! VB 106(12) - 65(0) Q. The Voyager league Buggies, not only took all the points from their home game against El Rancho ..they have also won the division and with a game to spare, well done you beautiful Buggies...’that’s the way to do it!’ VB 132 (12) - 46(0) ER. WINTER LEAGUE. A trip to Bonalba this week, the weather caught us out but not the opposition, wins on four rinks another drawn and a good win for our Berleen team too. Shots VB 104(11) - 63(1) B. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Div A. The final week saw the Lanzadores at home to San Luis Lions, the Lions took wins on three rinks but the overall outcome couldn’t be changed, the Lanzadores have won the league and they go head to head with BBC at MonteMar on Monday 1st April for the North - South playoff...win or loose everyone in the squad are champions allready, a great performance everyone! The Picadors were home to the San Miguel Bulldogs winning on just the one rink. Shots, VB 67(2) - 100(10) SM. Div C Swingers away playing the Emerald Isle Roundheads finished their campaign with a win. Three winning rinks plus the long game. Second to the Greenlands Cedars in the division shows they have had a great season. Shots, VB 85(8) - 74(4) EI.