BY MARK DOIG
Having received the house sport between the 2 sides in December, Bromley accomplished the derby double over Gillingham with an excellent efficiency on the MEMS Priestfield Stadium on Thursday night time.
A lot of the injury was finished within the first 26 minutes because the Ravens cruised to right into a two-goal lead.
Though Gillingham confirmed extra urgency within the second interval, a 3rd Bromley purpose with 14 minutes remaining ensured that there can be no comeback. To compound the hosts’ distress they even missed a penalty within the closing levels.
It took simply seven minutes for Bromley to go forward when Michael Cheek raced down the proper wing and a problem on him fell to Jude Arthurs (each pictured above). Though his low shot was pushed out by Gillingham goalkeeper Glenn Morris, Louis Dennis was readily available to complete from shut vary.
Danny Imray whipped a low centre throughout the face of purpose however it was simply out of attain of each Cheek and Dennis as Bromley continued to threaten and, 10 minutes later, Bromley scored once more. Kamarl Grant’s throw was flicked on by Idris Odutayo and though a defensive header knocked it away, the acrobatic Arthurs timed his bicycle kick to perfection to seek out the web.
Jack Nolan had a shot deflected over for the Gills earlier than Cheek met a cross by Corey Whiteley however couldn’t maintain his header down.
Cheek was once more within the thick of it when pulling again to Dennis and his fast footwork made area for him to get a fierce shot away inflicting Morris to make use of a powerful left hand to show it across the submit.
As the primary half drew to a detailed, the Gills registered their first shot on track, a 25-yard effort by Max Clark that Grant Smith held comfortably.
Mark Bonner, the Gillingham supervisor, made a triple change on the break and that appeared to galvanise the hosts. Josh Andrews headed large from a Jonny Williams free-kick earlier than he met a Shad Ogie cross with one other header that was saved brilliantly by Smith.
Though Gillingham received a sequence of corners, they struggled in opposition to a Bromley defence beautifully marshalled by Omar Sowunmi and paid the value once they conceded once more.
Ben Thompson appeared as if he was going to swing a free-kick into the penalty space however as an alternative he performed it down the channel for Whiteley. He drove it low throughout purpose and Grant confirmed the need to get on the top of it and switch it dwelling.
Two minutes remained when Gillingham had been awarded a penalty for a conflict between Ogie and Sowunmi within the space however Elliott Nevitt summed up their night when he ballooned it excessive over the bar.
Victory for the Ravens moved them one place up the League Two desk, simply three factors exterior the play-offs.
PICTURE: KEITH GILLARD
