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All I know is that Priestfield is a long way. I’ve made it 4 times, and have yet to see a victory, with the only solace being a scoreless draw in the FA Cup in late 2008. And the first visit came at a point when seemingly we were seeing a game every 3 days or so. It was in 1996/97 and we played there on 16th April. In the previous two weeks we had played 5 games, and immediately prior to the long haul down south for a Wednesday game had been in action on the Saturday and Monday, and the last two midweeks had seen us on the road at Bournemouth and Plymouth. It was a programme to test not only the players but also the fans who not only found it s strain in terms of time but also on the wallet.

The team had remained virtually unchanged over that period, which had seen the introduction of what turned out to be short term signings Ken Charlery and Gordon Cowans. We did know prior to the game that Luis Cavaco would be missing, having suffered a broken leg against Watford 48 hours previously. But there was some solace. Chris Marsden was available for action again after an absence of 5 games, but Brett Angell was still missing.

Coming into the game we were 4 points behind leaders Bury, and 2 behind 2nd placed Brentford, but with a couple of games in hand on both of them. The problem was that 6 remaining fixtures had to be fitted in in the space of 17 days. Tiredness was going to be a factor and so it proved that evening. A quite remarkable following had made its way down to Kent, and witnessed a performance which reflected the efforts that had been put in over the recent weeks. It was something that we hadn’t seen for a long time, and after Steve Butler had put the Gills in the lead on the half hour we didn’t really create too much. So a 1-0 defeat it was.

Returning northwards on the Fingerpost Flyer there was much discussion as to whether we would make the cut for automatic promotion or face play-off agony again. The history books provide the answer to that, as 12 days later at Saltergate things were settled. But prior to that another defeat at Preston, who performed a Dick Turpin act to snatch the points at Deepdale, and two very edgy wins against York and Wycombe tested the nerves of County fans to the utmost!!

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Memories of trips to Priestfield

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THE GAMES

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Where the date is in bold click for highlights of the game

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	Date	Venue	Ground	Competition		F	A	Att:
Mon	19/03/90	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	1	0	3,378
Tue	01/01/91	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	1	1	2,859
Sat	28/09/96	h	Edgeley Park	Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3)	W	2	1	6,049
Wed	16/04/97	a	Priestfield	Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3)	L	0	1	4,482
Fri	22/12/00	h	Edgeley Park	Nationwide Football League – Division 1 (Tier 2)	D	2	2	6,095
Tue	27/11/01	h	Edgeley Park	Nationwide Football League – Division 1 (Tier 2)	L	0	2	4,854
Tue	01/10/02	h	Edgeley Park	Worthington Cup (Round 2)	L	1	2	2,396
Sat	29/11/08	a	Priestfield	FA Cup (Round 2)	D	0	0	4,419
Tue	09/12/08	h	Edgeley Park	FA Cup (Round 2 (Replay))	L	1	2	3,329
Sat	19/12/09	a	Priestfield	Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3)	L	1	3	4,769
Sat	13/03/10	h	Edgeley Park	Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3)	D	0	0	3,894
Sat	09/10/10	a	Priestfield	npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	1	2	4,755
Sat	08/01/11	h	Edgeley Park	npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	1	5	3,573

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