2-1 v Gillingham FC - 27 July 2002 - Away

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Details
Match Number

6355

Opposition
Gillingham

Gillingham FC

Competition
Friendly

Friendly

Season

2002/03

Date

27th July 2002

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

Priestfield Stadium

Attendance

9,060

Weather at Kick Off

23.8° - Partly Cloudy

Facts & Milestones
  • 6322nd overall match (3002 wins, 1386 draws, 1921 losses)

  • 1471st non-competitive match (842 wins, 246 draws, 370 losses)

  • team

    33rd match vs Gillingham FC (22 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses)

  • competition

    966th Friendly match (577 wins, 150 draws, 227 losses)

  • 5824th match in England (2715 wins, 1312 draws, 1784 losses)

  • 19th match at Priestfield Stadium (8 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses)

Report

Gus Poyet got off the mark for the summer with a double in our latest friendly outing at Gillingham on Saturday.

The Uruguayan star, 14 goals from midfield last season, hit both goals as we strectched our pre-season record to four wins in four at the Priestfield Stadium.

He curled home a second-minute free-kick as the home side organised their defensive wall and, after Gills had levelled, headed home Darren Anderton's corner for the winner after 75 minutes.

Poyet was the star of our first half performance alongside Mauricio Taricco and the South American pair carved out a number of chances with their clever combinations down the left flank.

They were the source of chances for Diego Bortolozzo (a weak shot after 24 minutes), Steve Carr (drove wide after 31) and Taricco himself curled wide after a one-two cut the Gills open just before the break.

But Gillingham also had their moments. Paul Shaw brought the best out of Lars Hirschfeld after six minutes, tipping over his 25-yarder at full stretch and Rod Wallace might have done better when Shaw found a hole in an otherwise tight back three after 26 minutes.

Carr, back in pre-season action after missing our last three friendlies, looked to push on more and more and played for 53 minutes before being replaced by Oyvind Leonhardsen.

The second half was all about our possession but it took until the 61st minute for the next strike as Anderton's rocket flew just wide.

Gillingham hit back though and Kevin James fired a stinging warning to Hirschfeld's fingers after 64 minutes before equalising three minutes later.

There was a touch of fortune about it as James, in space, let rip from 30 yards only for his shot to clip Goran Bunjevcevic's outstretched leg and drift beyond the reach of Hirschfeld.

Our response was swift. Substitute John Sutton floated in a cross met by Poyet that Jason Brown acrobatically tipped over but the midfielder had the last laugh from Anderton's corner, rising high to power his header home from eight yards.

Spurs: Hirshfeld, Carr (Leonhardsen, 53), Taricco (Jackson, 71), Bunjevcevic, Doherty (O'Donoghue, 45), Richards, Bortolozzo (Ricketts, 45), Poyet (Etherington, 80), Anderton, Iversen (Sutton, 61), Barnard.

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