“Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, we’re going to Shrewsbury, que sera sera!”

Sat 3 May – Leeds United 2 – 1 Gills

The Gills have been relegated. There, finally said it, typed it, seen it happen in all it’s Technicolor gory glory too… It feels weird really, not like the seething bitter heartbreak and injustice of the City Ground in 2005 nor the “resigned to it at Christmas” tragic-comedy horror show of 1989, we went into the game expecting to go down but mathematically still alive. The equation was simple, anything less than a win for the Gills and we’d have no chance, but we also needed Bournemouth not to win at Carlisle (who were still in the hunt for automatic promotion) and Cheltenham to lose to Doncaster (which would have seen Donny promoted into the bargain). Well as you all no doubt know a heroic Bournemouth did fail to win, but even when we led at no stage did Cheltenham go behind. It was out of our hands, the damage already done which meant for a curious ninety minutes of resignation, hope, joy, fear, defiance, acceptance, humour and ultimately pride… well I did say it was a peculiar afternoon!

Where do we go from here – Life in League Two?

So, after 13 years of swashbuckling around in England’s 2nd and 3rd tiers and upsetting the like of West Ham, Wolves, Ipswich, Blackburn (to name a few) in the process, we now find ourselves back in the basement league with the likes of Morecombe and Aldershot for company on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday nights.

BMH 106 by mail

We have a limited number of the one-off special available by mail order. These can be purchased via Paypal – price £2.20 UK, £3.00 Europe or £3.60 Rest of the World. If you are unable to grasp new fangled ideas like Paypal you can send us one of them there old fashioned paper cheque thingies (made out to S.Baker) for the same amounts.

For further information, or to supply your details, email our.. ahem… mail order department, at bmhgills@yahoo.com.

And remember, we are all scumbags together (or is it morons now? I’ve been on holiday so I have rather lost track of the latest Scally terminology).

The Team Tony built 10 years on

It is ironic that the guy who originally built the team that took the Gills out of our current division is about to enter the league of millionaire teams whilst we are still poor and standing over the abyss. Yes the nucleus of the Gills team that won promotion from the old division two was built by Tony Pulis.

Dear Mr Scally

The exit is just over there. Try not to make too much noise on your way out, as it upsets the neighbours.

Elland back

Awayday preview : Leeds, Saturday 3 May

How to get there

Bank Holiday weekend so get those caravans out. We want to see a snake of the bloody things all the way up the M1. If you’re going by train remember that the ground is a fair hike from the station – the railway line deceptively bends right round it but I seem to remember being rather breathless to make our train after our last visit in 2005.