Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Gillingham 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Gillingham lost to Shrewsbury Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 23 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sullay Kaikai opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Cody McDonald (45+3') and J. Hessenthaler (61'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Sullay Kaikai (16'), Andy Mangan (56') and J. Akpa Akpro (81').

Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 7th on 69 points from 43 and Shrewsbury Town 20th on 47 points from 42. Gillingham went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Shrewsbury Town 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gillingham wins, 4 draws and 4 for Shrewsbury Town.

Going into the match Gillingham's last five read D-L-L-D-D and Shrewsbury Town's L-D-L-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Sullay KaikaiShrewsbury Town · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Zak WhitbreadShrewsbury Town
  • 35'Yellow card · Aaron MorrisGillingham
  • 44'Yellow card · James WesolowskiShrewsbury Town
  • 45+3'Goal · Cody McDonaldGillingham · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Andy ManganShrewsbury Town · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · J. HessenthalerGillingham · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · J. Akpa AkproShrewsbury Town · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Jack HendryShrewsbury Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · J. Akpa AkproShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 2, draws 4, Shrewsbury Town 4.

Team news

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, John Egan, Max Ehmer, Aaron Morris, Bradley Garmston, Jake Hessenthaler, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright, Deji Oshilaja, Cody McDonald, Luke Norris

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Zak Whitbread, Jack Grimmer, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Jack Hendry, Sullay Kaikai, James Wesolowski, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Andrew Mangan, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro