Gillingham 3-3 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Gillingham 3-3 Southend United

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Gillingham 3-3 Southend United: match report

Gillingham drew with Southend United 3-3 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ryan Leonard opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Gillingham's goals came from Tom Eaves (56'), Tom Eaves (63') and Tom Eaves (80'). Southend United scored through Ryan Leonard (20'), Michael Kightly (65') and Simon Cox (73').

Discipline: Gillingham received 3 yellow cards; Southend United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 20th on 1 point from 3 and Southend United 14th on 4 points from 3. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Southend United 10th with 63.

Gillingham lined up in a 3-5-2 and Southend United in a 4-4-2.

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

Going into the match Gillingham's last five read L-L-D and Southend United's D-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · M. TimlinSouthend United
  • 20'Goal · Ryan LeonardSouthend United · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Mark ByrneGillingham
  • 56'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Jason DimitriouSouthend United
  • 63'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Michael KightlySouthend United · 2-2
  • 73'Goal · Simon CoxSouthend United · 2-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Theo RobinsonSouthend United
  • 80'Missed penalty · Tom EavesGillingham
  • 80'Goal · Tom EavesGillingham · 3-3
  • 87'Yellow card · S. HendrieSouthend United
  • 89'Yellow card · Connor OgilvieGillingham
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tom EavesGillingham

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gillingham 4, draws 4, Southend United 2.

Team news

Gillingham line-up (3-5-2)

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Alex Lacey, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Connor Ogilvie, Billy Bingham, Mark Byrne, Tom Eaves, Lee Martin, Liam Nash

Southend United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Oxley, Stephen Hendrie, Anton Ferdinand, John White, Michael Kightly, Michael Timlin, Jermaine McGlashan, Ryan Leonard, Jason Demetriou, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Simon Cox