GillsInTheBlood
@GillsInTheBlood
Followers
8K
Following
59K
Media
7K
Statuses
101K
Dad, Ava & gang / @fanhub & Gills @FCstickersUK partner / Often on a coach / Reposts don’t = my opinion / https://t.co/RL1pEtLV9h #Gills #GFC💙
Joined January 2015
Forget the final outcome, @Coventry_City & their fans are an absolute credit to themselves & more importantly to the football league. Those at the elite of the game may keep trying to change the rules to suit the top sides, but they’ll never ever succeed in taking away the.
7
35
531
Only saved from oblivion midweek. Huge round trip there & back knowing they’ll ultimately get beat. Watching a side made up mainly of kids. Each of the 740 @OfficialBWFC fans who travelled today are a credit to themselves & their club. I salute every single one of you 👏🏻. #BWFC
9
70
521
Mental health has been rotten for weeks now, but I did the wrong thing in trying to put on a brave face, smile through it & crack on as to not let us others down. Now I’m at the point where I’m going to have to go back on medication to get back on an even keel, which I hate.
155
19
474
Was sat indoors Saturday when I got an Insta message from @VadaineOliver thanking me for my support this season. Told him no problem & he deserves all the praise he gets. He replies asking for my address so he can send this shirt. Hugely appreciated, top bloke 🙌🏻. #Gills #GFC 💙
56
15
431
Speechless, and anyone who follows me or watches my stuff knows it takes a lot for that to happen. Been doing this for almost seven years now, have loved every minute of the journey following our club. This is frankly astonishing, so thank you so much to every single one of you.
Club Specific Podcast Of The Year. Winner:.@GillsInTheBlood. Watch Live. Full Details:. #LSMAwards @LowerLeagueLook
127
16
413
I have to shed some light on something @TheGillsFC have done. Laying on my sofa feeling rubbish, my phone rings & it’s the club number. I answer & it’s @Harveylintott10 checking I’m doing ok off the back of my mental health tweet last night. It’s the little things, thank you 💙.
26
9
321
Huge credit to @BradGalinson @ShannonGalinson @Checkfish & everyone else involved for the changes made behind the Rainham End. Great to see it so full pre game today. It’s the little things that make a big difference. #Gills #GFC 💙
23
14
316
In amongst all the fall out & negativity from yesterday’s non display, there was a massive proud dad moment for me. Having sat down with Ava when we entered the ground, we were approached by @officialgtfc staff members asking if she wanted to be a flag bearer ahead of kick off &
27
9
314
So refreshing hearing opposition fans be honest & say we deserved one point yesterday & probably all three. Yes they’re a big side in L1 who ‘should’ be beating us, but they’ve been gracious enough to admit we played some good stuff & deserved more. All the best Ipswich. #ITFC.
28
4
307
Fair play to all the @SunderlandAFC fans who’ve travelled down tonight. Monumental effort from all 2,087 of them for a midweek game. Good luck for the season except versus us at the SOL 👏🏻👏🏻. #Sunderland #Mackems @RokerReport
3
30
304
Still buzzing after last night, such a joy to be a part of an evening like that. The crowd, the atmosphere, the performance all just seemed to be in sync. But during the second half, amongst all the noise, chanting & euphoria it went a little quiet. At that very point I just
22
18
272
As you all know, I was lucky enough to interview former skipper Stuart O’Keefe for the channel back in June. Off the back of that I was randomly messaged on Instagram by an individual asking if I could pass Stu’s details onto him as he was Head of Recruitment at Aldershot Town.
21
6
270
🎥 A video completely different to anything I’ve ever produced before, so fairly nervous about this one. This is me, unfiltered, sharing my life with mental health over 36 hours. 🔃 Please RT to spread the word. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters
50
73
263
Just rolled into bed. What a day!!. Alarm went off at 5am. Left the house at 5:30am. Spent nearly twelve hours on a coach to watch 90 minutes of football. Was it worth it? Absobloodylutely!!. Thank you @Rob_Mckenzie8 & @TheGillsFC 💙
13
4
258
A story…. When the club shop opened in November Ava wanted to meet Stephen Clemence but didn’t get to due to the demand to see him. Off the back of that @JoeComper got in touch & said she could come over to watch training one day to get her wish & see the gaffer. Well today
37
13
250
My only concern is the shoulders, shorts and socks may discolour slightly when they get doused in champagne at the end of the season.
21
8
252
Imagine the shock of the whole country learning Manchester United’s game plus an all Premier League tie have both been chosen for live coverage in the #FACup 3rd Round. Because clearly they don’t get enough exposure for the rest of the campaign. Bore off. #MagicOfTheCup my arse.
12
45
232
Come on Parky, you’re brighter than that. Results are based on 90 minutes, not one decision you perceive to be contentious. We were also better than just ‘long throws’ & ‘volume of balls into the box’ - you know it, & the supporters of the club you’re taking backwards know it.
'It's hugely disappointing not to get something from the game.'. 📺 Phil Parkinson's post-match reaction following today's trip to @TheGillsFC. 👇.
21
17
232
12
10
242
Back indoors, on the sofa celebrating two @TheGillsFC goals, three points & a clean sheet with a Burger King. Perfect Saturday. #Gills #GFC 💙
19
2
237
Genuinely welled up reading that statement, not afraid to admit it. Bloody love @TheGillsFC because it’s my club, every fans’ club. Fingers crossed we can unlock that potential now. Not asking for the Earth, just a competitive club/team that we can believe in. #Gills #GFC💙.
19
15
240
18
2
223
Shout out to the the 425 @officialgtfc fans who travelled to support their team yesterday. A superb effort after a tough season, hope you all had a safe journey home after watching your side earn that point. David Artell putting his stamp on things. #Grimsby #GrimsbyTown
7
13
219
1990: Waddle hits post v 🇩🇪 .1996: Anderton hits post v 🇩🇪 .1996: Gazza a stud length away v 🇩🇪 .1998: Campbell goal ruled out v 🇦🇷 .2004: Rooney breaks foot v 🇵🇹 .2010: Lampard disallowed goal v 🇩🇪 . Penalty was perhaps a tad soft, but we’ve endured enough over the years. #ENG
16
32
187
Road trip incoming!! Tickets and parking booked for me and the little person to go to Colchester on Saturday. Will be her ninth @TheGillsFC game of the season & her first ever away day. @BradGalinson @Checkfish . #Gills #GFC 💙
20
3
206
FT 1-0: Did we do enough to win it second period? Probably not. Did we deserve it based on sheer bloody mindedness & heart & desire? Maybe. Do we care. Hell no. Huge clean sheet & three points, & made up for big @VadaineOliver. #Gills #GFC 💙.
20
3
195
Congratulations to everyone connected with @OfficialRUFC on promotion yesterday. Cracking away following, all the best in the Championship. Feel free to check out our view of the game…⬇️. @rufc_pod @WillDanielsRUFC @abs_rufc @IBradders @Hannn_95x 🔴⚪️
5
25
190
Was given the terribly sad news earlier from @jack_the_gill that we today lost one of the Gills family, Canaan O’Dell. He was always smiling & would say hello if you saw him at games, & I always fondly remember his reaction after our 3-2 win over Scunthorpe back in 2017. He
12
32
192
A huge welcome to @BradGalinson & his family. Mr Scally provided plenty of wonderful moments but it’s been time for a change for a long while now. A potentially momentous day, let’s hope we have our club back & can look forward to a bigger & brighter future. #Gills #GFC 💙.
12
9
199
Back to back clean sheets since this man returned to the starting XI. No coincidence for me, absolutely first class again today. #Gills #GFC 💙. (📸 @KPI_Colin)
19
9
190
Tomorrow HAS to be about what happens on the pitch. We all have different views, but for 90 minutes let’s put them to one side & be united. United by the common goal of seeing our @TheGillsFC remain in League 1. We have to be loud, be together. One final push. #Gills #GFC💙
0
30
192
I have just been made aware of some chanting that’s been picked up in the background of todays Match Day Live video. I want to make it clear that those chants are not a representation of myself or my channel so would like to say sorry to anyone associated with #Millwall that.
31
8
188
To say my wife doesn’t like football is a massive understatement, but she has smashed it with these custom hoodies. Photo was taken by @PaigeLauren91 walking to Walsall last season & we both absolute love them. #Gills #GFC 💙
29
4
187
📊 A close look at Harry Pell’s display yesterday: . 8️⃣1️⃣ minutes played ⏰.7️⃣8️⃣% pass completion 😎.1️⃣ assist 🅰️.3️⃣8️⃣ % duels won ⚔️.4️⃣ fouls 🤦🏻♂️.1️⃣ yellow card 🟨.2️⃣ shoves behind the officials back 🙌🏻.3️⃣ elbows ✊🏻.2️⃣5️⃣6️⃣ chases of the ref whining 😭.0️⃣ points 👎🏻. #Gills #GFC 💙.
24
9
189
📝 DONE DEAL: Some more much needed creativity has today been added to the squad with the arrival of Mansfield Town midfielder @GeorgeLapslie. The former Charlton Athletic man has joined for an undisclosed fee. Welcome to the club. #Gills #GFC 💙
12
9
188
↗️ Huge congratulations to @leytonorientfc on gaining promotion last night 👏🏻 . Enjoy it 🙌🏻. @OrientOutlook @jackwill2310 @LSwallow74 @parkesey1881 @LO_Podcast @CharlieKelman0 . #LOFC #OneOrient .
15
14
182
The happiest of Happy Birthdays to @Checkfish, a man who has helped breathe life back into our beloved football club in recent months. Looks to me like he’s contemplating between and Indian or a Chinese for dinner. #Gills #GFC 💙
14
6
183
Absolutely abhorrent behaviour. No place for it in society, let alone at a football match. Please understand that this despicable individual doesn’t represent the entire fan base. Apologies to Omar & all at @NewportCounty from sad & embarrassed Gillingham fan 💙.
Club Statement. #NCAFC🧡🖤.
0
16
180
Baffling how skin colour, sexual orientation or what bits & bobs someone has is an issue. If a person, any person, likes football & want to come watch games, they can. If a female wants to work as a physio for a men's team, she can. Too many insecure & prehistoric idiots about.
Club Statement. #Gills.
21
19
180
Social media is certainly a place that can be very toxic & sometimes spiteful. However, yesterday I got to see the VERY BEST of it in response to my post about mental health. Over 40 private messages & over 150 replies wishing me well, offering advice, to meet up for a coffee,.
Mental health has been rotten for weeks now, but I did the wrong thing in trying to put on a brave face, smile through it & crack on as to not let us others down. Now I’m at the point where I’m going to have to go back on medication to get back on an even keel, which I hate.
19
7
177
It’s not about money & television rights. It’s about habit, routine, friendship & togetherness. Walking the same route, seeing the same faces. It’s not always pretty & we don’t always win, but it’s real. It’s a sense of belonging. Stick your #EuropeanSuperLeague. #Gills #GFC 💙
16
18
176
Fair play to the #SAFC fans who travelled yesterday, something about them feels slightly different to the last three seasons. Resolute. Feel free to check out our view of the game below….⬇️. @RokerReport @SpeakSAFC @bradsafc @JS1994 @WhatTheFalkPod 🔴⚪️.
4
8
168
This is what you have to work with & for as a fan base @BradGalinson. Give us something to be proud of & we will turn up in our thousands, travel the country & back you & your club, OUR CLUB, to the hilt. You have seen the potential first hand now, it is huge. #Gills #GFC 💙
7
16
178
📝 DONE DEAL: The club have today added yet more creativity to the squad with the return home of prodigal son Bradley Dack. Seven years on from his departure, he arrives on a free transfer having left Sunderland at the end of last season. Welcome (back) to the club Dacky. #Gills
14
10
176
One month ago it was announced @BradGalinson & @ShannonGalinson had taken control of our club. A club bereft of any hope or real direction. A club heading one way. In that month things have changed immeasurably on & off the pitch. Our club has its identity back. #Gills #GFC💙
6
13
172
🎥 We all get frustrated with our football teams, but seeing this on Saturday really gives a sense of perspective. Nobody should go to a football match & not come back home 💔. #Bradford #BradfordCity #BCAFC 🐓 .
18
14
173
4
72
157
📝 DONE DEAL: The club have today added yet more ammunition to their front line with the signing of @macauleybonne. The former Leyton Orient, Charlton, QPR & Ipswich man arrives on a free transfer. Welcome to the club. #Gills #GFC 💙
10
4
164
So, here we are again. The first steps on a journey to hopefully get to where we all want to be. The early starts, the late finishes, the car, coach or train journeys up & down the country in the cold, wind or rain. That pre match ritual, that first glimpse of the ground,
3
7
163
It’s been confirmed by the man himself that @VadaineOliver will be heading back North this summer:. 9️⃣3️⃣ appearances⚽️.7️⃣4️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ minutes played ⏰.8️⃣0️⃣ mins per game⌚️.3️⃣1️⃣ goals 🥅.1️⃣2️⃣ winners 🙌🏾 .1️⃣3️⃣ assists 🅰️.9️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ aerial duels won ✈️ . What a two seasons 💥. #Gills #GFC 💙
32
13
162
Doctors appointment done, prescribed 20mg for a month and will then reassess. Still struggling a little to come to terms with the fact I’ve got to rely on medication, but as various people have said I wouldn’t hesitate to chug a couple of paracetamol for a headache. Living and
28
2
160
42 years old today, currently sat in the garden wondering where the time goes. Life forever seems to quickening up as I try desperately to slow down. Not because I’m that old, but because as the years advance you try to appreciate things a bit more. And not just the big
67
2
158
📝 DONE DEAL: The club have further bolstered their defensive ranks with the addition of recently released Millwall left back @ScottyMalone28. The former Southend, Cardiff, Fulham & Derby man joins after three years in SE16. Welcome to the club. #Gills #GFC 💙
12
11
153
Start of this season was tough for all of us, but one big positive was this one’s interest in coming to cheer on the boys. Now up to 16 games for the campaign, she is now - along with daddy - a @TheGillsFC season ticket holder for 2023/24. Bring it on. #Gills #GFC 💙
17
7
157
A tiny video, & such a simple task. But for myself as a football loving dad this means the world, Ava continually wanting to come to games with her old man & now having her very own season ticket so she can walk through the turnstiles @TheGillsFC on her own without having me
14
4
153
People have their opinions on the Checkatrade Trophy & that’s ok, but after reading stuff from Pompey & Sunderland fans this week, are you telling me you really wouldn’t be excited about a Wembley trip if we made the final? I bloody know I would. Enjoy @RokerReport @PompeyNewsNow.
9
9
147
Massive credit to Stephen Clemence for tonight. First ten minutes I feared we were going to be too passive once again, but from conceding the opener we were absolutely superb. Tactically got things spot on in terms of system & personnel; those who came into the XI all had a.
14
8
150
Imagine how many club statements would be going out from lower league clubs every time they were the victim of the dodgy officiating call…. Laughable & embarrassing.
Club statement.
15
5
142
When the season ended Ava was disappointed that @_ConnorMahoney wasn’t guaranteed to stay at the club due to being on loan. I happened to mention this to him in conversation & he immediately said he would send her a shirt as a memento. It duly turned up today, complete with a
18
5
148
A huge thank you to everyone who continues to check in & see how I’m doing, it hasn’t gone unnoticed & pleased to report I am going the right way now. Side effects from the medication have pretty much subsided & had no headaches or nausea for a few days. On top of that my
39
1
141
🔹Three games in charge of Cambridge. 🔹Scored twice in each. 🔹Has taken four points from six when conceding first. 🔹Seven points from nine in total. 🔹All in League 1. People can tell me to move on, but I said at the time his sacking was ludicrous. Since then I’ve seen.
49
7
147
I’ve been very vocal with my doubts surrounding Stephen Clemence, but credit where credit is due. We are not going to suddenly become free scoring, but six points from the last two games with back to back clean sheets & 39 shots (11 on target) fashioned is a step in the right.
24
6
149
To have him & his commentary linked to one of our biggest results ever is something that will never be forgotten. He just so effortlessly caught every single moment he commentated on with that distinctive & familiar tone. Iconic.
10
30
141