| 0¹ | A accurate pass was collected by BURRELL and his right foot effort raced narrowly over. |
| 6¹ | SCARLES headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. |
| 8¹ | A neatly crafted pass from HARNESS was hit goalbound by BURRELL only for the 'keeper to block. |
| 13¹ | LOWE fluffed an easy chance. |
| 15¹ | PAJAZITI beat MILOSAVLJEVIC and hit the ball to ASSAL who blasted his shot wide. |
| 23¹ | COYLE knocked the ball to ASSAL who forced it just beyond the near post. |
| 24¹ | A twenty yard drive from BURRELL caused SIDKLEV little difficulty. |
| 28¹ | A great effort from MOUZAKITIS scraped the outside of the post. |
| 39¹ | A corner fell to ASSAL who forced an effort just beyond the far post. |
| 40¹ | An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Gillingham 'keeper by LOWE. |
| 45¹ | GOAL!! An energetic BURRELL ran down the left wing and touched the ball back for ASSAL to hammer home. (1-0 Gillingham)| 2² | A shot from LOWE held little difficulty for the 'keeper. | | 4² | A shot from SCARLES was booted off the line by McKENZIE. | | 5² | HARNESS was put clear by HOUGHTON and he dummied the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide. | | 5² | The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Rochdale's LOWE. | | 10² | ASSAL rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Rochdale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. | | 13² | A left foot shot from BURRELL was pushed over by SIDKLEV. | | 14² | The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from ARMSTRONG dropped just over. | | 15² | LOWE waltzed round CHAMBERS and rattled a tame shot past the post. | | 35² | A perfect strike from SCARLES was dealt with by a fine parry from MATTHEWS. | | 44² | BURRELL fired a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out. | |