DORSET PREMIER LEAGUE
SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 2026
VERWOOD TOWN 2 GILLINGHAM TOWN 0

A resurgent Gillingham Town opened well and had us pegged back in the first five minutes. Pope and Bentley coped with an aerial barrage while Middlewick and Norris curbed a couple of flank attacks.

We settled. Craciun and Lane had the GT defence shuttling back and the keeper did well to taker a Barton effort heading for the roof of the net.

Weather conditions didn’t help passing on the deck. So, for a chunk of time the ball was in play, it was a stiff neck for spectators..

17 gone Bentley surged through the middle opening up GT’s defence. His chip found Kerr and a glancing header brought out a great save by the keeper.

On 28 minutes a scramble in the GT box was half cleared. Kerr swivelled to hammer the ball past the keeper 1-0.

The rain by now was driving down causing a few slip ups.

In the last few minutes, we had three corners on the trot but a resilient GT managed to clear each one.

Half Time 1-0

Rain had eased slightly for the re start. NASA launches continued though keeping both defences busy in each third.

11 minutes on the clock Craciun broke through a tight defence and a left foot volley was palmed out by the keeper. A half clearance fell on the edge of the area. Lane blasted a right footer into the roof of the net. 2-0.

We earned more possession with hard effort. GT break’s caused concern but on the day we defended well with Pope and Bentley catching the eye with a solid performance.

28 minutes saw Knott getting dry in the dug out, with Best conversely getting wet.

40 minutes, Lane gave way for Found.

The game spilled into 5 minutes of extra time but the score line remained in our favour.

Result. 2-0.