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Lee earns gritty Gills second tilt at the Cats

By Nick Loughlin

GILLINGHAM boss Steve Evans was not entirely happy with a draw on Wearside after Olly Lee’s early second-half goal cancelled out Aiden
McGeady’s opener.
Despite the Gills upsetting the odds to earn another crack at Sunderland, the jovial Scot believed his side should have won at the first time of asking.
“On the basis of 90 minutes I’m not happy with a draw,” he revealed. “Their goal was a deflection, my goalkeeper says that.
“We have to have belief and character here and we could have won the second half more than 1-0.
“We...

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