Stephen Robinson savoured “a fantastic performance” after his St Mirren side eased to their biggest away win over Hibernian for 39 years.The Buddies ran out convincing 3-0 victors in the Premiership, with first-half goals from Alex Gogic, Greg Kiltie and Mikael Mandron putting the feeble hosts to the sword.Saints – who won by the same scoreline in their last away match against ...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson was pleased to avoid an upset against Queen of the South and progress into the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.St Mirren dominated their League One opponents and prevented them from having a shot on target but had to wait until the 71st minute to seal the win.Alex Gogic was left completely unmarked in the box to head home Greg Kiltie’s cross and ease any nervousness amongs...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence felt his Gillingham side had got “quite a few monkeys off our back” after coming from behind to win for the first time this season – 2-1 at Accrington.The Gills made it three wins on the bounce and closed in on the play-off places with the victory.Accrington teenager Alex Henderson opened the scoring in the 50th minute on his first Sky Bet League Two start, hea...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence was proud of his Gillingham players despite going down 4-0 to the Premier League’s bottom side Sheffield United in the FA Cup.Doubles from William Osula and James McAtee saw the Blades into the fourth round at the expense of their League Two opponents.But the Gills gave as good as they got for large parts of the game and Clemence took heart from the performance.“I&rs...Full Story »

Head coach Stephen Clemence was pleased with Gillingham’s performance and result after they won 1-0 at Colchester to record back-to-back wins in League Two.Scott Malone grabbed the all-important winner in the 54th minute when he collected Dom Jefferies’ pass and escaped Jayden Fevrier’s challenge near the touchline before advancing into the area and planting a deflected shot pa...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Stephen Clemence hailed his team’s mentality shift after League Two’s lowest scorers carved out a 1-0 win over struggling 10-man Sutton.Substitute Scott Malone’s screamer with 18 minutes remaining proved the difference after Sutton’s Harry Smith was sent off midway through the first half at Priestfield Stadium.It is the first time the Gills have found the ...Full Story »

Stephen Clemence admitted that his mentor Steve Bruce would not have been impressed at Gillingham’s defending after sloppy work at the back led to a 2-0 home defeat to Bradford.Goals from Jamie Walker and Andy Cook were enough to clinch a fifth straight win for Graham Alexander’s side, handing Clemence his first home league defeat since he took over at the start of November.The forme...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson jumped to the defence of Mark O’Hara after the St Mirren skipper missed a second-half penalty in the goalless draw with Motherwell.O’Hara had his spot-kick parried away by Liam Kelly shortly after half-time, and the Buddies then survived a number of close-calls as the visitors failed to take advantage of four one-on-one opportunities.St Mirren slipped to fourth in th...Full Story »

Bottom side Livingston wasted the chance to pick up a much-needed cinch Premiership win against Kilmarnock after Bruce Anderson missed a late penalty.The Lions struggled to penetrate in a hard-fought encounter and Anderson failed to capitalise from 12 yards in the 82nd minute after Stuart Findlay was penalised for handball.The only consolation for Livingston was that the draw at least stopped th...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson hailed Jonah Ayunga’s performance as St Mirren moved back into third place in the table with a 2-0 defeat of Ross County.Ayunga’s goal was his first since a serious knee injury that kept him out for almost a year and gave Saints a two-goal cushion following Ryan Leak’s own goal.Robinson praised the Englishman’s perseverance – and the club’s me...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Stephen Clemence hailed his side’s high standards after they cruised into the third round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win over League One Charlton.The Priestfield Stadium came alive in the 26th minute when former Charlton man Macauley Bonne, who made a move to the Gills in the summer, netted against his former club.Timothee Dieng caught the Addicks defence sleeping again and d...Full Story »

Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence was delighted with the resilience his players showed in unusual circumstances in their last-gasp 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon.The match was delayed by 23 minutes due to floodlight failure at the Priestfield Stadium midway through the second half after a power cut hit the local area.After the players went back to the changing rooms for a time, there was a ...Full Story »

Stephen Robinson praised the character of his St Mirren side after they bounced back from their crushing defeat to Dundee by defeating Livingston in the cinch Premiership.Sean Kelly’s first-half own goal settled a hard-fought encounter in which Saints passed up a number of good chances to win by a greater margin.Robinson’s team remain third in the table having ended a run of three ga...Full Story »

Leyton Orient had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Wigan in a lively encounter at Brisbane Road.Both sides struck in an end-to-end first half.Wigan spurned a golden opportunity to take the lead in the opening minute when Orient goalkeeper Sol Brynn brought down Sean Clare in the area.Stephen Humphrys drilled his spot-kick against an upright and the ball rolled to safety.The hosts then went ahead af...Full Story »

Stephen Kenny has admitted he does not expect to continue as Republic of Ireland manager when his future is decided next week.The 52-year-old’s current contract effectively ended with Tuesday night’s 1-1 friendly draw against New Zealand in Dublin and the Football Association of Ireland’s board will meet next week to decide whether to stick or twist.Public support for Kenny&rsq...Full Story »

Stephen Kenny is confident the foundation is in place for a brighter future for the Republic of Ireland despite seeing their disappointing Euro 2024 campaign fizzle out in the Netherlands.Ireland knew before kick-off at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam that they would not be going to next summer’s finals after their feint hopes of snatching a play-off spot had finally been extinguished....Full Story »

Stephen Clemence pledged to lift the shackles on low-scoring Gillingham after they powered past Salford in a 3-1 victory.Goals from Connor Mahoney, Tom Nichols and Dom Jefferies earned victory in Clemence’s first home league game at the helm.Clemence has inherited the joint-least potent attack in Sky Bet League Two and the Gills had only scored more than one goal in a game only twice befor...Full Story »

Gillingham marked Stephen Clemence’s first home league game in charge with a 3-1 victory over Salford.On-loan midfielder Connor Mahoney fired the hosts in front after 22 minutes when he curled his left-footed shot into the bottom corner.Their lead lasted just 16 minutes as Salford striker Matt Smith rose above defender Shad Ogie to meet Ryan Watson’s cross and head past Jake Turner.A...Full Story »

Barnet missed the chance to close the gap on National League leaders Chesterfield after a 2-0 home defeat to fifth-placed Gateshead.Stephen Wearne’s brace left the Bees five points behind the Spireites, who lost at Southend.Gateshead opened the scoring two minutes into the second half through Wearne.Despite missing from 20 yards earlier on, Wearne grabbed his second 20 minutes later, takin...Full Story »

Wigan were held to a 1-1 draw at lowly Cheltenham after Stephen Humphrys missed a second-half penalty.Latics led through Lewis Freestone’s early own goal, but Liam Sercombe levelled for the home side from the spot before half-time.Humphrys had the chance to win it for Wigan in the 64th minute, but his weak spot-kick was comfortably gathered by Luke Southwood.Wigan started well, with Freest...Full Story »