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GILLINGHAM are hoping their big day at Wembley tomorrow (Saturday) will mean promotion to the League One championship after facing Shrewsbury Town in the League Two play-off final.
Mark Stimson’s side will reflect on their previous Wembley success against Wigan Athletic in 2000 which gained Gillingham promotion to Division One - English football's second tier - now known as the Coca Cola Championship after its rebranding in 2004.
Finishing fifth in this year’s League Two championship and 10 points behind London champions Brentford, the Gills’ run of three wins and a draw from their final six league games has given the Kent club confidence of returning to League One after last season’s relegation.
And while Gillingham’s top scorer Simeon Jackson is in good form with 19 league goals this season and scoring twice in the League Two play-off semi final victory against Rochdale, Stimson is hoping to avenge the club’s 7-0 defeat at Shrewsbury earlier in the campaign.
Gillingham manager Stimson told the Kent Messenger: “We got bashed at their place and we drew at home and hopefully it’s now our turn to win one.”
Although if Gillingham are to beat the Shrews at Wembley, they may have to do it without midfielder Adam Miller who returns to the squad but is struggling for full fitness after injury.
Gillingham’s return to the north-west London stadium - formerly known as the Twin Towers - is at 3pm tomorrow, with coverage of the Medway team's trip to Wembley on BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Radio Kent.
