Gills Ladies Reserves fought back to gain a creditable draw at home to Charlton Ladies Reserves in a tricky league game.

They took the lead in the second minute thanks to a great strike from Alex Witham before Charlton equalised through Stef Simmons. The visitors then went on to take the lead in the second half with Sam Rowland scoring the goal, before the Reserves hit back with a late goal from Temi.

With the original tie being postponed in November the rearranged fixture did not disappoint for the two sides as they served up an entertaining score draw.

Manager Becky Lyon had barely taken her seat in the dugout and her side were going 1-0 up thanks to some fine team play.

It started with a great ball from Liv McGregor to Temi, and then again from Temi to Alex Witham. She then fired her bullet shot straight into the top corner from 18 yards out.

They could have gone further ahead in the 10th minute when Whitney Judd saw her effort crash back off the cross bar from an Amy Russ corner.

Charlton began to put some pressure on the Reserves backline and in the 21st minute Megan Chandler forced Jess Nunn into a great save.

Alex Witham then went close again five minutes later but she saw her shot expertly saved by xxx in the Charlton goal, as it looked like it was going to fly into the top corner. Shortly afterwards Whitney Judd broke into the box but saw her effort go slightly wide on the volley.

Jessica Nunn was called into action in the 37th minute to make a great save from Simmons after her run saw her into the Gills box.

The final chance of the half fell to the Reserves, some great work between Liv McGregor and Temi saw a Whitney Judd header well saved.

Half Time 1-0

In the second half things didn’t quite go to plan for the Reserves as they conceded two goals and had to come from behind to salvage a deserved point.

Charlton got back into the game with 65 minutes on the clock thanks to an absolutely cracking strike from Stef Simmons that Jess Nunn had no chance with.

Five minutes later and the Reserves were lucky not to find themselves behind for the first time in the game, when Amy Merricks hacked a shot off of her own line.

The Gills did have a number of half chances in the middle of the second half, as Temi fired over and then they missed from six yards as both teams began to tire.

With ten minutes left to go a Temi free-kick was saved by the Charlton keeper, she then sent her team on the attack and the Gills defence was torn apart as Sam Rowland fired home to make it 1-2.

However, the Gills were not to be beaten and their ‘never say die’ attitude came to the fore as they went in search of the equaliser.

It came with just four minutes on the clock, a goal mouth scramble saw the ball fall to the feet of Temi and she made no mistake and slotted home to make it 2-2.

The Reserves still had time for one last chance and a great shot from distance from Amy Russ was comfortably saved by the keeper.

Full Time 2-2

Gills: Nunn, Merricks, Jackson, Lynch, Bolden, Judd, Russ, McGregor, Witham, Goodall (Abbott, 80), Temi

Subs not used: Lester, Overton