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ActionGillinghams quest for promotion glory from League Twowas dealt a serious blow yesterday, as the Gills lost 3-0 to relegation strugglers Grimsby Town at Blundell Park.Jean-Louis Akpra Akpros strike on 33 minutesgavethe home sidea 1-0 lead, after following up a shot from Nick Hegarty which had struck the post.Up until that moment, it had been all Gillingham, with the hosts offering little in attack.Grimsby started better after the interval, and made it a double on 57 minutes. Hegarty received the ball in the area and placedit past Gills keeper SimonRoyce.The away side went on steaming on in desperate pursuit of an equaliser, but it wasnt to be, as things only got worse.A miserable day forGillinghamgot even worseas BarryConlan swept the ball home from close range in ther closing stages of the game.ReactionGillingham manager Mark Stimson was expectant that his sides unbeaten run wouldnt last too long, saying that his players simplywerent capable of keeping it up all the way to the end of the season.He said: I expected to get something from the game because of the run of form were in but the players are only humans.There was no way the run was going to last until the end of the season. There were a few people who might have got excited and carried away with it but second top versus second bottom can always be a bit of a banana skin.However, Stimmo went on to praise his teams performance in their last few games, and was in an optimistic mood for the remaining seven matches.The Gills bo s added: The team has been absolutely phenomenal for the last eight games and you have to give credit to them. They werent anywhere near what theyve been like in the last eight games but thats football.They dont Nick Niemann Jersey go out there to not put up a real good performance and it just wasnt to be and well get over it.There are seven games to go and if we can get the place rocking like Grimsby did then Im sure we will have a really enjoyable last seven games.quotes: