Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth has praised his side after they made it 20 league games unbeaten, equalling the record they set back in 1974.

The Gills fired themselves joint-top of League Two thanks to Josh Andrews’ second goal in as many games early in the second half.

And Ainsworth, who has overseen an amazing transition at Priestfield, said: “To equal that record is some feat for this group of boys.”

“It’s not something we spoke about in the week but in 130 years of Gillingham history, to equal that longest ever unbeaten run fair play to the players. Fair play to the supporters and the staff around me.”

“They thoroughly deserve it. I’m so, so proud of them.”

With a decent crowd of almost 7000 in MEMS Priestfield, Ainsworth watched on as his side went toe to toe with a decent County side, despite missing a number of key players out injured including Armani Little and Ethan Coleman.

“Today was a real team performance. I hope everyone sees the grit, the running and the leaders.” said Ainsworth.

“This team is there for each other. There are quality moves and good football but some of the absolute ‘you aren’t scoring against us’… you can’t buy that. What a team.”

“We had some knocks this week, three midfielders out injured. We could easily have felt everything was against us.”

“They went ‘we’ll show the world with this performance’ and they did.”

“I’m so proud of them. To keep this run going is incredible. It makes selection tough because they’re all playing out of their skins.”

Ainsworth will now have a full week to work with his squad before they travel to Wales next weekend looking to make history.

With the likes of Sam Gale and Andy Smith at the back showing just what it means to play in a Gillingham shirt, the future looks very bright for all those involved with the club.