Gillingham’s losing run was extended after conceding twice in stoppage-time at troubled Crawley Town.
Two out-of-form teams played out an uneventful first half, and it looked to be heading for a stalemate before Taylor Richards and Tobi Adeyemo struck in added-on time.
The Gills had lost their previous four games prior to their trip to Crawley Town and it’s now five in a row.
Relegation-threatened Crawley had a new man at the helm following Scott Lindsey’s sacking following a 10-game winless run.
They turned to former Turkish international striker Colin Kazim-Richards to try and keep them above the League Two drop zone - starting his tenure against The Gills.
With Armani Little missing for Gillingham through suspension, Bradley Dack took the captain’s armband for the match - a week on from his stinging criticism of some team-mates after their loss to Bristol Rovers.
The Gills went into the fixture on a poor run of form, and more enforced changes, as manager Gareth Ainsworth was without experienced centre-half Omar Beckles.
Shad Ogie and Jonny Williams dropped out of the squad as teenager Harry Waldock started in midfield again and fellow youngster Michael Luxton came into the squad.
Senior players McKenzie, Coleman and Antwi remained out injured.
Three was another change in goal, which saw Glenn Morris back between the sticks to face a club where he had previously made over 250 league appearances.
Morris didn’t have too much work to do in a first half that lacked quality.
His only save of the first 45 came when he got down well at his near post to keep out a shot from Ade Adeyemo, the Crawley player beating Max Clark to create the opening.
Gillingham’s only on-target effort of the first half came with the last bit of
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