Bradley Dack came so close to a winner for Gillingham on Friday night against Cheltenham Town

Bradley Dack was left fuming after missing the chance to score a last-gasp winner at Priestfield.

The Gillingham midfielder has seen little action since returning this season – with fitness holding him back - but he’s come off the bench in the last three games and was agonisingly close to scoring a winner on Friday night.

Dack hits the bar in extra time! #Gills pic.twitter.com/oh73xutfhi

With the match level at 2-2, Dack was gifted a chance from the edge of the box four minutes into stoppage time after Cheltenham goalie Joe Day punched Shad Ogie’s deep cross into his path, but the volleyed effort came off the bar and into the keeper’s hands.

It would have been a special moment for Dack, who has yet to make an impact since his much-hyped return.

“He was fuming at the end,” said Gills boss Mark Bonner.

“It would have been nice but it wasn’t to be. We'll have to wait for that moment but I'm sure it will come soon.

“He's trained really well, his character's very good and he's obviously a really talented player.

“He's making everyone better around him and that's why we just have to hope we can keep getting him out there and keep building him up.

“He'll be a big player for us, he's got lots of qualities that will serve us really well, if we can keep him out there.”

Gillingham didn’t have a lot of luck with that goal in front of the Rainham End on Friday night.

While Dack’s effort stayed out after hitting the woodwork, in the first half a free-kick from Cheltenham’s Luke Young went in off the post.

“You have to just laugh,” said the Gills boss, who had watched Young’s effort cancel out Jayden Clarke’s opener.

“You think: ‘Blimey, that is unbelievable how that's ended up in there’. Almost the same where I laugh at the end where