Gillingham 2 Accrington Stanley 0: Reaction from Gills boss Gareth Ainsworth after League Two victory at Priestfield

Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth welcomed a much-improved home showing but isn’t getting carried away with their Easter Monday win over Accrington.

A 2-0 victory over another side with little to play for this season did end Gillingham’s six-game winless run and it was their first home victory in their last six outings at Priestfield.

Report: Gillingham 2 Accrington 0

Goals from Andy Smith and Garath McCleary, either side of the break, finally brought them some home joy.

Ainsworth said: “I'm not going to hide. We haven't been great at times. I think there's a bit of pressure. I think over the years, this club has been guilty of not performing at home really well and for one reason or another, we've got to address that. We have to make that work.

“I can look at it and go, ‘I know why’ and that's really good as a manager. When there's reasons and they're not all just bad footballing reasons. There's other reasons around that.

“We'll do our absolute utmost to get this right next year. We've beaten Accrington at home. We're not going to get carried away with that because although they're sitting around us in the league, I believe we should be winning games at home.

“We’re Gillingham, this is Priestfield. I love this place. We're a good club in this league, and we should be winning our home games.

“One win does not make a season. It's brilliant, and I'm so pleased to be able to deliver to the Gillingham fans, especially on Easter Monday, which is always a special football day.”

He added: “Thank you fans for staying with us and thanks for the cheers.”

Accrington have struggled in front of goal themselves and didn’t look like scoring at Priestfield. They didn’t have a shot on target.

Smith headed in the opener from a corner