Gillingham’s Jonny Williams hasn’t written off their chances of promotion this season despite current poor form in League Two

Jonny Williams insists Gillingham can still mount a promotion push this season despite their poor run of form.

The Gills slipped to a 2-0 defeat at high-flying Swindon on New Year’s Day, extending their winless run to nine matches, but Williams believes the table still offers encouragement and belief remains strong inside the dressing room.

He said: “The gap is small…it’s reachable at the moment. We have to hold on to that and look to win the next game.

“There’s always that belief. There is definitely a belief that we can go on a run.

“You win two or three games in this league, you’re in the mix again, or you’re around it.

“I just want to be fighting for something at the end of the season, whether it’s fighting to stay in the play-offs, taking it to the wire where we can.

“I think we can do it. Not one team has really scared us.”

Williams, 32, joined the Gills in the summer of 2023, hoping to be part of something special.

It’s not worked out as he’d imagined, so far.

He said: “The first year (after signing) we took it to the end and apart from the last game of the season, we had something to play for.

“We were fighting to get in the play-offs and that is where I’d want to be. I think what we’d all want to be is having something to play for at the end of the season.

“There’s so many points to play for now. We have to keep believing that we can win two or three in a row.”

Gillingham missed the chance to close the gap on the top seven after Sunday’s game at Notts County was postponed because of a frozen pitch.

Williams felt Gillingham were unfortunate to leave Swindon empty-handed after a strong showing last time out.

“We were really good first half, but we’ve got to score in the moments,” he said.

“We created a number of