Gillingham’s Max Clark turns focus to weekend game against Notts County with team riding high in the League 2 table

Gillingham penalty hero Max Clark insists the team aren’t looking beyond their next challenge after a super start to the campaign.

Clark scored in stoppage time at Bromley to preserve Gillingham’s unbeaten start to the season and maintain their place at the top of the League 2 table.

The defender has been with the club since the summer of 2023, joining after winning promotion with Stevenage, and knows all too well what can happen if that early-season form starts to fade.

Gillingham have topped the table early on during the past two seasons before finishing 11th in 2023/24 and 17th in the last campaign.

A 2-2 draw at Bromley, from 2-0 down inside 12 minutes, made it seven without loss at the start of the new season - and now 16 games unbeaten since manager Gareth Ainsworth took charge towards the end of last season.

It’s going well so far, but Clark said: “It’s so early, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

“We just want to go out there and enjoy playing together, putting things that we’ve practised in pre-season out there.

“Every game is a different task. It was more of a fight in there [at Bromley] and this week against Notts County they will look to come and play and we’ll address that.

“With this gaffer, he won’t ever let you get too far ahead of yourself. It doesn’t matter where you are in the league now.

“We’re still learning, still developing and still putting what he wants on out there.

“We’re not going ahead of ourselves. We’re too early on in the season and we know that.

“We’ve got a great group of lads in there that won’t ever let anyone rest.”

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The Gills had to fight to the finish at Bromley having conceded twice early on. Josh Andrews pulled a goal back in the second half and Clark converted in