Gillingham striker Elliott Nevitt didn’t get the reception he expected at Crewe Alexandra on Saturday as he returned to his former club

Gillingham manager Mark Bonner was disappointed to see how the Crewe fans treated their striker Elliott Nevitt on Saturday.

Nevitt’s goals helped Crewe to reach the League 2 play-off final last season but he switched clubs in the summer to join the Gills.

It was Nevitt’s first time back to Crewe on Saturday since leaving and he’d been expecting a warm reception.

And while his former team-mates were quick to embrace him before the match, the home fans at Gresty Road weren’t so kind, berating the forward from start to finish.

Nevitt had a late chance to silence the home fans but Crewe goalkeeper Filip Marschall blocked his shot on a day where the Gills lacked top-end quality and lost 2-0.

Speaking post-match, Bonner said: “He got treated badly by their fans and he was absolutely brilliant here. So, yeah, that's not very good. But that's football.”

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