Manager Steve Evans' reaction after Stevenage claim a point against his former club Gillingham at Priestfield

‘Three poor teams’ was how Stevenage boss Steve Evans described the match against his old side Gillingham.

Evans felt Saturday's encounter a scrappy game, was disappointed in the quality shown from his own men and certainly annoyed at the officials - believing his visiting Stevenage side should have had two penalties.

It was Evans’ first time back at Priestfield after two and a half years in charge of the Gills. The 1-1 draw kept his Stevenage team top of League 2.

Reacting, Evans said: “We said to the boys all week it’s cup final day isn’t it? Steve Evans comes to Priestfield and Neil (Harris) doesn’t need to do a team-talk, really.

“I thought two teams worked really hard, it was a poor spectacle if you are watching as a neutral in blustery conditions. If I summed it up, three poor teams. We were poor, Gillingham aren’t a good team and the official were shocking.

“We are not questioning effort, determination, wanting to win, we had two penalties second half (that weren’t awarded), certainly the one on (Alex) Gilbey is clear-cut. I thought we had a bad day from the official (Ross Joyce). Am I questioning the integrity? No, FA, I am not, I am just saying that he is not very good most times we get him.

“We scored against the run of play, not wanting to get people carried away in Kent thinking that Gillingham dominated the game, it was a scrappy, nothing in it, we scored and to be fair they got back in it with nothing in the game.”

Evans swapped a defender for a midfielder in the second half and Stevenage asked plenty of questions but the Gills stood strong. Late in the game Harris switched formation to shore up his defence and keep hold of the point.

“We tried to win it second half, we made positive changes, we make the