Midfielder Jonny Williams on turning goalshy Gillingham into a team full of goals after opening-day 4-1 win over Carlisle United

Gillingham midfielder Jonny Williams hopes last weekend’s four-goal opening-day salvo was the start of things to come.

Williams failed to find the net throughout the whole of last season - he got 10 the year before at Swindon - but struck a sweet fourth for the Gills in their 4-1 home win over much-fancied Carlisle United.

The Gills have struggled to score and entertain in the last three years, scoring just 35 goals when they were relegated from League 1 in 2022.

They managed just one more goal than that on their return to League 2 and then netted just 46 times last season when only bottom side Forest Green scored less.

However, Gillingham’s opening game of 2024/25 suggests fans could be in for better times ahead.

Williams said: “We didn’t score four last year and it was great to start the season with four goals at home, scoring at both ends of the pitch, something we struggled with last season.

“It was a long break from the Doncaster game (at the end of the previous campaign) a lot of mixed emotions from last season.

“All we could do was work hard over the summer. The boys look fit and strong and hungry to do something. We scored four goals, it’s just three points, and we have to back that up now this week.

“We are working really hard to be a more attacking team this year and one that fans will want to come and watch and be entertained.

“If we can score four at home every week it will be quite busy! We want to build on it. We are not going to score four every week but we want to have more opportunities, more box entries, more crosses, more shots, take more risks and you never know.

“We want to be exciting to watch, we want to attack and score goals. There will be some games that are tight where we have to grind it out