Swindon Town 3 Gillingham 3: Timothee Dieng, Will Wright and Tom Nichols score for the Gills while Jonathan Williams and Charlie Austin (2) net for the Robins

Gillingham were leading 3-1 against Swindon Town but had to settle for a point from a League 2 thriller.

The Gills scored three goals in 13 minutes to cancel out Jonathan Williams’ 57-second opener as Timothee Dieng levelled, Will Wright scored from the spot and Tom Nichols added a third during a frantic opening to the match. It was a lead they couldn’t hold onto.

Swindon's Charlie Austin fired home from the penalty spot in the second half and then headed in to make it 3-3 before Saidou Khan was sent off for Swindon late on for a second bookable offence.

Gillingham boss Neil Harris named an unchanged team for the third match running, following back-to-back 2-0 wins.

Play-off chasing Swindon had a couple of weeks off with frozen pitches while the Gills had been turning their season around, beating Grimsby 5-0 in their previous match, at home.

It was a dream start for Swindon as they struck with less than a minute gone. Just 57 seconds had been played when Jonathan Williams’ volley crept into the bottom corner after Robbie McKenzie’s headed clearance from Remeao Hutton’s cross fell nicely for him.

The Gills weren’t down for long and in the third minute they were level as Tom Nichol’s right-sided cross was nodded in by Timothee Dieng.

It got better for the visitors and they had a bit of good fortune as home defender Frazer Blake-Tracy was adjudged to have handled Max Ehmer’s point-blank shot inside the box. Referee Paul Howard pointed to the spot to the frustration of the hosts.

Blake-Tracy was still in the referee’s ear - claiming Ehmer’s powerful effort hit him in the face - as Gills defender Will Wright rolled the penalty into the bottom corner to give his side a 2-1 ninth-minute lead.

It was 3-1 to Gillingham after a