Sunderland 1-1 Gillingham

Sunderland and Gillingham must try again after a dour FA Cup first-round draw at the Stadium of Light.

The sides will replay in Kent a week on Tuesday, after 90 tedious minutes failed to find a winner with both sides scoring thanks to goalkeeping howlers.

Phil Parkinson's Black Cats took a 15th-minute lead when Aiden McGeady's low shot from the edge of the area seemed to be routine for keeper Jack Bonham, but he misjudged the roll of the ball and it slowly went under his dive.

The Gills almost levelled when home centre-half Jordan Willis headed on a free-kick against his own post.

But they did get all square on 46 minutes.

From a free-kick 22 yards from goal, Olly Lee's firmly struck dead ball was straight at goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin. The Scottish international had the ball in his grasp but inexplicably he spilled it and the ball apologetically trickled over the line.

Both sides had identical chances to win it - first Luke O'Nien failed to connect with a Chris Maguire ball across the face of goal, before Lee also missed his connection to get on the end of a Mark Byrne ball.

Report supplied by PA Media.

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Line-ups

Sunderland

1McLaughlin
2McLaughlin
3Lynch
4WillisBooked at 42mins
28De Bock
6Power
18Dobson
13O'NienBooked at 90mins
7MaguireSubstituted forWatmoreat 77'minutes
19McGeady
22GriggSubstituted forMcNultyat 66'minutes

Substitutes

8McGeouch
10McNulty
12Flanagan
14Watmore
16Burge
23Leadbitter
31Mbunga-Kimpioka

Gillingham

1Bonham
12Fuller
5Ehmer
6Ogilvie
24O'Connor
4O'Keefe
14Jones
22LeeSubstituted forCharles-Cookat 90+3'minutes
18Byrne
7HanlanBooked at 29mins
9Mandron

Substitutes

2Hodson
10Ndjoli
11Charles-Cook
17Pringle
21Walsh
23Jakubiak
27Tucker

Referee:: Michael Salisbury
Attendance:: 7,892

Match Stats

Home TeamSunderlandAway TeamGillingham

Possession: Home52%; Away48%

Shots: Home6; Away9

Shots on Target: Home2; Away3

Corners: Home8; Away6

Fouls: Home11; Away17

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Match ends, Sunderland 1, Gillingham 1.
90'+4'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Gillingham 1.

90'+3'
Substitution
Substitution, Gillingham. Regan Charles-Cook replaces Olly Lee.
90'+2'
Booking
Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2'
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Foul by Luke O'Nien (Sunderland).
90'+2'
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Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1'
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Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
90'
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Jack Bonham.
89'
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Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
86'
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Foul by Duncan Watmore (Sunderland).
86'
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Alfie Jones (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85'
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Attempt missed. Stuart O'Keefe (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
83'
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Laurens De Bock (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83'
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Foul by Barry Fuller (Gillingham).
80'
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Attempt blocked. Alfie Jones (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
77'
Substitution
Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Chris Maguire.
75'
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Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
75'
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Attempt blocked. Olly Lee (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73'
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Attempt saved. Olly Lee (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
73'
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Barry Fuller.