2017–18 Gillingham F.C. season

Gillingham

2017–18 season

Chairman

Paul Scally

Head Coach

Adrian Pennock

Stadium

Priestfield Stadium

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The 2017–18 season will be Gillingham's 125th season in their existence and fifth consecutive season in League One.^[1] Along with League One, the club will participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Tom Eaves	Yeovil Town	Free	^[2]
1 July 2017	CB	Alex Lacey	Yeovil Town	Free	^[3]
1 July 2017	RB	Luke O'Neill	Southend United	Free	^[4]
1 July 2017	CF	Conor Wilkinson	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	CB	Gabriel Zakuani	Northampton Town	Free	^[6]
18 July 2017	CM	Billy Bingham	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[7]
21 July 2017	ST	Liam Nash	Maldon & Tiptree	Free	^[8]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	£750,000	^[9]
1 July 2017	CB	Mitchell Dickenson	Hythe Town F.C.	Released	^[10]
1 July 2017	CF	Rory Donnelly	Free agent	Released	^[10]
1 July 2017	CB	Chris Herd	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	Released	^[10]
1 July 2017	RB	Ryan Jackson	Colchester United	Released	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	CM	Billy Knott	Lincoln City	Free	^[12]
1 July 2017	RW	Sam Lawford	Faversham Town	Released	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1 July 2017	CF	Cody McDonald	AFC Wimbledon	Free	^[14]
1 July 2017	CM	Oliver Muldoon	Free agent	Released	^[10]
1 July 2017	GK	Henry Newcombe	Free agent	Released	^[10]
1 July 2017	CM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Cambridge United	Released	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
1 July 2017	CB	Zesh Rehman	Southern District	Released	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 4]}
1 July 2017	GK	Will Sykes	Free agent	Released	^[10]

↑ Ryan Jackson joined Colchester United following his release.^[11]
↑ Sam Lawford joined Faversham Town following his release.^[13]
↑ Emmanuel Osadebe joined Cambridge United following his release.^[15]
↑ Zesh Rehman joined Southern District following his release.^[16]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	LB		Connor Ogilvie	Tottenham Hotspur	January 2018	^[17]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 27 June 2017, Gillingham have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Faversham Town, Dartford, Dover Athletic, Chatham Town, Ipswich Town, Patro Eisden, Colchester United and Canvey Island^[18]^[19]

7 July 2017	Faversham Town	0–1	Gillingham	Faversham
19:30 BST		Report	Eaves 22'	Stadium: Salters Lane Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Jack Packman

11 July 2017	Dartford	1–2	Gillingham	Dartford
19:30 BST	Murphy 74'	Report	Zakuani 5' Parker 31'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 710 Referee: Charles Breakspear

15 July 2017	Dover Athletic	2–2	Gillingham	River
15:00 BST	Bird 7' Gallifuoco 61'	Report	Wilkinson 30' O'Neill 60'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Garry Maskell

18 July 2017	Chatham Town	0–12	Gillingham XI	Chatham
19:30 BST		Report	Oldaker 10' Wilkinson 35', 38' Wright 40', 86' pen Garmston 44' Eaves 48' Mbo 60' Nash (Trialist) 72', 83' pen Hessenthaler 80' List 82'	Stadium: The Sports Ground Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Mr I Searle

22 July 2017	Gillingham	2–1	Ipswich Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Eaves 52' (pen.) Wagstaff 78'	Report	Rowe 80'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: Craig Hicks

25 July 2017	Gillingham	4–1	Patro Eisden	Gillingham
19:30 BST	Oldaker Wright ?' Ogilvie Mbo ?'	Report	Tsirlidis ?'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: James Linington

28 July 2017	Colchester United	1-2	Gillingham	Colchester
19:30 BST	Jackson 75'	Report	Martin 30' Parker 52'	Stadium: Weston Homes Commiunity Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

29 July 2017	Canvey Island	0-1	Gillingham XI	Canvey Island
15:00 BST			Hessenthaler 86'	Stadium: Park Lane

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Scunthorpe United	2	2	0	2	2	0	2
17	AFC Wimbledon	2	1	1	1	2	−1	1
18	Gillingham	2	1	1	0	1	−1	1
19	Rochdale	2	1	1	1	3	−2	1
20	Milton Keynes Dons	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A
Result	D
Position	14

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[20]^[21]

5 August 2017 1	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 BST		Report	Eaves 61'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,512 Referee: Dean Whitestone

12 August 2017 2	Gillingham	v	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

19 August 2017 3	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Gillingham	Denbigh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Stadium mk

26 August 2017 4	Gillingham	v	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Gillingham were drawn away to Reading in the first round.^[22]

8 August 2017 First round	Reading	2–0	Gillingham	Reading
20:00 BST	Kelly 71', 86'	Report	Cundle 39'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,936 Referee: Brett Huxtable

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Gills Sign Tom Eaves". Gillingham Official Site. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Alex Lacey Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
↑ "Luke O'Neill Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
↑ "Gills Clinch Conor Wilkinson Signing". Gillingham Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Gabriel Zakuani Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
↑ "Gills Sign Bingham". Gillingham Official Site. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Gills Sign Liam Nash". Gillingham Official Site. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
↑ "Dack joins Blackburn". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Retained List Announced". Gillingham Official Site. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Colchester United: Ryan Jackson signs after Richard Brindley turns down offer". BBC. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
↑ "Knott Signs For Lincoln". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ "HIGH FIVE! TOWN MANAGER GOES ON SIGNING SPREE". Pitchero/Faversham. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
↑ "Cody McDonald: AFC Wimbledon sign Gillingham striker on free transfer". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Emmanuel Osabede: Cambridge United sign former Gillingham midfielder". BBC. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
↑ "Ex-Pahang captain Zesh Rehman joins Southern District in Hong Kong". ESPN. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ "Gills Sign Spurs Defender". Gillingham Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
↑ "2017/18 Pre-Season Friendlies Updated". Gillingham Official Site. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Colchester Friendly Confirmed". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ "Gills Away On Opening Day". Gillingham Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Fixture List". Gillingham Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Gills Draw Reading In Carabao Cup". Gillingham Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying round)
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U17 (UEFA Euro 2018 finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
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Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

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Summer 2017 transfers
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