2018–19 Gillingham F.C. season

Gillingham
2018–19 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Head Coach	Steve Lovell
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage

The 2018–19 season will be Gillingham's 126th season in their existence and sixth consecutive season in League One.^[1] Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RB	Regan Charles-Cook	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2018	CM	Dean Parrett	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2018	CM	Josh Rees	Bromley	Undisclosed	^[3]
2 July 2018	RB	Barry Fuller	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[4]
2 July 2018	CF	Brandon Hanlan	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[4]
3 July 2018	CM	Callum Reilly	Bury	Undisclosed	^[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF	Greg Cundle	Kingstonian	Released	^[6]^[7]
1 July 2018	CM	Jake Hessenthaler	Grimsby Town	Released	^[6]^[8]
1 July 2018	AM	Lee Martin	Exeter City	Released	^[6]^[9]
1 July 2018	AM	Franck Moussa	Free agent	Released	^[6]
1 July 2018	DM	Aaron Morris	Free agent	Released	^[6]
1 July 2018	CF	Rhys Murphy	Chelmsford City	Released	^[6]^[10]
1 July 2018	CB	Ben Nugent	Stevenage	Rejected contract	^[11]^[12]
1 July 2018	RM	Scott Wagstaff	AFC Wimbledon	Released	^[6]^[13]
12 October 2018	CB	Finn O'Mara	Folkestone Invicta	Free transfer	^[14]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 August 2018	DF		Connor Ogilvie	Gillingham	31 December 2018	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
7 September 2018	CF		Liam Nash	Dulwich Hamlet	October 2018	^[16]

Competitions

Friendlies

In May 2018, friendlies with Folkestone Invicta, Faversham Town, Margate, Tonbridge Angels and Eastleigh were announced.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

6 July 2018 Friendly	Folkestone Invicta	1–1	Gillingham	Folkestone
19:30 BST	Yussuf 45+2'	Report	Wilkinson 76'	Stadium: Cheriton Road

7 July 2018 Friendly	Sheppey United	1-7	Gillingham	Isle of Sheppey
15:00 BST	Bradshaw	Report	Stevenson Moussa Oldaker Woods x3' Noyelle	Stadium: The Havill Stadium - Holm Park Attendance: 529

9 July 2018 (2018-07-09) Friendly	Deal Town	2–2	Gillingham	Deal
19:30 BST	Coyle 67' Howard 81' (pen.)	Report	Laing 4' Trialist 74'	Stadium: Charles Sports Ground

10 July 2018 Friendly	Faversham Town	0–2	Gillingham	Faversham
19:00 BST		Report	Moussa x2'	Stadium: Salters Lane

10 July 2018 Friendly	Bromley	1–5	Gillingham	Bromley
19:45 BST	Porter	Report	Reilly Hanlan Parker List Charles-Cook	Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: Will Finnie

14 July 2018 Friendly	Margate	3–3	Gillingham	Margate
15:00 BST	Taylor 61' (pen.), 90' Boateng 87'	Report	Nash 35', 56' Wilkinson 45'	Stadium: Hartsdown Park

14 July 2018 Friendly	Tonbridge Angels	1–5	Gillingham	Tonbridge
15:00 BST	Read 70'		Hanlan 18' Wilkinson 52' Nash 60' Mbo 77' Moussa 78'	Stadium: Longmead Stadium

17 July 2018 Friendly	Whitstable Town	0–1	Gillingham	Whitstable
19:45 BST		Report	Derbyshire	Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 180

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Dover Athletic	0–3	Gillingham	River
15:00 BST		Report	Nasseri x2' Nash	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground

21 July 2018 Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	2–0	Gillingham	Northfleet
15:00 BST	Shields Adams	Report		Stadium: Stonebridge Road Attendance: 1,004

24 July 2018 Friendly	Eastleigh	0–4	Gillingham	Eastleigh
19:30 BST		Report	Parrett 24' List 64' Nash 77' Hanlan 80'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 491

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Chatham Town	1–1	Gillingham	Chatham
19:45 BST	Parsons 12'	Report	Oldaker 77' (pen.)	Stadium: The CJ Doors Stadium

28 July 2018 Friendly	Colchester United	5–1	Gillingham	Colchester
15:00 BST	Szmodics Collins Mandron x2' Eastman	Report	Parrett	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Referee: Mr C Brook

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) Friendly	Worthing	3–2	Gillingham	Worthing
19:45 BST	Kealy Aguiar Adjiboye	Report	Stevenson Tucker	Stadium: Woodside Road Attendance: 252

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
17	Shrewsbury Town	13	2	6	5	11	13	−2	12
18	Wycombe Wanderers	13	2	6	5	14	19	−5	12
19	Gillingham	12	3	2	7	15	22	−7	11
20	AFC Wimbledon	13	3	2	8	10	18	−8	11
21	Bristol Rovers	13	2	4	7	9	13	−4	10	Relegation to EFL League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results ^[21]

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
11	3	2	6	15	20	−5	11	1	1	3	7	11	−4	2	1	3	8	9	−1

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
Position	2	5	6	9	9	12	14	20	21	21	19

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[22]^[23]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Gillingham	Accrington
15:00 BST		Report	Hanlan 23' Parker 43'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,201 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Gillingham	3–1	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Eaves 35' O'Neill 51' Eaves 77' Parker 90+3' O'Neill 90+6'	Report	Boyce 26' McFadzean 79'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5016 Referee: Lee Probert

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Walsall	2–1	Gillingham	Walsall
15:00 BST	Ferrier 12' Osbourne 42'	Report	Eaves 90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,361 Referee: Trevor Kettle

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Gillingham	1–4	Sunderland	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Eaves 3'	Report	Maguire 4' Honeyman 18' Power 20' Maja 59'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,438 Referee: Anthony Coggins

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Gillingham	1–1	Coventry City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	List 70'	Report	Clarke-Harris 46'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Michael Salisbury

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Barnsley	2–1	Gillingham	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Moore 13', 34' (pen.)	Report	Parker 61'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,434 Referee: John Busby

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Gillingham	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Pigott 53'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,246 Referee: Nick Kinseley

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Rochdale	3–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 9', 18', 64'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Martin Coy

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Gillingham	2–4	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Reilly 50' Byrne 53'	Report	Walker 24' Dembélé 59' Toney 64' Cooke 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Lee Swabey

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Angol 59' Norburn 88'	Report	Hanlan 18' Eaves 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Ross Joyce

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11	Portsmouth	0–2	Gillingham	Milton
15:00 BST		Report	Eaves 26' Lacey 45+2'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,158 Referee: Chris Sarginson

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 12	Gillingham	0–2	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Cox 51', 53'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,584 Referee: John Busby

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[24]

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Millwall	0–0 (3–1 p)	Gillingham	Bermondsey
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Charles Breakspear
		Penalties
	Wallace Elliott Webster Ferguson		Byrne O'Neill Parker Hanlan

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[25]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (A)	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crawley Town	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	−1	2
4	L1	Gillingham (E)	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2018. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group stages	Portsmouth	4–0	Gillingham	Milton
19:45 BST	Clarke 41' Close 43' Pitman 55' (pen.) Wheeler 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Alan Young

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Gillingham	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Roles 44' Maghoma 57' Brown 83' Duncan 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 308

References

↑ "History". Statto.
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↑ "Gillingham sign Bromley midfielder Rees". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
1 2 "Gillingham re-sign former captain Fuller". BBC. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
↑ "Gillingham sign Reilly from Bury". BBC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gillingham FC 2017/18 retained list". Gillingham Official Site. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
↑ "Five Go Signing for K's". Kingstonian F.C. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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↑ "Chelmsford City sign striker Murphy". Non League Daily. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
↑ "Nugent turns down new Gillingham deal". BBC. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
↑ "Stevenage sign ex-Gills defender Nugent". BBC. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
↑ "AFC Wimbledon sign midfielder Wagstaff". BBC. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
↑ "Finn O'Mara signs for Folkestone". Gillingham F.C. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
↑ "Ogilvie returns to Gills on loan". Gillingham F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
↑ "Nash joins Dulwich Hamlet on loan". Gillingham F.C. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
↑ "Gills to visit Folkestone in pre-season". Gillingham F.C. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
↑ "Gills to take on Faversham in pre-season". Gillingham F.C. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
↑ "Margate friendly confirmed". Gillingham F.C. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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↑ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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↑ "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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[Two_sign-2] 1 2 "Gillingham sign Regan Charles-Cook and Dean Parrett". BBC Sport. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[3] "Gillingham sign Bromley midfielder Rees". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[Two_in-4] 1 2 "Gillingham re-sign former captain Fuller". BBC. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[5] "Gillingham sign Reilly from Bury". BBC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[Retained_list-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gillingham FC 2017/18 retained list". Gillingham Official Site. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[7] "Five Go Signing for K's". Kingstonian F.C. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[8] "Grimsby sign Hessenthaler from Gills". BBC. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[9] "Lee Martin joins Exeter". Gillingham F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[10] "Chelmsford City sign striker Murphy". Non League Daily. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[11] "Nugent turns down new Gillingham deal". BBC. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[12] "Stevenage sign ex-Gills defender Nugent". BBC. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

[13] "AFC Wimbledon sign midfielder Wagstaff". BBC. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[14] "Finn O'Mara signs for Folkestone". Gillingham F.C. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[15] "Ogilvie returns to Gills on loan". Gillingham F.C. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[16] "Nash joins Dulwich Hamlet on loan". Gillingham F.C. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[17] "Gills to visit Folkestone in pre-season". Gillingham F.C. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[18] "Gills to take on Faversham in pre-season". Gillingham F.C. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[19] "Margate friendly confirmed". Gillingham F.C. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[20] "Tonbridge friendly confirmed". Gillingham F.C. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[EFL_Regulations-21] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[22] "EFL fixtures for 2018-19 in full". BBC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[23] "Gillingham Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[24] "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[25] "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.