2017–18 Gillingham F.C. season

Gillingham
2017–18 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Head Coach	Adrian Pennock; (until 25 September); Steve Lovell; (from 16 November)
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
League One	17th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Eaves (17); All: Tom Eaves (18)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Gillingham's 125th season in their existence and fifth consecutive season in League One.^[3] Along with League One, the club participated 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	^[4]
1 July 2017	CB	Alex Lacey	Yeovil Town	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	RB	Luke O'Neill	Southend United	Free	^[6]
1 July 2017	CF	Conor Wilkinson	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[7]
1 July 2017	CB	Gabriel Zakuani	Northampton Town	Free	^[8]
18 July 2017	CM	Billy Bingham	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[9]
21 July 2017	ST	Liam Nash	Maldon & Tiptree	Free	^[10]
15 August 2017	CB	Ben Nugent	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[11]
17 August 2017	GK	Steve Arnold	Dover Athletic	Free	^[12]
15 September 2017	′CM	Jesse Starkey	Swindon Town	Free	^[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	£750,000	^[14]
1 July 2017	CB	Mitchell Dickenson	Hythe Town	Released	^[15]
1 July 2017	CF	Rory Donnelly	Cliftonville	Released	^[15]^[a]
1 July 2017	CB	Chris Herd	Western Sydney Wanderers	Released	^[15]
1 July 2017	RB	Ryan Jackson	Colchester United	Released	^[15]^[b]
1 July 2017	CM	Billy Knott	Lincoln City	Free	^[18]
1 July 2017	RW	Sam Lawford	Faversham Town	Released	^[15]^[c]
1 July 2017	CF	Cody McDonald	AFC Wimbledon	Free	^[20]
1 July 2017	CM	Ollie Muldoon	Free agent	Released	^[15]
1 July 2017	GK	Henry Newcombe	Free agent	Released	^[15]
1 July 2017	CM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Cambridge United	Released	^[15]^[d]
1 July 2017	CB	Zesh Rehman	Southern District	Released	^[15]^[e]
1 July 2017	GK	Will Sykes	Free agent	Released	^[15]
31 August 2017	CM	Josh Wright	Southend United	Mutual consent	^[23]^[f]

^ Rory Donnelly joined Cliftonville following his release.^[16]
^ Ryan Jackson joined Colchester United following his release.^[17]
^ Sam Lawford joined Faversham Town following his release.^[19]
^ Emmanuel Osadebe joined Cambridge United following his release.^[21]
^ Zesh Rehman joined Southern District following his release.^[22]
^ Josh Wright joined Southend United following his departure.^[24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	LB		Connor Ogilvie	Tottenham Hotspur	February 2018	^[25]
31 August 2017	RM		Sean Clare	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 2018	^[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 August 2017	GK	Tom Hadler	Gloucester City	1 January 2018	^[27]
25 August 2017	FW	Noel Mbo	Hampton & Richmond Borough	22 September 2017	^[28]
25 August 2017	DF	Finn O'Mara	Folkestone Invicta	21 October 2017	^[29]^[a]
25 August 2017	MF	Bradley Stevenson	Cray Wanderers	10 December 2017	^[29]^[b]
26 September 2017	FW	Noel Mbo	Kingstonian	24 October 2017	^[32]
8 November 2017	FW	Liam Nash	Leatherhead	9 December 2017	^[33]
9 November 2017	MF	Bradley Stevenson	Tonbridge Angels	9 December 2017	^[34]
24 November 2017	CM	Jesse Starkey	Worthing	23 December 2017	^[35]
1 December 2017	CB	Finn O'Mara	Folkestone Invicta	6 January 2018	^[36]

^ On 26 September 2017, Finn O'Mara agreed to extend his loan with Folkestone Invicta.^[30]
^ On 8 September 2017, Bradley Stevenson agreed to extend his loan with Cray Wanderers.^[31]

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^[37]^[38]

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56
16	Oxford United	46	15	11	20	61	66	−5	56
17	Gillingham	46	13	17	16	50	55	−5	56
18	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	14	19	47	58	−11	53
19	Walsall	46	13	13	20	53	66	−13	52

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
27	8	10	9	29	30	−1	34	3	7	4	17	16	+1	5	3	5	12	14	−2

Last updated: 13 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	14	18	20	21	22	23	24	20	22	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	21	20	20	21	21	14	14	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[39]^[40]

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	0–1	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Lacey 31' Byrne 55' Wilkinson 75'	Report	Poleon 19' Reeves 22' Patrick 29' McMahon 62'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,267 Referee: John Busby

19 August 2017 3	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Gillingham	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Tshibola 36' Sow 47'	Report	Byrne 39' Ehmer 76'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,901 Referee: Trevor Kettle

26 August 2017 4	Gillingham	3–3	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Byrne 51' Eaves 56', 63', 80' 90+3' Ogilvie 89'	Report	Timlin 11' Leonard 20' Demetriou 58' Kightly 65' Cox 73' Hendrie 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 September 2017 5	Gillingham	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Eaves 74' Parker 76'	Report	Morris 30' Rodman 37' Brown 68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Kevin Johnson

9 September 2017 6	Oxford United	3–0	Gillingham	Oxford
15:00 BST	Payne 48' Rothwell 54' Hall 56'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Michael Salisbury

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Gillingham	Norbiton
19:45 BST	Barcham 35' Oshilaja 42' Taylor 45+3' Nightingale 65'	Report	Martin 45+3' Wagstaff 45+3' Clare 45+4' Eaves 81' Byrne 82'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Nick Kinseley

16 September 2017 8	Gillingham	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ehmer 13' O'Neill 26' Eaves 54' Nugent 65'	Report	Kashi 45+1' Solly 84' Holmes 90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Graham Salisbury

23 September 2017 9	Rochdale	3–0	Gillingham	Spotland
15:00 BST	Henderson 24' Rafferty 26' Davies 36' Williams 57' Done 90+1'	Report	Eaves 30' 44' Zakuani 48'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

26 September 2017 10	Gillingham	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Antony Coggins

30 September 2017 11	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Gillingham	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Samuel 31' Chapman 63'	Report	Byrne 11' Clare 23'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,844 Referee: Robert Jones

8 October 2017 12	Gillingham	0–1	Portsmouth	Gillingham
14:30 BST	Ehmer 85'	Report	Clarke 45+1' Kennedy 46' Thompson 74'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Chris Sarginson

14 October 2017 13	Peterborough United	0–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Baldwin 20'	Report	Martin 35' Hessenthaler 58' Wagstaff 77' Wilkinson 83'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,257 Referee: Dean Whitestone

17 October 2017 14	Gillingham	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Eaves 55'	Report	Morsy 82' 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Brett Huxtable

21 October 2017 15	Gillingham	1–2	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Martin 62' Zakuani 89'	Report	Buchanan 9' Powell 45' McWilliams 70' Grimes 73' 86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Ross Joyce

28 October 2017 16	Rotherham United	1–3	Gillingham	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 56' Wood 82' Mattock 85' 85'	Report	Parker 2', 86' Eaves 47' Ogilvie 90+6'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,865 Referee: Carl Boyeson

11 November 2017 17	Gillingham	1–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer 6' O'Neill 59' Parker 85'	Report	Ince 25' Danns 39' Edwards 69' Williams 78'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Charles Breakspear

18 November 2017 18	Walsall	0–1	Gillingham	Bescot
15:00 GMT		Report	Wilkinson 44' Ehmer 45+1' 72' Eaves 55' Martin 69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,917 Referee: Andy Haines

21 November 2017 19	Blackpool	1–1	Gillingham	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Vassell 41'	Report	Hessenthaler 70' Eaves 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Darren Drysdale

25 November 2017 20	Gillingham	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne 33'	Report	Gardner 40' Gerrard 68' Bryan 90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Graham Horwood

9 December 2017 21	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Gillingham	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Grant 55' Diagouraga 90'	Report	Wagstaff 36' Nugent 57' Eaves 84' Byrne 87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Darren Handley

16 December 2018 22	Gillingham	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne 28' 53' Lacey 37' Parker 47' Martin 67' Ehmer 90+4'	Report	Smith 65' Sercombe 90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Anthony Coggins

22 December 2017 23	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Gillingham	Fleetwood
19:00 GMT	Cargill 26'	Report	Parker 2' O'Neill 15'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,088 Referee: David Webb

26 December 2017 24	Gillingham	1–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
13:00 GMT	Wilkinson 87' Hessenthaler 90+3'	Report	Ricardinho 52' 90' Ledson 68' Payne 72' Carroll 90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,555 Referee: Nick Kinseley

30 December 2017 25	Gillingham	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Francomb 62' (o.g.) Ehmer 69' 83'	Report	Taylor 67' (pen.) Abdou 72' Forrester 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,419 Referee: Rob Lewis

1 January 2018 26	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Gillingham	London
15:00 GMT	Forster-Caskey 29' Aribo 83' Kashi 90+1' Lennon 90+3'	Report	Parker 11' 53' Eaves 32' O'Neill 45+2' Clare 90+4'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,979 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 January 2018 27	Gillingham	2–1	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Garmston 41' Martin 63' Eaves 77'	Report	Cannon 27' 87' Ntlhe 7' Camps 75'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Lee Swabey

20 January 2018 28	Scunthorpe United	1–3	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen 38' Morris 52'	Report	Martin 25' Reilly 41' Eaves 43' 73' Parker 68' Ogilvie 90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,905 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 January 2018 29	Gillingham	2-1	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Hessenthaler 40' Eaves 53', 90+1' (pen.) Martin 67'	Report	Madden 13' 90+1' Diagouraga 48' Neal 85' Bolger 87'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Brett Huxtable

3 February 2018 30	Wigan Athletic	2-0	Gillingham	Wigan
	Grigg 10' Powell 34'	Report	Garmston 17' Ehmer 21' Eaves 71'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,384 Referee: Nick Kinseley

10 February 2018 31	Gillingham	1–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer 90+3'	www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42927422	Lloyd 67'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Andy Davies

13 February 2018 32	Northampton Town	1–2	Gillingham	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Taylor 56'	Report	Parker 6' Eaves 18'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 February 2018 33	Gillingham	0–0	Walsall	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Wilkinson 86'	Report	Dobson 86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Kevin Johnson

20 February 2018 34	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Ogogo 14' Thomas 49'	Report	Nugent 36' Byrne 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,839 Referee: Craig Hicks

24 February 2018 35	Bury	2–1	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 GMT	Danns 12' Bunn 25'	Report	Ogilvie 69'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Darren Drysdale

10 March 2018 36	Portsmouth	1–3	Gillingham	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 19' Burgess 28'	Report	Wilkinson 48' Martin 66', 80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,247 Referee: Carl Boyeson

24 March 2018 37	Bradford City	1–0	Gillingham	Bradford
	Warnock 43' Poleon 48' Devine 90+1' Bruner 90+5'	Report	Zakuani 62'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,654 Referee: Ross Joyce

29 March 2018 38	Gillingham	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Nasseri 41' Wagstaff 99' Ehmer 80' O'Neill 90+4'	Report	Aneke 34', 90+1' Pawlett 45+1' Brittain 65' Williams 85' Lewington 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,540 Referee: John Busby

2 April 2018 39	Southend United	4–0	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Turner 8' Robinson 11' Kightly 18' McLaughlin 39'	Report	Hessenthaler 15' Martin 45+3' Nugent 57' Wagstaff 62' Byrne 65'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,466 Referee: Graham Salisbury

7 April 2018 40	Gillingham	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Wilkinson 13'	Report	McCullough 77'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,870 Referee: John Brooks

10 April 2018 41	Gillingham	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Lenihan 90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,361 Referee: Andy Woolmer

14 April 2018 42	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 BST	Fané 26' Nazon 45' Byrne 70' Edmundson 79' Hunt 89' Moimbé 90'	Report	Eaves 90+2' (pen)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Michael Salisbury

17 April 2018 43	Gillingham	0–1	Rotherham United	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Vaulks 20', 87' Smith 45' Towell 64'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 April 2018 44	Gillingham	0–3	Blackpool	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Vassell 28' Delfouneso 33' 67' Spearing 48' Lumley 78' Turton 80' Mellor 83'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,580 Referee: Craig Hicks

28 April 2018 45	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Bristol
15:00	Harrison 45+1' Bennett 52' Telford 86'	Report	Byrne 35' List 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,715 Referee: Oliver Yates

5 May 2018 46	Gillingham	5–2	Plymouth Argyle	Gillingham
17:30 GMT	Parker 7' Eaves 30', 36', 51' Zakuani 45+2' Wilkinson 85' List 90+1'	Report	Grant 23' Carey 77' Songo'o 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Gillingham were drawn at home against Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient in the first round.^[41] Another home fixture was confirmed for the second round with Carlisle United the visitors.^[42]

4 November 2017 First round	Gillingham	2–1	Leyton Orient	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Parker 20' Eaves 75' Clare 78' Wilkinson 81'	Report	Grainger 35' Lawless 76' Dayton 79' 81' Harrold 82' Widdowson 87' 90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,659 Referee: John Brooks

2 December 2017 Second round	Gillingham	1–1	Carlisle United	Gillingham
14:00 GMT	O'Neill 5' Clare 40'	Report	Grainger 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,178 Referee: Andy Woolmer

12 December 2017 Second round replay	Carlisle United	v	Gillingham	Carlisle
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 12 December, the second round replay tie was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[43]

19 December 2017 Second round replay	Carlisle United	3-1	Gillingham	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Hope 7' 37' Liddle 73' Lambe 86' Miller 90+2' Miller 90+3'	Report	Clare 25' Wagstaff 47' Byrne 57' Parker 66' Ehmer 77' O'Neill 90+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,357 Referee: Mark Heywood

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Gillingham were drawn away to Reading in the first round.^[44]

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

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Gillingham (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	10	6	+4	9	Round 2
2	L1	Southend United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Round 2
3	L2	Colchester United (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
4	ACA	Reading U21s (E)	3	0	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Gillingham	2–1	Southend United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Parker 8' 33' Ferdinand 57' (o.g.) Ogilvie 63' Wilkinson 90+12'	Report	McLaughlin 31' White 55' Ba 66' McGlashan 73' Oxley 90+12'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,549

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Colchester United	0–1	Gillingham	Colchester
19:45 BST	Kent 34'	Report	Hessenthaler 45+1' Ehmer 58' 90+1' Bingham 90+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 684 Referee: John Brooks

7 November 2017	Gillingham	7–5	Reading U21s	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Cundle 1' Wilkinson 12' Wagstaff 29' 53' O'Neill 39' Mbo 65' 80' Oldaker 82', 90'	Report	Rollinson 38' Popa 49', 83' Holmes 52' Medford-Smith 57' Sheppard 68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Craig Hicks

5 December 2017 Second round	Gillingham	1–2	Oxford United	Gillingham
19:00 GMT	Byrne 9' (pen.) Nugent 48'	Report	Payne 31' Carroll 77' Ricardinho 86' Mowatt 90+2' Mousinho 90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Squad statistics

Source:^[45]^[46]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Gillingham.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward


No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Stuart Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Luke O'Neill	21 (1)	1	2 (1)	1	1	0	2	1	26 (2)	3	5	0
3	DF	IRL	Bradley Garmston	5 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (4)	1	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Alex Lacey	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	1	1	0
5	DF	GER	Max Ehmer	23 (1)	1	3	0	1	0	4	1	31 (1)	2	9	1
6	DF	COD	Gabriel Zakuani	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Scott Wagstaff	9 (7)	0	2 (1)	1	1	0	3	1	15 (8)	2	4	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Hessenthaler	17 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	22 (3)	0	4	0
9	FW	ENG	Tom Eaves	22 (2)	10	3	1	1	0	1 (1)	0	27 (3)	11	8	1
10	FW	IRL	Conor Wilkinson	11 (8)	2	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	3	1	14 (12)	3	3	1
11	MF	ENG	Lee Martin	24	4	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	27 (1)	4	2	1
12	DF	ENG	Connor Ogilvie *	20 (6)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	25 (6)	0	4	0
13	GK	CZE	Tomáš Holý	28	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	32	0	1	0
14	FW	ATG	Josh Parker	21 (7)	8	2 (1)	1	1	0	3	1	27 (8)	10	3	0
16	MF	ENG	Billy Bingham	9	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	9 (1)	0	1	0
17	FW	ENG	Noel Mbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0 (1)	1	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Bradley Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Ben Nugent	9 (3)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	13 (3)	0	3	0
20	MF	ENG	Darren Oldaker	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (1)	2	4 (4)	2	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Elliott List	6 (7)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	9 (9)	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Ben Chapman	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Aaron Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Greg Cundle	1 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	1	4 (6)	1	1	0
25	DF	IRL	Finn O'Mara	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
26 †	GK	ENG	Steve Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF	IRL	Callum Reilly *	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Liam Nash	2 (7)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (9)	0	0	0
28 †	MF	ENG	Sean Clare *	20 (1)	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	25 (1)	1	5	0
29 †	MF	ENG	Jesse Starkey	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Tom Hadler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Jack Tucker	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Miquel Scarlett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRL	Mark Byrne	23 (1)	2	3	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	27 (2)	3	8	0
44 †	MF	ENG	Josh Wright	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
15	MF	WAL	Aaron Morris
28	MF	BEL	Franck Moussa

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[17] Rory Donnelly joined Cliftonville following his release.^[16]

[19] Ryan Jackson joined Colchester United following his release.^[17]

[22] Sam Lawford joined Faversham Town following his release.^[19]

[25] Emmanuel Osadebe joined Cambridge United following his release.^[21]

[27] Zesh Rehman joined Southern District following his release.^[22]

[30] Josh Wright joined Southend United following his departure.^[24]

[37] On 26 September 2017, Finn O'Mara agreed to extend his loan with Folkestone Invicta.^[30]

[39] On 8 September 2017, Bradley Stevenson agreed to extend his loan with Cray Wanderers.^[31]

[1] "CLUB STATEMENT: Ady Pennock". Gillingham Official Site. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[2] "Steve Lovell: Gillingham appoint caretaker manager until end of season". BBC Sport. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[3] "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2017-05-21.

[4] "Gills Sign Tom Eaves". Gillingham Official Site. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[5] "Alex Lacey Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[6] "Luke O'Neill Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

[7] "Gills Clinch Conor Wilkinson Signing". Gillingham Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[8] "Gabriel Zakuani Joins The Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[9] "Gills Sign Bingham". Gillingham Official Site. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[10] "Gills Sign Liam Nash". Gillingham Official Site. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[11] "Gills Sign Ben Nugent". Gillingham Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[12] "Steve Arnold Joins Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[13] "Gills Swoop For Starkey". Gillingham Official Site. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[Dack-14] "Dack joins Blackburn". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[Released-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Retained List Announced". Gillingham Official Site. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[16] "Rory Donnelly signs three-year contract with Cliftonville". Belfast Live. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[18] "Colchester United: Ryan Jackson signs after Richard Brindley turns down offer". BBC. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[20] "Knott Signs For Lincoln". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[21] "HIGH FIVE! TOWN MANAGER GOES ON SIGNING SPREE". Pitchero/Faversham. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

[23] "Cody McDonald: AFC Wimbledon sign Gillingham striker on free transfer". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[24] "Emmanuel Osabede: Cambridge United sign former Gillingham midfielder". BBC. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[26] "Ex-Pahang captain Zesh Rehman joins Southern District in Hong Kong". ESPN. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[28] "CLUB STATEMENT: Josh Wright". Gillingham Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[29] "Josh Wright agrees Southend United deal". SkySports. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[31] "Gills Sign Spurs Defender". Gillingham Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[32] "Gills Sign Sean Clare". Gillingham Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[33] "Hadler Joins Gloucester City On Loan". Gillingham Official Site. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[34] "Mbo Joins Hampton And Richmond". Gillingham Official Site. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[Duo_Loaned_Out-35] "Finn O'Mara Joins Folkestone". Gillingham Official Site. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[36] "Finn Extends Folkestone Deal". Gillingham Official Site. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[38] "Stevenson Extends Cray Loan Spell". Gillingham Official Site. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[40] "Mbo Joins Kingstonian". Gillingham Official Site. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[41] "Nash signs for Leatherhead on loan". Gillingham Official Site. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[42] "Stevenson joins Tonbridge Angels on loan". Gillingham Official Site. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[43] "Starkey joins Worthing on loan". Gillingham Official Site. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[44] "Finn O'Mara returns to Folkestone on loan". Gillingham Official Site. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[45] "2017/18 Pre-Season Friendlies Updated". Gillingham Official Site. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[46] "Colchester Friendly Confirmed". Gillingham Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[47] "Gills Away On Opening Day". Gillingham Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[48] "Fixture List". Gillingham Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[49] "Gills Handed Home Tie In FA Cup First Round". Gillingham Official Site. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[50] "Gills at home to Carlisle in FA Cup second round". Gillingham Official Site. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[51] "Carlisle game off". Gillingham Official Site. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[52] "Gills Draw Reading In Carabao Cup". Gillingham Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[Gillingham_FootballSquads-53] "Gillingham". FootballSquads. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[Squad_stats-54] "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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