2025–26 Gillingham F.C. season

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The 2025–26 season is the 133rd season in the history of Gillingham Football Club and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerBrad Galinson

ChairmanBrad Galinson

ManagerGareth Ainsworth

StadiumMEMS Priestfield Stadium

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Gillingham
2025–26 season
Owner	Brad Galinson
Chairman	Brad Galinson
Manager	Gareth Ainsworth
Stadium	MEMS Priestfield Stadium
League Two	17th
FA Cup	First Round
EFL Cup	First Round
EFL Trophy	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bradley Dack (7) All: Bradley Dack (7)
Highest home attendance	7,406 vs Harrogate Town Harrogate Town (27 September 2025)
Lowest home attendance	962 vs Fulham U21s (2 September 2025)
Average home league attendance	6,353
Biggest win	4–1 vs Chesterfield (H) (19 August 2025)
Biggest defeat	6-2 vs Barnet (A) (25 April 2026)
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Players

Squad

As of 23 March 2026^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Glenn Morris
2	DF	ENG	Remeao Hutton
3	DF	ENG	Max Clark
4	DF	IRL	Conor Masterson
5	DF	ENG	Andy Smith
6	MF	ENG	Ethan Coleman
7	MF	JAM	Garath McCleary
8	MF	ENG	Armani Little (captain)
9	FW	ENG	Josh Andrews
10	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams
11	MF	ENG	Aaron Rowe
12	FW	ENG	Seb Palmer-Houlden
14	MF	ENG	Robbie McKenzie
15	DF	ENG	Travis Akomeah
16	DF	ENG	Harry Webster
17	MF	ENG	Jonny Smith
18	FW	CYP	Marcus Wyllie
19	FW	WAL	Sam Vokes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ENG	Elliott Nevitt
21	MF	NIR	Euan Williams
22	DF	IRL	Shadrach Ogie
23	MF	ENG	Bradley Dack
24	MF	ENG	Harry Waldock
25	GK	ENG	Jake Turner
26	MF	ENG	Stanley Skipper
27	MF	MWI	Nelson Khumbeni
29	FW	ENG	Harry Bridle
30	DF	ENG	Sam Gale
31	DF	ENG	Logan Dobbs
32	DF	MSR	Lenni Cirino
33	FW	ENG	Cruz Beszant
34	FW	ENG	Stan Sargent
35	MF	ENG	Louie Dayal
36	MF	ENG	Cameron Antwi
38	FW	NIR	Ronan Hale
39	DF	ENG	Omar Beckles

Transfers

In

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No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
12	FW	Seb Palmer-Houlden	Bristol City	Undisclosed	1 June 2025	^[3]
5	DF	Andy Smith	Hull City	Undisclosed	25 June 2025	^[4]
19	FW	Sam Vokes	Wycombe Wanderers	Free Transfer	1 July 2025	^[5]
32	DF	Lenni Cirino	Clitheroe		28 July 2025	^[6]
7	FW	Garath McCleary	Wycombe Wanderers		1 September 2025	^[7]
36	MF	Cameron Antwi	Newport County	Undisclosed	23 January 2026	^[8]
38	FW	Ronan Hale	Ross County	£250,000	29 January 2026	^[9]^[10]
39	DF	Omar Beckles	Leyton Orient	Free	2 February 2026	^[11]

Out

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No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
31	DF	Alex Giles	Chatham Town	End of Contract	30 June 2025	^[2]^[12]
12	FW	Oliver Hawkins	Barnet			^[2]^[13]
-	FW	Ashley Nadesan	Sutton United			^[2]^[14]
35	FW	Joshua Bayliss	Unattached			^[2]
17	MF	Jayden Clarke	Forest Green Rovers			^[2]^[15]
38	MF	Timothée Dieng	Dagenham & Redbridge			^[2]
5	DF	Max Ehmer	Ebbsfleet United			^[16]^[17]
7	FW	Jack Nolan	Unattached	Mutual Consent	1 September 2025	^[18]
17	FW	Joe Gbodé	Luton Town	£300,000	1 September 2025	^[19]^[20]

Loaned in

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No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Until	Date	Source
15	CB	Travis Akomeah	Watford	31 May 2026^[a]	1 September 2025	^[21]^[22]
17	MF	Jonny Smith	Wigan Athletic	31 May 2026	1 September 2025	^[23]

[a]
On 21 January, Akomeah's loan was extended until the end of the season

Loaned out

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No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Until	Date	Source
13	GK	Taite Holtam	Ashford United	1 November 2025^[a]	31 July 2025	^[24]^[25]
31	DF	Logan Dobbs	Welling United	29 October 2025^[b]	1 August 2025	^[26]^[27]
16	DF	Harry Webster	Ramsgate		1 August 2025	^[28]
28	FW	Damien Theodore	Burgess Hill Town	3 September 2025	6 August 2025	^[29]
24	FW	Harry Waldock	Whitehawk	19 September 2025^[c]	9 August 2025	^[31]
29	FW	Harry Bridle	Whitehawk	1 January 2026	9 August 2025	^[31]
24	MF	Harry Waldock	Cray Wanderers	13 December 2025	20 September 2025	^[30]
	MF	Ben Clark	Sheppey United	4 October 2025	1 November 2025	^[32]
28	FW	Damien Theodore	Hassocks	4 October 2025	1 November 2025	^[33]
31	DF	Logan Dobbs	Tonbridge Angels	27 November 2025^[d]	31 October 2025	^[34]^[35]
	DF	Jonah Walker	Welling United	29 November 2025	1 November 2025	^[36]
31	DF	Logan Dobbs	Ramsgate	31 May 2026	6 January 2026	^[37]
28	FW	Damien Theodore	Hastings United	31 May 2026	8 January 2026	^[38]
	FW	Harry Bridle	Cray Wanderers	26 February 2026^[e]	9 January 2026	^[39]^[40]
13	GK	Taite Holtam	Cray Valley Paper Mills	31 May 2026	21 January 2026	^[41]
20	FW	Elliott Nevitt	Cambridge United	31 May 2026	23 January 2026	^[42]
—	MF	Louie Dayal	Sheppey United		13 February 2026	^[43]
—	MF	Michael Luxton	Sheppey United		13 February 2026	^[43]
33	MF	Cruz Beszant	Ashford United		14 February 2026	^[44]
18	FW	Marcus Wyllie	Ebbsfleet United	31 May 2026	23 February 2026	^[45]
33	MF	Cruz Beszant	Sheppey United		26 March 2026	^[46]
—	MF	Louie Dayal	Sheppey United		26 March 2026	^[46]

[a]
On 1 November, Holtam was recalled back from his season-long loan at Ashford
[b]
On 29 October, Dobbs was recalled back from his loan at Welling
[c]
On 19 September, Waldock was recalled back from his loan at Whitehawk and subsequently joined Cray on loan.^[30]
[d]
On 27 November, Dobbs was recalled back from his loan at Tonbridge
[e]
On 26 February, Bridle was recalled back from his loan at Cray Wanderers

Pre-season and friendlies

On 12 May, Gillingham announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Ebbsfleet United and Chatham Town.^[47] A Gills XI would also take on Sheppey United.^[48] A fourth match was later confirmed, away to Dover Athletic.^[49] On 29 May, a further two friendlies was confirmed, against Dartford and Reading.^[50]^[51] A further fixture against Luton Town was later announced.^[52]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2025 Friendly	Dover Athletic	0–1	Gillingham	River
19:30 BST		Report	McKenzie 45+2'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,225 Referee: Isaac Searle

12 July 2025 Friendly	Gillingham	0–0	Reading	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,930 (384 away fans) Referee: Harry Wager

16 July 2025 Friendly	Southampton	4–1	Gillingham	Marchwood
12:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

18 July 2025 Friendly	Sheppey United	2–2	Gillingham XI	Isle of Sheppey
19:30 BST	Lambert 45' Hatton 54'		Beszant 5' Mhlanga 20'	Stadium: Holm Park

19 July 2025 Friendly	Gillingham	0–2	Luton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Clark 29', 38'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,967 (333 away fans) Referee: Isaac Searle

22 July 2025 Friendly	Ebbsfleet United	2–1	Gillingham	Northfleet
19:00 BST	Peake 23' Samuel 74' (pen.)	Report	Gbode 79'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road Attendance: 916

25 July 2025 Friendly	Chatham Town	1–0	Gillingham	Chatham
19:45 BST	Folarin 40'	Report		Stadium: The Bauvill Stadium

26 July 2025 Friendly	Dartford	0–2	Gillingham	Dartford
15:00 BST		Report	Gbode 4', 35'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 1,037 Referee: Joe Dann-Pye

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL League Two	Matchday 1	17th	46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	028.26
FA Cup	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group Stage	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	033.33
Total			51	14	16	21	61	81	−20	027.45

Last updated: 2 May 2026
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Fleetwood Town	46	15	16	15	57	58	−1	61
16	Accrington Stanley	46	14	11	21	47	58	−11	53
17	Gillingham	46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	53
18	Cheltenham Town	46	14	10	22	53	79	−26	52
19	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	10	23	42	69	−27	49

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[53]

League results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	53	8	7	8	29	36	−7	5	7	11	24	36	−12

Last updated: complete.
Source: Soccerway

League results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	28	30	25¹	31	32	33	34	35	36	26²	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	29³	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W
Position	11	10	13	6	5	1	1	2	1	3	4	3	5	8	7	7	7	8	6	10	12	12	11	16	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17
Points	1	4	5	8	11	14	15	18	21	21	21	22	22	22	25	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	35	38	38	38	41	41	41	41	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	49	50	50	50	50	53

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 25 (vs. Notts County) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
² Matchday 26 (vs. Milton Keynes Dons) was postponed due to opposition in FA Cup involvements.
³ Matchday 29 (vs. Cheltenham Town) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were released.^[54]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Gillingham	Accrington
15:00 BST	Matthews 49' Grant 66' Walton 66'	Report	Gbode 14' Ogie 61' Little 79'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,302 (610 Gillingham fans) Referee: Ollie Yates

9 August 2025 2	Gillingham	1–0	Walsall	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Morris 34' Dack 58' Andrews 75' Coleman 90+6'	Report	Jellis 55' Stuttle 56' Clarke 90+1'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,498 (372 away fans) Referee: Ross Martin

16 August 2025 3	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Patrick 63' Smallwood 77' Norman 90+4'	Report	Dack 21' Nevitt 39' Clark 86' 90+4' Gbodé 90+2'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,981 (426 Gillingham fans) Referee: Declan Bourne

19 August 2025 4	Gillingham	4–1	Chesterfield	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Little 28' (pen.), 50' (pen.) Andrews 37' Cirino 45+1', 56' Coleman 71' Nevitt 73' Wyllie 90+1'	Report	Dobra 53' Daley-Campbell 62'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,518 (281 away fans) Referee: Craig Hicks

23 August 2025 5	Gillingham	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Gale 4', 89' Cirino 66'	Report	Hutchinson 23' Demetriou 50'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,089 (234 away fans) Referee: Abigail Byrne

30 August 2025 6	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 BST	Quigley 1' Hannant 20' Woods 28' Robson 89' Monthé 90+1'	Report	Dack 24' Gale 55' Vokes 71' Gbodé 79'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,233 (549 Gillingham fans) Referee: Scott Jackson

6 September 2025 7	Bromley	2–2	Gillingham	Bromley
17:30 BST	Kabamba 7', 67' Cheek 12' Charles 90+12'	Report	Nevitt 45' Andrews 56' Gale 84' Clark 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 3,005 (481 Gillingham fans) Referee: James Durkin
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[55]

13 September 2025 8	Gillingham	1–0	Notts County	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Andrews 36', 46' Smith 65' Nevitt 75' Dack 90+3'	Report	Dennis 15'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,743 Referee: Sam Mulhall

20 September 2025 9	Newport County	1–3	Gillingham	Newport
15:00 BST	Opoku 1' Antwi 9' Reindorf 15' Baker 44'		Smith 5' Dack 23', 45' (pen.) Andrews 30' Smith 36' Rowe 85' Gale 90+4'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,022 (601 Gillingham fans) Referee: Leigh Doughty

27 September 2025 10	Gillingham	0–1	Harrogate Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Clark 84'	Report	Duke-McKenna 16' Taylor 50'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,406 (85 away fans) Referee: James Bell

4 October 2025 11	Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	Gillingham	Denbigh
12:30 BST	Gale 6' (o.g.) Mendez-Laing 57' Maguire 63' Paterson 69' Leko 90+3'	Report	Smith 34' Hutton 60' Andrews 63' Palmer-Houlden 76' Williams 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,646 (1,375 Gillingham fans) Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[56]

11 October 2025 12	Gillingham	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Nevitt 90+5'	Report	Martin 57' Young 60' Sherring 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,038 (143 away fans) Referee: Alex Chilowicz

18 October 2025 13	Grimsby Town	1–0	Gillingham	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Kabia 27' Green 50' Rodgers 55' Vernam 58' (pen.)	Report	Hutton 33' Williams 60' 63' Little 66' Coleman 66' Gale 83' Clark 84'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,659 (489 Gillingham fans) Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

25 October 2025 14	Gillingham	1–2	Salford City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Dack 23', 57' Andrews 36' Coleman 66'	Report	Udoh 7', 56' Cesay 27' Woodburn 58' Garbutt 72' N'Mai 73' Oluwo 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,174 (89 away fans) Referee: David Rock

8 November 2025 15	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Gillingham	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Sotiriou 32'	Report	Clark 30', 54' Andrews 31' Nevitt 62' McKenzie 90+1' McCleary 90+1'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,056 (1,053 Gillingham fans) Referee: Alan Young

15 November 2025 16	Gillingham	2–2	Crawley Town	Gillingham
17:30 GMT	Smith 27' Dack 45+3' McKenzie 55' (pen.)	Report	Brown 30' Bajrami 52' Tshimanga 82' Flower 83'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,252 (395 away fans) Referee: Paul Howard
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[56]

22 November 2025 17	Gillingham	1–1	Barnet	Gillingham
12:30 GMT	Dack 45+2' Vokes 64' Hutton 72' Williams 74' Khumbeni 90+4'	Report	Stead 17', 63' Ofoborh 51' Kanu 80'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,778 (406 away) Referee: Ben Atkinson
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[56]

29 November 2025 18	Shrewsbury Town	3–3	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Lloyd 10', 45+4' Hoole 22' Boyle 34' Kabia 61'	Report	Stubbs 37' (o.g.) Andrews 57' McKenzie 66' (pen.) Cirino 81' Nevitt 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,217 (484 away) Referee: Aaron Farmer

6 December 2025 19	Colchester United	0–0	Gillingham	Colchester
12:30 GMT	Gape 90+4'	Report	Rowe 9' Hutton 24' Gale 77' Ogie 90+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,832 (839 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Oliver Mackey
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 9 December, but both clubs agreed to bring it forward as both clubs were knocked out of the FA Cup.^[57]

13 December 2025 20	Gillingham	2–2	Barrow	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Earing 25' (o.g.) Rowe 28'	Report	Gordon 57', 83' Hemmings 86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,500 (76 away fans) Referee: Farai Hallam

20 December 2025 21	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	McCann 28' Graydon 45+1', 53' Potter 48' Evans 82' Medley 85'	Report	Dack 14' Little 52' Nevitt 58'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,001 (261 Gillingham fans) Referee: Stephen Parkinson

26 December 2025 22	Gillingham	1–1	Cambridge United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	McKenzie 72' Clark 72' Rowe 85'	Report	Appéré 10'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,344 (636 away) Referee: Neil Hair

29 December 2025 23	Gillingham	1–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	McKenzie 74' Little 86'	Report	Lisbie 77' Read 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,284 (930 away) Referee: Matthew Russell

1 January 2026 24	Swindon Town	2–0	Gillingham	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Mabete 25' Tafazolli 59' Nichols 83' Tabor 86' Ripley 89' Drinan 90+1'	Report	Andrews 60' Clark 83' Little 87'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,986 (896 Gillingham supporters) Referee: James Durkin

17 January 2026 27	Gillingham	3–2	Newport County	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

24 January 2026 28	Harrogate Town	0–3	Gillingham	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Falkingham 6'	Report	Masterson 51' Little 55' (pen.) Vokes 84' Gale 90+1'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,747 (472 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

31 January 2026 30	Gillingham	1–4	Bromley	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Little 6' Dack 44'	Report	Thompson 10', 19', 48' Whitely 27', 45+2' Pinnock 27' Medley 89'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,164 (1,313) Referee: Alan Young

3 February 2026 25^[58]	Notts County	1–0	Gillingham	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Robertson 27' Ness 76'	Report	Andrews 56' Dack 81' Beckles 86'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,731 (404 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[59]

7 February 2026 31	Gillingham	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Hale 25', 65'	Report	Whitaker 78'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,564 (244 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

14 February 2026 32	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Gillingham	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Thibaut 64'	Report	McKenzie 90+5'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,972 (399 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Martin Coy

17 February 2026 33	Chesterfield	1–0	Gillingham	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Curtis 16'	Report	Beckles 23' Hutton 31' Coleman 88'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 7,520 (282 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Will Finnie

21 February 2026 34	Gillingham	0–3	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Akomeah 48' Dack 68'	Report	Kavanagh 11' Monthé 17' Robson 36' Kavanagh 45' Fondop 78'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,868 (285 away) Referee: James Oldham

28 February 2026 35	Barrow	0–1	Gillingham	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT		Report	McKenzie 90+13'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,331 (237 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Ross Joyce

7 March 2026 36	Gillingham	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ogie 40' Palmer-Houlden 61' Andrews 85'	Report	Helm 12' Rooney 90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,297 (69 away) Referee: Lewis Sandoe

10 March 2026 26^[60]	Gillingham	1–5	Milton Keynes Dons	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Hale 44' Rowe 60' Palmer-Houlden 77' Cirino 90+5'	Report	Gilbey 15' Crowley 23' Jones 26' Ekpiteta 33' Wiles 51' Kelly 87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,786 (186 away) Referee: Harry Wager
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but it was postponed due to MK Dons in FA Cup involvements.^[61]

14 March 2026 37	Cambridge United	5–0	Gillingham	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Ball 2' Appéré 36' Cirino 50' (o.g.) Kaikai 54' Lavery 90+1'		Cirino 28' Smith 42' Dack 84'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,490 Referee: Michael Barlow

17 March 2026 38	Gillingham	0–2	Swindon Town	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Beckles 27'	Report	Wright 43' Tafazolli 45' Drinan 68', 77' Holman 86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,991 Referee: Emily Heaslip

21 March 2026 39	Gillingham F.C.	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Hale 16' (pen.) Waldock 35' Hutton 71' Little 89' 90+13'	Report	Leigh 34' Kilgour 45' 46' Harrison 72' Young 90+10'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,764 Referee: Charles Breakspear

28 March 2026 40	Crawley Town	2–0	Gillingham	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Williams 79' Richards 90+1' Adeyemo 90+3'	Report	Dack 34' Andrews 64' Rowe 73'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 4,338 (909 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Edward Duckworth

3 April 2026 41	Walsall	2–2	Gillingham	Walsall
15:00 BST	Loupalo-Bi 21' Kanu 66'	Report	Hale 50' Dack 52' Palmer-Houlden 63' Gale 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,994 Referee: William Davis

6 April 2026 42	Gillingham	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hale 11' Khumbeni 24' Smith 36' McCleary 42', 56'	Report	Wright 11' Woods 33' Walton 75', 81' Madden 80' Abimbola 90+5'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,383 (59 away) Referee: George Laflin

11 April 2026 43	Salford City	0–0	Gillingham	Kersal
15:00 BST	Oluwo 75'	Report	Khumbeni 59' Hale 75'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 4,303 (522 Gills fans) Referee: Stephen Parkinson

14 April 2026 29^[62]	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Gillingham	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Hutchinson 63' Faal 74', 90+5'	Report	Hale 18'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,161 (235 Gills supporters) Referee: Harrison Blair
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[63]

18 April 2026 44	Gillingham	1–4	Grimsby Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Little 45+3' McCleary 55' Hale 90+3'	Report	Cook 41' Amaluzor 45' Kabia 74' Green 80' Vernam 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,863 (646 away) Referee: Oliver Mackey

25 April 2026 45	Barnet	6–2	Gillingham	Edgware
15:00 BST	Stead 6', 15', 16', 30', 70' Tshimanga 43' Crichlow 45+4' Shelton 74'	Report	Booth 13' Masterson 37' Andrews 83', 90+4'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,704 (1,078 Gills supporters) Referee: Ollie Yates

2 May 2026 46	Gillingham	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hale 37' McCleary 90+2'	Report	Perry 31' Gray 57'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,415 (541 away) Referee: David Rock

FA Cup

Gillingham were drawn away to Newport County in the first round.^[64]^[65]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round	Newport County	2–2 (4–3 p)	Gillingham	Newport
15:00 GMT	Evans 32' Antwi 109'	Report	Nevitt 14' Gale 25' Palmer-Houlden 118'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,596 (243 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Ross Martin
	Penalties
	Baker-Richardson Braybrooke Antwi Kamwa Lloyd		Clark Hutton Vokes Khumbeni Palmer-Houlden

EFL Cup

Gillingham were drawn at home to AFC Wimbledon in the first round.^[66]^[67]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round	Gillingham	1–1 (2–4 p)	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Coleman 83'	Report	Hackford 32' Sasu 42' Johnson 80'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,205 (339 away fans) Referee: Neil Hair
	Penalties
	Clark Williams McKenzie Andrews		Stevens Kelly Hippolyte Smith

EFL Trophy

Gillingham were drawn against Colchester United, Wycombe Wanderers and Fulham U21 in the group stage.^[68]

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Wycombe Wanderers	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Gillingham	3	1	2	5	6	−1	3
4	ACA	Fulham U21	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 September 2025 Group G	Gillingham	4–1	Fulham U21	Gillingham
19:00 BST	Dobbs 3' Rowe 34' Beszant 48' Wyllie 61' Sargent 71'	Report	Loupalo-Bi 53', 90+8'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 962 (48 away) Referee: Carl Brook

7 October 2025 Group G	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Colchester
19:45 BST	Mbick 85' Read 90+2' Harvey 90+7'	Report	Vokes 15' Clark 49' Cirino 71' 87' Waldock 80'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,467 (132 Gillingham supporters) Referee: Matthew Russell

11 November 2025 Group G	Gillingham	0–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Gillingham
19:00 GMT	Akomeah 18'	Report	Lowry 9' Matton 61' Fink 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 906 (66 away) Referee: Abigail Byrne

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

More information No., Pos ...

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Glenn Morris	31	0	31+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Remeao Hutton	48	0	40+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Max Clark	46	3	39+2	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	IRL	Conor Masterson	12	2	10+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Andy Smith	38	1	35+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Ethan Coleman	36	1	25+9	0	1+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
7	FW	JAM	Garath McCleary	27	4	15+12	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Armani Little	35	5	30+3	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Josh Andrews	40	4	23+13	4	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
10	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams	27	1	14+12	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Aaron Rowe	30	1	13+13	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
12	FW	ENG	Seb Palmer-Houlden	35	5	19+15	4	0+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Taite Holtam	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Robbie McKenzie	39	4	34+3	4	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Travis Akomeah	17	0	8+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Harry Webster	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Jonny Smith	10	1	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	FW	CYP	Marcus Wyllie	10	2	0+6	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
19	FW	WAL	Sam Vokes	35	3	9+24	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
20	FW	ENG	Elliott Nevitt	24	3	16+6	2	1+0	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF	NIR	Euan Williams	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	IRL	Shadrach Ogie	14	0	8+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Bradley Dack	42	7	30+11	7	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Harry Waldock	10	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
25	GK	ENG	Jake Turner	20	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
27	MF	MWI	Nelson Khumbeni	22	0	7+10	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Harry Bridle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Sam Gale	44	1	37+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
31	DF	ENG	Logan Dobbs	3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
32	DF	MSR	Lenni Cirino	16	1	6+7	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Cruz Beszant	4	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
34	FW	ENG	Stan Sargent	3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+2	1
35	MF	ENG	Louie Dayal	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	0
36	MF	ENG	Cameron Antwi	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Sullivan Booth	1	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW	NIR	Ronan Hale	20	5	19+1	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	DF	GRN	Omar Beckles	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Michael Luxton	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club during the season:
17	FW	ENG	Joe Gbodé	5	1	2+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

2025–26 Gillingham F.C. season

Players

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

League Two

League table

League results summary

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Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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