The Gillingham Herald
Match15 Aug 2026
Gillingham run riot against Oldham Athletic
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Seb Palmer-Houlden's — 8.27
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.27, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Armando Shashoua's — 8.03
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.03, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Gillingham rebuffed over Lamine Cissé
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stoke City have kept their man, and Gillingham go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Sam Mather would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sam Mather is living that version at Gillingham, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Gillingham go back to the board over Dan Scarr
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $110.1K — a club that wants Dan Scarr enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $100.0K for Dan Scarr
Gillingham have gone to Wrexham with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Gillingham bid $94.0K for Declan Skura
The offer went to Wycombe Wanderers this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Gillingham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Gillingham
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Eli King
- Market One of our own: Adam Hunter joins the Gillingham first team