The Gillingham Herald
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $6.0M for Lamine Cissé
Gillingham have gone to Stoke City 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
Door shut on Ephron Mason-Clark
Gillingham asked and Coventry City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Fábio Tavares 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. Fábio Tavares 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 Lamine Cissé
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $6.5M — a club that wants Lamine Cissé enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Eli King
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Gillingham promote Steven James from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven James has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Gillingham promote Samuel Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Murphy has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Robert Ellis steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Ellis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Christopher Shaw steps up from the Gillingham academy
- Match Ronan Hale sends Gillingham past Oldham Athletic
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Ronan Hale at his very best