The Gillingham Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Samson Tovide
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Gillingham go back to the board over Michael Golding
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $180.2K — a club that wants Michael Golding enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Gillingham bid $240.0K for Benicio Baker-Boaitey
The offer went to Millwall 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $160.0K for Michael Golding
Gillingham have gone to Leicester 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.
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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Gillingham rebuffed over Keyrol Figueroa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liverpool have kept their man, and Gillingham go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Auckland City join the queue for David Espínola
Add another name to the list: Auckland City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about David Espínola. The answer from Gillingham has not changed — yet.
Market17 Aug 2026
Andrew Williams steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Williams 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Simon Hunter steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Hunter 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 David Bailey steps up from the Gillingham academy
- Squad 200 appearances for Jay Dasilva
- Player ratings Jay Dasilva was on a different afternoon to everybody else