The Gillingham Herald
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Owen Dale runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match21 Aug 2027
Gillingham make home a hard place to visit
14 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Gillingham baulk at the price for Joe Rodon
Leeds United wanted more than $3.6M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
An offer of $2.2M for Ola Aina
Gillingham have gone to Nottingham Forest 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 targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Anis Mehmeti
Gillingham asked and Ipswich Town said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Gillingham
Alan Martínez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Gillingham
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
James Marshall steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Marshall 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Simon Brown steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Brown 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 One of our own: Henry Jones joins the Gillingham first team
- Market Peter Stewart steps up from the Gillingham academy
- Boardroom A promise the Gillingham board did not keep