The Gillingham Herald
Squad20 Aug 2029
Alexandr Maximenko damages knee ligaments — 91 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 91 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match18 Aug 2029
Still nobody has beaten Gillingham
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Mirko Topić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gillingham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Nobody could get near Haji Wright
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
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.
Market20 Aug 2029
Jacob Carter steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacob Carter 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.
Market20 Aug 2029
Stephen Howard steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Howard 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.
Market20 Aug 2029
Alexander Palmer steps up from the Gillingham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Palmer 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.
Market20 Aug 2029
One of our own: Nicholas King joins the Gillingham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas King is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Armando Shashoua the difference as Gillingham beat Portsmouth
- Squad Sam Long signs on for more
- Boardroom Gillingham board go back on their word