The Gillingham Herald
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $310.0K sale of Lenni Cirino
He is going to AFC Wimbledon, the club has $310.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lenni Cirino moves on
AFC Wimbledon pay $310.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Keanan Bennetts 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Fábio Jaló’s goal not enough for Gillingham
Fábio Jaló scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Crewe Alexandra, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Andy Smith
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andy Smith, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Gillingham pick somebody else ahead of Sam Vokes
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A Gillingham teenager takes the young player award
Jaylan Pearman is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Isaac Holland
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Gillingham and Caleb Ansen
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Gillingham, another week without a signature from Caleb Ansen.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Jonny Williams
- Market Gillingham bring in Brandon Cover on loan
- Player ratings The referee tires of Ethan Coleman