The Gillingham Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sam Vokes out for 15 days
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Sam Vokes, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Gillingham
Harry Bridle and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Omar Beckles stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Omar Beckles and Gillingham agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sam Vokes calls time on his country
“65 caps was 65 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 36 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from Gillingham.
Market3 Aug 2026
Gillingham and Eli King are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Millenic Alli is in the works
Gillingham have made the call to Luton Town. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Gillingham ask about Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko
A loan enquiry to Arsenal: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Ronan Hale asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Robbie McKenzie
Still no offer on the table, and Robbie McKenzie’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Market Conor Masterson leaves for nothing
- Market Josh Andrews leaves for nothing
- The dugout The manager comes out for Elliott Nevitt