The Gillingham Herald
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Euan Williams says Gillingham went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Dixon Vera falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Gillingham
Omar Beckles and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Taite Holtam signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Taite Holtam commits to Gillingham for another 4 years.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Ronan Hale dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Market15 Feb 2027
Gillingham and Ethan Bristow 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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Anthony Howard chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Sam Vokes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The weekend belonged to Dixon Vera
Player of the week, judged against every other man in the division. A small award, and one most careers never collect.
In brief
- Player ratings Ronan Hale runs at them all day
- Match Gillingham draw a blank against Tranmere Rovers
- Match Gillingham and Accrington Stanley cancel each other out