2017–18 Gillingham F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Gillingham's 125th season in their existence and fifth consecutive season in League One.^[3] Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Gillingham

2017–18 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Head Coach	Adrian Pennock (until 25 September)[1] Steve Lovell (from 16 November)[2]
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
League One	17th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Eaves (17) All: Tom Eaves (18)
Highest home attendance	8,163 vs Portsmouth (8 October 2017) League One
Lowest home attendance	1,224 vs Oxford United (5 December 2017) EFL Trophy
Average home league attendance	5,370
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Tom Eaves	Yeovil Town	Free	[4]
1 July 2017	CB		Alex Lacey	Yeovil Town	Free	[5]
1 July 2017	RB		Luke O'Neill	Southend United	Free	[6]
1 July 2017	CF		Conor Wilkinson	Bolton Wanderers	Free	[7]
1 July 2017	CB		Gabriel Zakuani	Northampton Town	Free	[8]
18 July 2017	CM		Billy Bingham	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[9]
21 July 2017	ST		Liam Nash	Maldon & Tiptree	Free	[10]
15 August 2017	CB		Ben Nugent	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[11]
17 August 2017	GK		Steve Arnold	Dover Athletic	Free	[12]
15 September 2017	′CM		Jesse Starkey	Swindon Town	Free	[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM		Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	£750,000	[14]
1 July 2017	CB		Mitchell Dickenson	Hythe Town	Released	[15]
1 July 2017	CF		Rory Donnelly	Cliftonville	Released	[15][a]
1 July 2017	CB		Chris Herd	Western Sydney Wanderers	Released	[15]
1 July 2017	RB		Ryan Jackson	Colchester United	Released	[15][b]
1 July 2017	CM		Billy Knott	Lincoln City	Free	[18]
1 July 2017	RW		Sam Lawford	Faversham Town	Released	[15][c]
1 July 2017	CF		Cody McDonald	AFC Wimbledon	Free	[20]
1 July 2017	CM		Ollie Muldoon	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2017	GK		Henry Newcombe	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2017	CM		Emmanuel Osadebe	Cambridge United	Released	[15][d]
1 July 2017	CB		Zesh Rehman	Southern District	Released	[15][e]
1 July 2017	GK		Will Sykes	Free agent	Released	[15]
31 August 2017	CM		Josh Wright	Southend United	Mutual consent	[23][f]

1. Rory Donnelly joined Cliftonville following his release.^[16]
2. Ryan Jackson joined Colchester United following his release.^[17]
3. Sam Lawford joined Faversham Town following his release.^[19]
4. Emmanuel Osadebe joined Cambridge United following his release.^[21]
5. Zesh Rehman joined Southern District following his release.^[22]
6. Josh Wright joined Southend United following his departure.^[24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	LB		Connor Ogilvie	Tottenham Hotspur	February 2018	[25]
31 August 2017	RM		Sean Clare	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 2018	[26]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 August 2017	GK		Tom Hadler	Gloucester City	1 January 2018	[27]
25 August 2017	FW		Noel Mbo	Hampton & Richmond Borough	22 September 2017	[28]
25 August 2017	DF		Finn O'Mara	Folkestone Invicta	21 October 2017	[29][a]
25 August 2017	MF		Bradley Stevenson	Cray Wanderers	10 December 2017	[29][b]
26 September 2017	FW		Noel Mbo	Kingstonian	24 October 2017	[32]
8 November 2017	FW		Liam Nash	Leatherhead	9 December 2017	[33]
9 November 2017	MF		Bradley Stevenson	Tonbridge Angels	9 December 2017	[34]
24 November 2017	CM		Jesse Starkey	Worthing	23 December 2017	[35]
1 December 2017	CB		Finn O'Mara	Folkestone Invicta	6 January 2018	[36]

1. On 26 September 2017, Finn O'Mara agreed to extend his loan with Folkestone Invicta.^[30]
2. On 8 September 2017, Bradley Stevenson agreed to extend his loan with Cray Wanderers.^[31]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 27 June 2017, Gillingham have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Faversham Town, Dartford, Dover Athletic, Chatham Town, Ipswich Town, Patro Eisden, Colchester United and Canvey Island^[37][38]

Faversham Town v Gillingham

7 July 2017	Faversham Town	0–1	Gillingham	Faversham
19:30 BST		Report	Eaves 22'	Stadium: Salters Lane Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Jack Packman

Dartford v Gillingham

11 July 2017	Dartford	1–2	Gillingham	Dartford
19:30 BST	Murphy 74'	Report	Zakuani 5' Parker 31'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 710 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Dover Athletic v Gillingham

15 July 2017	Dover Athletic	2–2	Gillingham	River
15:00 BST	Bird 7' Gallifuoco 61'	Report	Wilkinson 30' O'Neill 60'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Garry Maskell

Chatham Town v Gillingham

18 July 2017	Chatham Town	0–12	Gillingham	Chatham
19:30 BST		Report	Oldaker 10' Wilkinson 35', 38' Wright 40', 86' pen Garmston 44' Eaves 48' Mbo 60' Nash (Trialist) 72', 83' pen Hessenthaler 80' List 82'	Stadium: The Sports Ground Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Mr I Searle

Gillingham v Ipswich Town

22 July 2017	Gillingham	2–1	Ipswich Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Eaves 52' (pen.) Wagstaff 78'	Report	Rowe 80'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: Craig Hicks

Gillingham v Patro Eisden

25 July 2017	Gillingham	4–1	Patro Eisden	Gillingham
19:30 BST	Oldaker Wright ?' Ogilvie Mbo ?'	Report	Tsirlidis ?'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: James Linington

Colchester United v Gillingham

28 July 2017	Colchester United	1-2	Gillingham	Colchester
19:30 BST	Jackson 75'	Report	Martin 30' Parker 52'	Stadium: Weston Homes Commiunity Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

Canvey Island v Gillingham XI

29 July 2017	Canvey Island	0-1	Gillingham XI	Canvey Island
15:00 BST			Hessenthaler 86'	Stadium: Park Lane

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56
16	Oxford United	46	15	11	20	61	66	−5	56
17	Gillingham	46	13	17	16	50	55	−5	56
18	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	14	19	47	58	−11	53
19	Walsall	46	13	13	20	53	66	−13	52

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	8	10	9	29	30	−1	34	3	7	4	17	16	+1	5	3	5	12	14	−2

Last updated: 13 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[39][40]

Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham

5 August 2017 1	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 BST		Report	Eaves  61'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,512 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Gillingham v Bradford City

12 August 2017 2	Gillingham	0–1	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Lacey  31' Byrne  55' Wilkinson  75'	Report	Poleon 19' Reeves  22' Patrick  29' McMahon  62'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,267 Referee: John Busby

Milton Keynes Dons v Gillingham

19 August 2017 3	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Gillingham	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Tshibola  36' Sow 47'	Report	Byrne  39' Ehmer  76'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,901 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Gillingham v Southend United

26 August 2017 4	Gillingham	3–3	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Byrne  51' Eaves 56', 63', 80'  90+3' Ogilvie  89'	Report	Timlin  11' Leonard 20' Demetriou  58' Kightly 65' Cox 73' Hendrie  87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town

2 September 2017 5	Gillingham	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Eaves  74' Parker 76'	Report	Morris 30' Rodman 37' Brown  68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Kevin Johnson

Oxford United v Gillingham

9 September 2017 6	Oxford United	3–0	Gillingham	Oxford
15:00 BST	Payne 48' Rothwell 54' Hall 56'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Michael Salisbury

AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Gillingham	Norbiton
19:45 BST	Barcham 35' Oshilaja  42' Taylor  45+3' Nightingale  65'	Report	Martin  45+3' Wagstaff  45+3' Clare 45+4' Eaves  81' Byrne  82'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Gillingham v Charlton Athletic

16 September 2017 8	Gillingham	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ehmer  13' O'Neill  26' Eaves 54' Nugent  65'	Report	Kashi  45+1' Solly  84' Holmes  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Rochdale v Gillingham

23 September 2017 9	Rochdale	3–0	Gillingham	Spotland
15:00 BST	Henderson 24' Rafferty 26' Davies  36' Williams  57' Done 90+1'	Report	Eaves  30'  44' Zakuani  48'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Gillingham v Scunthorpe United

26 September 2017 10	Gillingham	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Antony Coggins

Blackburn Rovers v Gillingham

30 September 2017 11	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Gillingham	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Samuel 31' Chapman  63'	Report	Byrne  11' Clare  23'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,844 Referee: Robert Jones

Gillingham v Portsmouth

8 October 2017 12	Gillingham	0–1	Portsmouth	Gillingham
14:30 BST	Ehmer  85'	Report	Clarke  45+1' Kennedy 46' Thompson  74'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Peterborough United v Gillingham

14 October 2017 13	Peterborough United	0–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Baldwin  20'	Report	Martin 35' Hessenthaler  58' Wagstaff  77' Wilkinson  83'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,257 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Gillingham v Wigan Athletic

17 October 2017 14	Gillingham	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Eaves 55'	Report	Morsy 82'  84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Gillingham v Northampton Town

21 October 2017 15	Gillingham	1–2	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Martin 62' Zakuani  89'	Report	Buchanan  9' Powell 45' McWilliams  70' Grimes 73'  86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Ross Joyce

Rotherham United v Gillingham

28 October 2017 16	Rotherham United	1–3	Gillingham	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Moore 56' Wood  82' Mattock  85'  85'	Report	Parker 2', 86' Eaves 47' Ogilvie  90+6'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,865 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Gillingham v Bury

11 November 2017 17	Gillingham	1–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer  6' O'Neill  59' Parker 85'	Report	Ince  25' Danns 39' Edwards  69' Williams  78'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Walsall v Gillingham

18 November 2017 18	Walsall	0–1	Gillingham	Bescot
15:00 GMT		Report	Wilkinson 44' Ehmer  45+1'  72' Eaves  55' Martin  69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,917 Referee: Andy Haines

Blackpool v Gillingham

21 November 2017 19	Blackpool	1–1	Gillingham	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Vassell 41'	Report	Hessenthaler  70' Eaves 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Gillingham v Oldham Athletic

25 November 2017 20	Gillingham	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne  33'	Report	Gardner  40' Gerrard  68' Bryan  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Graham Horwood

Plymouth Argyle v Gillingham

9 December 2017 21	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Gillingham	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Grant 55' Diagouraga 90'	Report	Wagstaff  36' Nugent  57' Eaves 84' Byrne  87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Darren Handley

Gillingham v Bristol Rovers

16 December 2018 22	Gillingham	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne 28' 53' Lacey 37' Parker 47' Martin  67' Ehmer  90+4'	Report	Smith  65' Sercombe 90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Fleetwood Town v Gillingham

22 December 2017 23	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Gillingham	Fleetwood
19:00 GMT	Cargill  26'	Report	Parker 2' O'Neill 15'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,088 Referee: David Webb

Gillingham v Oxford United

26 December 2017 24	Gillingham	1–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
13:00 GMT	Wilkinson 87' Hessenthaler  90+3'	Report	Ricardinho 52'  90' Ledson  68' Payne  72' Carroll  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,555 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon

30 December 2017 25	Gillingham	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Francomb 62' (o.g.) Ehmer 69'  83'	Report	Taylor 67' (pen.) Abdou  72' Forrester 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,419 Referee: Rob Lewis

Charlton Athletic v Gillingham

1 January 2018 26	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Gillingham	London
15:00 GMT	Forster-Caskey  29' Aribo 83' Kashi  90+1' Lennon  90+3'	Report	Parker 11'  53' Eaves 32' O'Neill  45+2' Clare  90+4'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,979 Referee: Oliver Langford

Gillingham v Rochdale

13 January 2018 27	Gillingham	2–1	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Garmston 41' Martin 63' Eaves  77'	Report	Cannon 27'  87' Ntlhe  7' Camps  75'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Lee Swabey

Scunthorpe United v Gillingham

20 January 2018 28	Scunthorpe United	1–3	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	van Veen  38' Morris 52'	Report	Martin 25' Reilly  41' Eaves  43' 73' Parker 68' Ogilvie  90'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,905 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Gillingham v Fleetwood Town

27 January 2018 29	Gillingham	2-1	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Hessenthaler  40' Eaves 53', 90+1' (pen.) Martin  67'	Report	Madden 13'  90+1' Diagouraga  48' Neal  85' Bolger  87'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Wigan Athletic v Gillingham

3 February 2018 30	Wigan Athletic	2-0	Gillingham	Wigan
	Grigg 10' Powell 34'	Report	Garmston  17' Ehmer  21' Eaves  71'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,384 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Gillingham v Peterborough United

10 February 2018 31	Gillingham	1–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer 90+3'	www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42927422	Lloyd 67'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Andy Davies

Northampton Town v Gillingham

13 February 2018 32	Northampton Town	1–2	Gillingham	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Taylor 56'	Report	Parker 6' Eaves 18'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Gillingham v Walsall

17 February 2018 33	Gillingham	0–0	Walsall	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Wilkinson  86'	Report	Dobson  86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

20 February 2018 34	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Ogogo 14' Thomas  49'	Report	Nugent  36' Byrne 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,839 Referee: Craig Hicks

Bury v Gillingham

24 February 2018 35	Bury	2–1	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 GMT	Danns 12' Bunn 25'	Report	Ogilvie 69'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Portsmouth v Gillingham

10 March 2018 36	Portsmouth	1–3	Gillingham	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 19' Burgess  28'	Report	Wilkinson 48' Martin 66', 80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,247 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Bradford City v Gillingham

24 March 2018 37	Bradford City	1–0	Gillingham	Bradford
	Warnock  43' Poleon 48' Devine  90+1' Bruner  90+5'	Report	Zakuani  62'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,654 Referee: Ross Joyce

Gillingham v Milton Keynes Dons

29 March 2018 38	Gillingham	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Nasseri 41' Wagstaff  99' Ehmer  80' O'Neill  90+4'	Report	Aneke 34',  90+1' Pawlett  45+1' Brittain  65' Williams 85' Lewington  87'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,540 Referee: John Busby

Southend United v Gillingham

2 April 2018 39	Southend United	4–0	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Turner 8' Robinson 11' Kightly 18' McLaughlin 39'	Report	Hessenthaler  15' Martin  45+3' Nugent  57' Wagstaff  62' Byrne  65'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,466 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Gillingham v Doncaster Rovers

7 April 2018 40	Gillingham	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Wilkinson  13'	Report	McCullough  77'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,870 Referee: John Brooks

Gillingham v Blackburn Rovers

10 April 2018 41	Gillingham	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Lenihan  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,361 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Oldham Athletic v Gillingham

14 April 2018 42	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 BST	Fané  26' Nazon 45' Byrne  70' Edmundson  79' Hunt  89' Moimbé  90'	Report	Eaves 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Gillingham v Rotherham United

17 April 2018 43	Gillingham	0–1	Rotherham United	Gillingham
19:45 BST		Report	Vaulks 20',  87' Smith  45' Towell  64'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Gillingham v Blackpool

21 April 2018 44	Gillingham	0–3	Blackpool	Gillingham
15:00 BST		Report	Vassell 28' Delfouneso 33'  67' Spearing 48' Lumley  78' Turton  80' Mellor 83'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,580 Referee: Craig Hicks

Bristol Rovers v Gillingham

28 April 2018 45	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Bristol
15:00	Harrison  45+1' Bennett  52' Telford 86'	Report	Byrne  35' List 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,715 Referee: Oliver Yates

Gillingham v Plymouth Argyle

5 May 2018 46	Gillingham	5–2	Plymouth Argyle	Gillingham
17:30 GMT	Parker 7' Eaves 30', 36', 51' Zakuani  45+2' Wilkinson  85' List 90+1'	Report	Grant 23' Carey 77' Songo'o  85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Gillingham were drawn at home against Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient in the first round.^[41] Another home fixture was confirmed for the second round with Carlisle United the visitors.^[42]

Gillingham v Leyton Orient

4 November 2017 First round	Gillingham	2–1	Leyton Orient	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Parker 20' Eaves 75' Clare  78' Wilkinson  81'	Report	Grainger  35' Lawless  76' Dayton 79'  81' Harrold  82' Widdowson  87'  90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,659 Referee: John Brooks

Gillingham v Carlisle United

2 December 2017 Second round	Gillingham	1–1	Carlisle United	Gillingham
14:00 GMT	O'Neill 5' Clare  40'	Report	Grainger 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,178 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Carlisle United v Gillingham

12 December 2017 Second round replay	Carlisle United	v	Gillingham	Carlisle
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 12 December, the second round replay tie was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[43]

Carlisle United v Gillingham

19 December 2017 Second round replay	Carlisle United	3-1	Gillingham	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Hope 7' 37' Liddle  73' Lambe  86' Miller  90+2' Miller 90+3'	Report	Clare  25' Wagstaff 47' Byrne  57' Parker  66' Ehmer  77' O'Neill  90+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,357 Referee: Mark Heywood

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Gillingham were drawn away to Reading in the first round.^[44]

Reading v Gillingham

8 August 2017 First round	Reading	2–0	Gillingham	Reading
20:00 BST	Kelly 71', 86'	Report	Cundle  39'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,936 Referee: Brett Huxtable

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Gillingham (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	10	6	+4	9	Round 2
2	L1	Southend United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	L2	Colchester United (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
4	ACA	Reading U21s (E)	3	0	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Gillingham v Southend United

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Gillingham	2–1	Southend United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Parker 8'  33' Ferdinand 57' (o.g.) Ogilvie  63' Wilkinson  90+12'	Report	McLaughlin 31' White  55' Ba  66' McGlashan  73' Oxley  90+12'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,549

Colchester United v Gillingham

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Colchester United	0–1	Gillingham	Colchester
19:45 BST	Kent  34'	Report	Hessenthaler  45+1' Ehmer  58' 90+1' Bingham  90+3'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 684 Referee: John Brooks

Gillingham v Reading U21s

7 November 2017	Gillingham	7–5	Reading U21s	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Cundle 1' Wilkinson 12' Wagstaff 29'  53' O'Neill 39' Mbo  65' 80' Oldaker 82', 90'	Report	Rollinson 38' Popa 49', 83' Holmes  52' Medford-Smith 57' Sheppard 68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Craig Hicks

Gillingham v Oxford United

5 December 2017 Second round	Gillingham	1–2	Oxford United	Gillingham
19:00 GMT	Byrne 9' (pen.) Nugent  48'	Report	Payne 31' Carroll  77' Ricardinho  86' Mowatt 90+2' Mousinho  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Squad statistics

Source:^[45][46]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Gillingham.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
				League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
1	GK	ENG	Stuart Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Luke O'Neill	21 (1)	1	2 (1)	1	1	0	2	1	26 (2)	3	5	0
3	DF	IRL	Bradley Garmston	5 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (4)	1	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Alex Lacey	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	1	1	0
5	DF	GER	Max Ehmer	23 (1)	1	3	0	1	0	4	1	31 (1)	2	9	1
6	DF	COD	Gabriel Zakuani	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Scott Wagstaff	9 (7)	0	2 (1)	1	1	0	3	1	15 (8)	2	4	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Hessenthaler	17 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	22 (3)	0	4	0
9	FW	ENG	Tom Eaves	22 (2)	10	3	1	1	0	1 (1)	0	27 (3)	11	8	1
10	FW	IRL	Conor Wilkinson	11 (8)	2	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	3	1	14 (12)	3	3	1
11	MF	ENG	Lee Martin	24	4	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	27 (1)	4	2	1
12	DF	ENG	Connor Ogilvie *	20 (6)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	25 (6)	0	4	0
13	GK	CZE	Tomáš Holý	28	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	32	0	1	0
14	FW	ATG	Josh Parker	21 (7)	8	2 (1)	1	1	0	3	1	27 (8)	10	3	0
16	MF	ENG	Billy Bingham	9	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	9 (1)	0	1	0
17	FW	ENG	Noel Mbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	0 (1)	1	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Bradley Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Ben Nugent	9 (3)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	13 (3)	0	3	0
20	MF	ENG	Darren Oldaker	0 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (1)	2	4 (4)	2	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Elliott List	6 (7)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	9 (9)	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Ben Chapman	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Aaron Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Greg Cundle	1 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	1	4 (6)	1	1	0
25	DF	IRL	Finn O'Mara	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
26 †	GK	ENG	Steve Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF	IRL	Callum Reilly *	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Liam Nash	2 (7)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (9)	0	0	0
28 †	MF	ENG	Sean Clare *	20 (1)	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	25 (1)	1	5	0
29 †	MF	ENG	Jesse Starkey	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Tom Hadler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Jack Tucker	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Miquel Scarlett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRL	Mark Byrne	23 (1)	2	3	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	27 (2)	3	8	0
44 †	MF	ENG	Josh Wright	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
15	MF	WAL	Aaron Morris
28	MF	BEL	Franck Moussa