2025 Pre-Season Friendlies

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Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Dover Athletic 0-1 Gillingham FC

First half team:
Jake Turner, Remeao Hutton, Max Clark, Robbie McKenzie, Shadrach Ogie, Ethan Coleman, Jack Nolan, Harry Bridle, Bradley Dack, Marcus Wyllie, Josh Andrews

Second half team:
Glenn Morris, Harry Webster, Sam Gale, Conor Masterson, Trialist, Armani Little, Cruz Bezsant, Harry Waldock, Damien Theodore, Seb Palmer-Holden, Joe Gbode

Gills Trialist:
Lenni Cirino (D)

Gills Goalscorers:
Robbie McKenzie 45

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Friday 11th July 2025 - Whitstable Town 4-1 Gillingham FC XI (Half time 1-2)

First half team:
Fletcher Hegarty, Raif Jones, Teddy James, Kelly Adams, Nayan Grant, Thomas Silva, [c] Michael Luxton, Trialist, Cruz Beszant, Louie Dayal, Stan Sargent

Second half team:
Fletcher Hegarty, Raif Jones, Teddy James, Zack Broadbent, Arthur Mhlanga, Alfie Cross, [c] Michael Luxton, Trialist, Louie Dayal, Sullivan Booth, Freddie Carruthers

Gills Trialist:
Unknown

Gills Goalscorers:
Dayal 5

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Saturday 12th July 2025 - Gillingham FC 0-0 Reading FC (Half time 0-0)

First half team:
Glenn Morris, Remeao Hutton, Trialist, Shadrach Ogie, Conor Masterson, Armani Little, Robbie McKenzie, Marcus Wyllie, Joe Gbode, Bradley Dack, Seb Palmer-Holden

Second half team:
Jake Turner, Harry Webster, Sam Gale, Andy Smith, Max Clark, Ethan Coleman, Harry Waldock, Damien Theodore, Harry Bridle, Jack Nolan, Josh Andrews

Gills Trialist:
Unknown

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Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Southampton 1-0 Gillingham FC (60 minute match)

First match team:
Jake Turner, Remeao Hutton, Shadrach Ogie, Andy Smith, Max Clark, Armani Little (c), Ethan Coleman, Joe Gbode, Jonny Williams (Harry Bridle), Marcus Wyllie, Seb Palmer-Houlden.

Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Southampton 3-1 Gillingham FC (60 minute match)

Second match team:
Glenn Morris, Harry Webster, Conor Masterson, Robbie McKenzie, Trialist, Cruz Beszant, Harry Waldock, Jack Nolan, Damien Theodore, Bradley Dack (Harry Bridle), Josh Andrews.

Gills Goalscorer:
Jack Nolan (pen)

Gills Trialist:
Unknown

[gillsfan1066]

I know it is only pre-season but do I see DEJA VU all over again, four games ,three whole goals against teams like Whitstable who we should have buried without breaking a sweat. Still no 15 goals a season or two ten goals a season forwards bought in to take Gillingham into the top 7, looks today with a couple of weeks to go before the season starts ,that this season is going to look a lot like last season,only with 20 draws instead of 16.
I often wonder if the two that own GFC have ever looked at an end of season table,I do not think they can have or they will have noticed that if your not scoring 60 goals a season,the chances of you getting into the play offs is just about impossible. I guess they think Gareth is some sort of miracle worker that's going to turn the team into a contender with basically the same team as we had last year. I just hope after Christmas when were sitting in 12th /13th place and he has not got any real goal scorers he doesn't get board and call it a day, he was quiet flaky last year leaving his old club 2/3 of the way through the season to join the Gills. His excuse was they did not spend money on players , seems he jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.

[Garawa]

It does feel that way a little doesn't it however the Southampton games were against decent players in a former Premier league team and was all about minutes whilst the other 2 only featured players for 45 minutes.

Maybe the arrival of Vokes is expected to get 10 and Andrews a bit more. As he's featured well so far, he is like a new striker signing. We still have Nevitt also capable of decent numbers so it's down to Ainsworth to get them firing and he's been pretty good at that in the past.

[Garawa]

Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Deal Town 2-2 Gillingham FC XI (Half time 1-1)

Match team:
Fletcher Hegarty (Trialist), Raif Jones (Josh Stone), Teddy James (Nayan Grant), Zack Broadbent (Evan Surrey), Arthur Mhlanga (Harrison Palmer), Alfie Cross (Henry Broster), [c] Michael Luxton (Luca Procopi), Kelly Adams (Freddie Francis), Louie Dayal (Trialist), Sullivan Booth (Thomas Silva), Stan Sargent (Trialist)

Gills Trialist:
Unknown

Gills Goalscorers:
Stan Sargent 2

[sotongill]

I know it is only pre-season but do I see DEJA VU all over again, four games ,three whole goals against teams like Whitstable who we should have buried without breaking a sweat. .

Whilst accepting your point 1066 , it was the youth team that played Whitstable , not the first team squad , so the result is not that unusual .

[Garawa]

Friday 18th July 2025 - Sheppey Utd 2-2 Gillingham FC XI (Half time 1-2)

Match team:
Taite Holtam (Fletcher Hegarty), Alfie Cross (Luca Procopi), Kelly Adams (Harrison Palmer), Thomas Silva (Nayan Grant), Zack Broadbent (Josh Stone), Raif Jones (Sullivan Booth), Louie Dayal (Kingston), [c] Michael Luxton (Henry Broster), Stan Sargent (Trialist), Arthur Mhlanga (Evan Surrey), Cruz Bezsant (Freddie Francis)

Gills Trialist:
Unknown

Gills Goalscorers:
Cruz Bezsant, Arthur Mhlanga

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Saturday 19th July 2025 - Gillingham FC 0-2 Luton Town (Half time 0-2)

Matchday team:
Glenn Morris (Jake Turner), Andy Smith (Harry Webster), Conor Masterson (Marcus Wyllie), Shadrach Ogie (Logan Dobbs), Remeao Hutton (Jack Nolan), Max Clark (Trialist), Robbie McKenzie (Ethan Coleman), Armani Little (Nelson Khumbeni), Bradley Dack (Jonny Williams), Joe Gbode (Elliott Nevitt), Seb Palmer-Holden (Josh Andrews)

Other:
Gbode wins a penalty which is saved from Clark.

[gillsfan1066]

The Gills look like what they are, last years team with a couple of players added who will contribute very little in the way of goal scoring our ONE OBVIOUS WEEKNESS.

[Garawa]

Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Ebbsfleet Utd 2-1 Gillingham FC (Half time 1-0)

Matchday team:
Jake Turner (Taite Holtam), Harry Webster (Remeao Hutton), Andy Smith (Robbie McKenzie), Logan Dobbs (Shadrach Ogie), Trialist (Max Clark), Ethan Coleman (Armani Little), Nelson Khumbeni (Jack Nolan), Jonny Williams (Bradley Dack), Marcus Wyllie, Elliott Nevitt (Joe Gbode), Josh Andrews (Seb Palmer-Holden)

Gills Goalscorer:
Joe Gbode

Other:
Jack Nolan and Shad Ogie hit the frame of the goal.

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Friday 25th July 2025 - Chatham Town 1-0 Gillingham FC XI (Half time 1-0)

Match team:
Taite Holtam (Fletcher Hegarty), Harry Webster (Kacper Kot), Logan Dobbs (Trialist), Zack Broadbent (Raif Jones, Sullivan Booth, Trialist (Kelly Adams), Nelson Khumbeni (Louie Dayal), Harry Waldock (Alfie Cross), Nolan (Nayan Grant), Cruz Bezsant, Damien Theodore (Arthur Mhlanga), Harry Bridle (Stan Sargent)

Gills Trialists:
Unknown

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Saturday 26th July 2025 - Dartford 0-2 Gillingham FC (Half time 2-0)

Matchday team:
Glenn Morris, Sam Gale (Andy Smith), Conor Masterson, Shadrach Ogie, Max Clark, Armani Little, Robbie McKenzie (Ethan Coleman), Jonny Williams (Marcus Wyllie), Bradley Dack (Josh Andrews), Seb Palmer-Houlden (Elliott Nevitt), Joe Gbode

Gills Goalscorer:
Joe Gbode 2

[sotongill]

The score was Dartford 0 -2 Gillingham . Hence Gbode scoring two goals