2017–18 Gillingham F.C. season
# 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. 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.

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Tom Eaves | Yeovil Town | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Alex Lacey | Yeovil Town | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Luke O'Neill | Southend United | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Conor Wilkinson | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Gabriel Zakuani | Northampton Town | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | CM | Billy Bingham | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 21 July 2017 | ST | Liam Nash | Maldon & Tiptree | Free |
| 15 August 2017 | CB | Ben Nugent | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 17 August 2017 | GK | Steve Arnold | Dover Athletic | Free |
| 15 September 2017 | ′CM | Jesse Starkey | Swindon Town | Free |

### Transfers out

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

* ↑ Rory Donnelly joined Cliftonville following his release.
* ↑ Ryan Jackson joined Colchester United following his release.
* ↑ Sam Lawford joined Faversham Town following his release.
* ↑ Emmanuel Osadebe joined Cambridge United following his release.
* ↑ Zesh Rehman joined Southern District following his release.
* ↑ Josh Wright joined Southend United following his departure.

### Loans in

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

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 August 2017 | GK | Tom Hadler | Gloucester City | 1 January 2018 |
| 25 August 2017 | FW | Noel Mbo | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 22 September 2017 |
| 25 August 2017 | DF | Finn O'Mara | Folkestone Invicta | 21 October 2017 |
| 25 August 2017 | MF | Bradley Stevenson | Cray Wanderers | 10 December 2017 |
| 26 September 2017 | FW | Noel Mbo | Kingstonian | 24 October 2017 |
| 8 November 2017 | FW | Liam Nash | Leatherhead | 9 December 2017 |
| 9 November 2017 | MF | Bradley Stevenson | Tonbridge Angels | 9 December 2017 |
| 24 November 2017 | CM | Jesse Starkey | Worthing | 23 December 2017 |
| 1 December 2017 | CB | Finn O'Mara | Folkestone Invicta | 6 January 2018 |

* ↑ On 26 September 2017, Finn O'Mara agreed to extend his loan with Folkestone Invicta.
* ↑ On 8 September 2017, Bradley Stevenson agreed to extend his loan with Cray Wanderers.

## 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

### League One

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 13 January 2018. Source:

**Matches**

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

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

### 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 | Round 2 |
| 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 | |

## Squad statistics

    Source:
    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 | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | 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 |
