2015–16 Gillingham F.C. season

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Gillingham
2015–16 season
Chairman Paul Scally
Manager Justin Edinburgh
Stadium Priestfield Stadium
League One 9th
FA Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Stevenage)
League Cup Second round
(knocked out by Birmingham City)
Football League Trophy Southern Quarter-final
(knocked out by
Yeovil Town)
Kent Senior Cup Second round
(knocked out by
Dartford)
Top goalscorer League:
Bradley Dack – 13
All:
Bradley Dack – 15
Highest home attendance 9,375 (v Millwall,
Division One)
Lowest home attendance 1,832 (v Yeovil Town, Football League Trophy)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season will be Gillingham's 123rd season in their existence and third consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy and the regional Kent Senior Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Rory Donnelly Swansea City Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 LB Republic of Ireland Bradley Garmston West Bromwich Albion Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 RB England Ryan Jackson Newport County Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 RW England Elliott List Crystal Palace Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 CF England Ben Williamson Port Vale Free transfer [6]
2 July 2015 CB Germany Max Ehmer Queens Park Rangers Free transfer [7]
7 August 2015 CM England Josh Wright Leyton Orient Free transfer [8]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LW Scotland Danny Galbraith Free Agent Released [9]
1 July 2015 RB Trinidad and Tobago Gavin Hoyte Barnet[lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 CB England Leon Legge Cambridge United[lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 LB England Joe Martin Millwall[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [9]
1 July 2015 RB Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo Millwall Free transfer [13]
2 September 2015 CM Wales Josh Pritchard Free agent Mutual consent [14]
  1. ↑ Following Hoyte's release he joined Barnet.[10]
  2. ↑ Following Legge's release he joined Cambridge United.[11]
  3. ↑ Following Martin's release he joined Millwall.[12]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
20 July 2015 DM England Jordan Houghton Chelsea 3 January 2016 [15]
24 July 2015 CB England Adedeji Oshilaja Cardiff City 3 January 2016 [16]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
15 August 2015 CB England Callum Davies Bromley 15 September 2015 [17]
22 September 2015 CB England Callum Davies Eastleigh 24 October 2015 [18]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 5 May 2015, It was announced that Gillingham would travel to Tonbridge Angels in a pre-season friendly.[19] Also confirmed was a Home friendly against Brighton & Hove Albion on 29 July 2015.[20] On 11 May 2015, it was confirmed that Gillingham would travel to Folkestone Invicta on 7 July 2015.[21] On 12 May 2015, Gillingham announced they would visit Faversham Town on 4 August 2015.[22] On 19 May 2015, Gillingham added Bromley to the list of pre-season fixtures.[23] On 28 May 2015, Gillingham announced that Portsmouth will visit on 1 August 2015.[24] On 17 June 2015, Gillingham announced they will travel to Dover Athletic on 25 July 2015.[25]

League One

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Scunthorpe United 46 21 11 14 60 47 +13 74
8 Coventry City 46 19 12 15 67 49 +18 69
9 Gillingham 46 19 12 15 71 56 +15 69
10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 +7 69
11 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 +5 66
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[26]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Gillingham were drawn away against Plymouth Argyle.[27] In the second round, Gillingham were drawn away to Birmingham City.[28]

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Gillingham are to host Luton Town.[29]

FA Cup

Kent Senior Cup

On 6 August 2015, Gillingham announced they will face either Dartford or Welling United in the second round.[30]

References

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