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Gillingham

2015–16 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Justin Edinburgh
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
League One	9th
FA Cup	First 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 vs Millwall (8 May 2016) League One
Lowest home attendance	1,832 vs Yeovil Town (10 November 2015) EFL Trophy
Average home league attendance	6,316
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 season was Gillingham's 123rd season in their existence and third consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club competed 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		Rory Donnelly	Swansea City	Free transfer
1 July 2015	LB		Bradley Garmston	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer
1 July 2015	RB		Ryan Jackson	Newport County	Free transfer
1 July 2015	RW		Elliott List	Crystal Palace	Free transfer
1 July 2015	CF		Ben Williamson	Port Vale	Free transfer
2 July 2015	CB		Max Ehmer	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer
7 August 2015	CM		Josh Wright	Leyton Orient	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LW		Danny Galbraith	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	RB		Gavin Hoyte	Barnet	Free transfer
1 July 2015	CB		Leon Legge	Cambridge United	Free transfer
1 July 2015	LB		Joe Martin	Millwall	Free transfer
1 July 2015	RB		Mahlon Romeo	Millwall	Free transfer
2 September 2015	CM		Josh Pritchard	Free agent	Mutual consent
15 January 2016	FW		Ben Williamson	Cambridge United	Undisclosed

1. Following Hoyte's release he joined Barnet.
2. Following Legge's release he joined Cambridge United.
3. Following Martin's release he joined Millwall.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
20 July 2015	DM		Jordan Houghton	Chelsea	3 January 2016
24 July 2015	CB		Adedeji Oshilaja	Cardiff City	3 January 2016
2 October 2015	CB		Harry Lennon	Charlton Athletic	20 November 2015
13 November 2015	FW		Dominic Samuel	Reading	8 May 2016
27 January 2016	LB		Adam Chicksen	Brighton & Hove Albion	17 March 2016
12 February 2016	FW		George Williams	Fulham	8 May 2016
26 February 2016	CB		Adam El-Abd	Bristol City	8 May 2016
19 March 2016	MF		Andrew Crofts	Brighton & Hove Albion	8 May 2016

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2015	CB		Callum Davies	Bromley	15 September 2015
22 September 2015	CB		Callum Davies	Eastleigh	24 October 2015
1 October 2015	CF		Greg Cundle	East Grinstead Town	9 November 2015
10 February 2016	CF		Greg Cundle	Tilbury	4 March 2016
4 March 2016	CF		Greg Cundle	Margate	4 April 2016
30 March 2016	CB		Mitchell Dickenson	Hastings United	3 April 2016

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

7 July 2015 (2015-07-07) Friendly	Folkestone Invicta	0–3	Gillingham	Folkestone
19:45 BST		Report	Donnelly 26' McDonald 48' Dack 63'	Stadium: Fullicks Stadium Attendance: 534 Referee: N. Dunn

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Tonbridge Angels	1–2	Gillingham	Tonbridge
15:00 BST	Pearson 68'	Report	Norris 45' Egan 87'	Stadium: Longmead Stadium Referee: Jeff Lengthorn

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Bromley	1–2	Gillingham	Bromley
19:45 BST	Goldberg 80'	Report	Williamson 15' Dack 30'	Stadium: Fortress Stadium

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Dover Athletic	1–1	Gillingham	River
15:00 BST	Miller 17'	Report	Dickenson 2'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Referee: Nigel Lugg

27 July 2015 (2015-07-27) Friendly	Chatham Town	1–1	Gillingham XI	Chatham
19:30 BST	Dalehouse 35'	Report	Stevenson 61'	Stadium: The Sports Ground

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Gillingham	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Dack 47'	Report	Stephens 56' Kandi 66'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Friendly	Faversham Town	1–0	Gillingham XI	Faversham
19:45 BST	Wilson 53'	Report		Stadium: Shepherd Neame Stadium

League One

League table

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the season were announced.

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Gillingham	4–0	Sheffield United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Norris 8' Oshilaja 43' Egan 82' Dack 90'	Report	Freeman  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Lee Collins

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Port Vale	1–1	Gillingham	Burslem
15:00 BST	Purkiss  29' Dodds 35'	Report	Dack 17' Oshilaja  25' Jackson  28' Garmston  31' Houghton  54' Dack  67' Egan  75'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Fred Graham

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Bradford City	1–2	Gillingham	Bradford
19:45 BST	Hanson 7'	Report	Norris 51' Hanson 71'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,496 Referee: Darren Handley

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Gillingham	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Dack 37', 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,692 Referee: Iain Williamson

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Peterborough United	1–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Taylor 90'	Report	Oshilaja 85'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Keith Stroud

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Gillingham	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hessenthaler 66'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Gillingham	2–1	Blackpool	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Loft 17' Dack 81'	Report	Jackson 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,231 Referee: Gary Sutton

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Colchester
15:00 BST	Massey 4' Harriott 29'	Report	Norris 7'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,694 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Barnsley	2–0	Gillingham	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Pearson 18' Winnall 45'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,354 Referee: Darren Deadman

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Gillingham	5–1	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Donnelly 18', 34' Houghton 28' Egan 31' McDonald 87'	Report	Grant 12' Jónsson  81'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Tim Robinson

3 October 2015 11	Gillingham	3–3	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Donnelly 8' 33' Hessenthaler 57'	Report	Dickenson 28' (o.g.) Poleon 36' Higdon 55'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,157 Referee: James Adcock

10 October 2015 12	Chesterfield	1–3	Gillingham	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Simons 35'	Report	Egan 26' Donnelly 54' Lennon 72'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,026 Referee: Nick Kinseley

17 October 2015 13	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Gillingham	Crewe
15:00 BST		Report	Donnelly 90+2'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 3,924 Referee: David Webb

20 October 2015 14	Gillingham	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Dickenson 59' Wright  81' Lennon 90+2'	Report	Laird 53'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,823 Referee: Lee Swabey

24 October 2015 15	Gillingham	1–1	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Loft 89'	Report	McLaughlin 11'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,981 Referee: Ben Toner

31 October 2015 16	Walsall	3–2	Gillingham	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Morris 37' Lalkovič 38' Demetriou 90+1'	Report	McDonald 12' Dack 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,663 Referee: Darren Drysdale

14 November 2015 17	Gillingham	3–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Samuel 6' Egan 10' Osadebe 87'	Report	Clarke 4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Keith Stroud

21 November 2015 18	Coventry City	4–1	Gillingham	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Murphy 34' 41' 44' Tuner 37'	Report	Dack 63'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,604 Referee: Mark Brown

24 November 2015 19	Gillingham	2–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Dack 7' Oshilaja 80'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Stuart Attwell

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 31' (o.g.) Collins 70'	Report	McDonald 37' Jackson 59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,959 Referee: Kevin Wright

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Gillingham	0–3	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 GMT		Report	McCrory 59' Akins 90' O'Connor 90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,230 Referee: Andy Woolmer

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Millwall	0–3	Gillingham	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Archer  25'	Report	Samuel 20', 89' Dack 63' (pen.)	Stadium: New Den Attendance: 12,032 Referee: Darren Handley

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Swindon Town	1–3	Gillingham	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Obika 25' Branco  44'  84' Kasim  90' Barry  90+'	Report	Hessenthaler  16', 35' Dack 19',  65' Oshilaja  64' Jackson  65', 69'	Stadium: County Ground (Swindon) Attendance: 9,228 Referee: Fred Graham

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24	Gillingham	1–0	Colchester United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Samuel 70' Garmston  79'	Report	Massey  57' Briggs  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,109 Referee: Iain Williamson

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Gillingham	3–0	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Dack 4' Donnelly 11' Loft 89'	Report	Clarke  90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,446 Referee: Paul Gibbs

7 January 2016 (2016-01-07) 26	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Gillingham	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Jacobs  60' Grigg 64' Power 67',  90+1' Morgan 90+6'	Report	Samuel 24' Donnelly 53' McGlashan  90+3'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 7,923 Referee: Scott Duncan

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Stewart 75' Williams 88'	Report	Donnelly 9', 47' Samuel  72'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Nigel Miller

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Gillingham	2–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Egan  24' Norris 49',  84' Dack 65'	Report	Smith  22' Oztumer 25'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,449 Referee: James Adcock

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29	Blackpool	1–0	Gillingham	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Redshaw 45' (pen.) Cullen  66' Norris  75'	Report	Morris  44' Ehmer  53'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,828 Referee: Andy Madley

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30	Gillingham	0–0	Swindon Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Kasim  68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Andy Woolmer

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Gillingham	2–1	Barnsley	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Samuel 25' Donnelly  44' Dack 63'	Report	Hourihane 62'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,887 Referee: Darren Bond

20 February 2016 32	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Dieng 57' Kelly  61' Palmer  61' Forte 73'	Report	Loft 16',  59'	Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park Attendance: 3,874 Referee: David Coote

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Gillingham	1–2	Chesterfield	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer  13' Jackson  26' Osadebe 80'	Report	Dimaio  36' Ebanks-Blake 36' Novak 45+3' O'Shea  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Kevin Johnson

March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01) 34	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Burns 3' Ameobi 9' Hunter  70'	Report	Norris 36' List  90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	O'Brien  59' Ness  90+2'	Report	Morris  40' Hessenthaler  87'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Darren Deadman

December 03 (03-12) 36	Gillingham	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Samuel 12' El-Abd  38' Guthrie 61' (o.g.) Wright 90+2'	Report	Nugent  67'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,656 Referee: Keith Hill

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37	Southend United	1–1	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Wordsworth 21' Coker  33'	Report	Crofts  31' Oshilaja  45' Norris 53' McGlashan  77' Ehmer  87'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,135 Referee: Dean Whitestone

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 38	Bury	0–1	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 BST	Clarke  81'	Report	Norris 27',  57' Oshilaja  79' Wright  90+4' El-Abd  90+9'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,907 Referee: Oliver Langford

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Gillingham	0–0	Coventry City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Nelson  90+1'	Report	Bigirimana  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Chris Sarginson

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 40	Sheffield United	0–0	Gillingham	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Edgar  26' Sharp  80'	Report	Ehmer  19' Wright  45+1' Dickenson  52' Oshilaja  81' Norris  88'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,152 Referee: Rob Lewis

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 41	Gillingham	1–2	Walsall	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Norris 90+5' Dickenson  90+7'	Report	Chambers  47' Lalkovič 68' Hiwula 77' Demetriou  90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,246 Referee: Stuart Attwell

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Gillingham	0–2	Port Vale	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Jackson  45+3' Donnelly  58' Dack  62' Ehmer  82' Morris  90+7'	Report	Leitch-Smith 19' Dickinson 21' O'Connor  45+1' Alnwick  75' Grant  90+5'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,887 Referee: Ross Joyce

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Rochdale	1–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Camps 45' Rose  56'	Report	Egan 77' Hessenthaler  80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Kevin Wright

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Gillingham	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Morris  35' McDonald 45+3' Hessenthaler 61'	Report	Kaikai 16' Whitbread  33' Wesolowski  44' Mangan 56' Akpa Akro 81',  90+4' Hendry  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,906 Referee: Lee Swabey

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Burton Albion	2–1	Gillingham	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Akins 44' Beavon  68' Naylor 90+2'	Report	McDonald 49' Ehmer  75' Loft  82'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Tony Harrington

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 46	Gillingham	1–2	Millwall	Gillingham
12:30 BST	Dack  79' Egan 90+2'	Report	O'Brien 55' Romeo  86' Archer  90+2' Taylor  90+5' Gregory 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 9,375 Referee: Paul Tierney

League Cup

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Gillingham	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Tanner 78'	Report	Dack 85' Hessenthaler 87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Kevin Johnson

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Birmingham City	2–0	Gillingham	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Thomas 35', 72'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's

Football League Trophy

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round	Gillingham	2–1	Luton Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Ehmer 65' Dack 83'	Summary	McGeehan 41'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,428

10 November 2015 Southern QF	Gillingham	1–1 (4 - 5 p)	Yeovil Town	Gillingham
19:15 BST	Garmston 43'	Summary	Cornick 13'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,832

FA Cup

7 November 2015 1st Round	Stevenage	3–0	Gillingham	Stevenage
15:00	Schumacher 13' Whelpdale 29' Gnanduillet 90+2'	Report		Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 1,619

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