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Gillingham F.C.

2016–17 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Head Coach	Justin Edinburgh (until 3 January) Adrian Pennock (from 4 January)
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
League One	20th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Wright (13) All: Josh Wright (14)
Highest home attendance	8,760 vs Fleetwood Town (22 April 2017) League One
Lowest home attendance	2,128 vs Luton Town (30 August 2016) EFL Trophy
Average home league attendance	6,129
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 season was Gillingham's 124th season in their existence and fourth consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CM		Mark Byrne	Newport County	Free transfer
1 July 2016	LM		Billy Knott	Bradford City	Free transfer
6 July 2016	CAM		Lee Martin	Millwall	Free transfer
7 July 2016	RM		Scott Wagstaff	Bristol City	Free transfer
21 July 2016	LB		Paul Konchesky	Leicester City	Free transfer
12 August 2016	CM		Jamie O'Hara	Fulham	Free transfer
3 October 2016	DM		Chris Herd	Perth Glory	Free transfer
3 October 2016	CF		Frank Nouble	Free agent	Free transfer
20 January 2017	GK		Tomáš Holý	Sparta Prague	Free transfer
28 January 2017	RW		Josh Parker	Wealdstone	Free transfer
2 February 2017	CB		Bondz N'Gala	Eastleigh	Free transfer
21 February 2017	CM		Ollie Muldoon	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
23 February 2017	CB		Zesh Rehman	Pahang FA	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB		Ben Dickenson	Colchester United	Released
1 July 2016	CB		John Egan	Brentford	Compensation
1 July 2016	CM		Doug Loft	Colchester United	Released
1 July 2016	RM		Jermaine McGlashan	Southend United	Released
1 July 2016	GK		Glenn Morris	Crawley Town	Released
8 July 2016	DM		Josh Hare	Eastbourne Borough	Free transfer
29 July 2016	MF		Michael Freiter	East Thurrock United	Free transfer
6 August 2016	CF		Luke Norris	Swindon Town	Undisclosed
18 January 2017	CF		Frank Nouble	Southend United	Free transfer

1. Following Dickenson's release, he signed for Colchester United.
2. Following Loft's release, he signed for Colchester United.
3. Following McGlashan's release, he signed for Southend United.
4. Following Morris' release, he signed for Crawley Town.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
6 July 2016	CB		Deji Oshilaja	Cardiff City	End of Season
7 July 2016	CF		Joe Quigley	AFC Bournemouth	31 January 2017
5 August 2016	CF		Jay Emmanuel-Thomas	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season
8 August 2016	CB		Josh Pask	West Ham United	End of Season
26 August 2016	GK		Jonathan Bond	Reading	7 January 2017
31 August 2016	CB		Baily Cargill	AFC Bournemouth	3 January 2017
31 January 2017	RW		Harry Cornick	AFC Bournemouth	End of Season
31 January 2017	CF		Joe Quigley	AFC Bournemouth	End of Season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2016	GK		Henry Newcombe	Chatham Town	1 January 2017
31 August 2016	CF		Greg Cundle	Billericay Town	28 October 2016
24 December 2016	CF		Greg Cundle	Bishop's Stortford	End of Season
1 January 2017	GK		Henry Newcombe	VCD Athletic	End of Season
12 January 2017	MF		Bradley Stevenson	Hastings United	9 February 2017
16 January 2017	RW		Sam Lawford	Ramsgate	Work Experience
2 February 2017	CM		Billy Knott	Lincoln City	End of Season

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)	AS Étaples	0–2	Gillingham	Étaples, France
19:00		Report	Martin Byrne

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	Concord Rangers	1–2	Gillingham	Canvey Island
19:45	King 18'	Report	Norris 52' Knott 90'	Stadium: Thames Road

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Billericay Town	1–1	Gillingham	Billericay
19:45 BST	Oyinsan 78'	Report	Dack 76'	Stadium: New Lodge

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Barnet	2-0	Gillingham	Edgware
15:00	Akinde 56' Nicholls 67'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Dartford	1-2	Gillingham	Dartford
19:45	Hayes 14'		Osadebe 51' Quigley 67'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 801 Referee: Constantine Hatzakis

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Leyton Orient	2–0	Gillingham	Leyton
15:00	Massey 26' Simpson 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 706 (147 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

League One

League table

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Southend United	1–3	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	McLaughlin 23'	Report	Emmanuel-Thomas 38' Ehmer 47' Wright  61' Nelson  77' Osadebe 79'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,141 (1,769 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

13 August 2016 2	Gillingham	2–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Jackson 6' Kay 57' (o.g.) Hessenthaler  84' Donnelly  90+3'	Report	Hope  32' Pope 66' Mayor  85'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 5,324 (189 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

16 August 2016 3	Gillingham	1–1	Swindon Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Ehmer  25' Konchesky  54' Wright  65' Jackson  70' Donnelly 71'	Report	Rodgers  31' Doughty 55' (pen.) Barry  76' Vigouroux  81' Ormonde-Ottewill  90'  90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,512 (190) Referee: Keith Stroud

20 August 2016 4	Scunthorpe United	5–0	Gillingham	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	van Veen 5' Morris 20' (pen.), 59' Clarke 45+2' Hopper 82'	Report	Emmanuel-Thomas  64'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,718 Referee: David Webb

27 August 2016 5	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Dodds 17', 30' Deegan  24'	Report	Emmanuel-Thomas 59', 73' Ehmer  85' 90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,611 (221 away) Referee: Darren Deadman

4 September 2016 6	Gillingham	1–2	Sheffield United	Gillingham
14:15 BST	Dack 34' Oshilaja  46' Pask  90'	Report	Done  14' Lafferty  32' Freeman 65' Sharp 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,598 (408) Referee: Darren Handley

10 September 2016 7	Gillingham	1–1	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	McDonald 12' Jackson  38' Oshilaja  44'	Report	Hiwula 29' Meredith  54'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,079 (377) Referee: Graham Scott

17 September 2016 8	Port Vale	2–1	Gillingham	Burslem
15:00 BST	Streete 76' Jones 84'	Report	Osadebe  22' Wright 25' Oshilaja  36' Wagstaff  58' Ehmer  75'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,719 (Inc. 197 visiting supporters) Referee: Carl Boyeson

24 September 2016 9	Gillingham	2–1	Coventry City	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ehmer 26' Knott 72'	Report	Reid 21' Dion Kelly-Evans  29' Bigirimana  58'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,664 (380) Referee: Brett Huxtable

27 September 2016 10	Chesterfield	3–3	Gillingham	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Wilkinson 2', 72'  43' Dennis 52' (pen.)  90+3' Anderson  64'	Report	Knott  49' Emmanuel-Thomas 65' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Oldaker  90+5' Wagstaff 90+6'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Trevor Kettle

1 October 2016 11	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Gillingham	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Poleon 20' Parrett 45+1' (pen.)  61'	Report	Osadebe  27' Konchesky  72' Donnelly  89'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Stadium Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Darren England

8 October 2016 12	Gillingham	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	McDonald 10' Wagstaff  19' Dack  38' Herd  62' Nouble  68' Nelson  90'	Report	Ladapo 65'  65' Flynn 89'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,435 Referee: Kevin Johnson

15 October 2016 13	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Gillingham	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor  35' Lines  42' 82' Harrison 90'	Report	Hessenthaler  29' Herd  31' Dack  55' Wright 62'  64' Nouble  88' Bond  89' Konchesky  90+2'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,489 Referee: John Brooks

18 October 2016 14	Gillingham	1–1	Walsall	Gillingham
19:45 BST	McDonald 25' Wright  45' Oshilaja  82' Knott  89'	Report	Moussa 59' O'Connor  80'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,542 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 October 2016 15	Gillingham	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Dack 41'  66' Jackson  59' Nouble  89' Nelson  90'	Report	Magennis  16' Holmes 60' Ajose 90+1' (pen.) Solly  90+5' Konsa  90+7'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,670 Referee: Mark Heywood

29 October 2016 16	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Ball 19' Bolger  77' Hunter 82'	Report	Knott  41' Herd  45+2' Hessenthaler 52'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Richard Clark

12 November 2016 17	Gillingham	2–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer 48' Emmanuel-Thomas 90+2'	Report	O'Toole 36'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,790 Referee: Lee Probert

19 November 2016 18	Walsall	1–2	Gillingham	Walsall
15:00 GMT	McCarthy 9'	Report	McDonald 2' Ehmer  72' Emmanuel-Thomas 84'	Stadium: The Banks's Stadium Attendance: 5,420 Referee: John Busby

22 November 2016 19	Oxford United	1–0	Gillingham	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Johnson 32' Hemmings  45+2'	Report	Dack  90+1'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,848 Referee: Andrew Madley

26 November 2016 20	Gillingham	3–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Nouble 53'  70' Emmanuel-Thomas 89' Byrne 90+1'  90+5'	Report	Rafferty  59'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,409 Referee: Trevor Kettle

12 December 2016 21	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Gillingham	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Madine 15', 65' Vela 28' Ameobi 80'	Report	Wright  64'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,861 Referee: Scott Duncan

17 December 2016 22	Gillingham	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Wagstaff  25' McDonald  37' 72' Konchesky  41'	Report	Bowditch 45+1' Carruthers  56' Potter  69' Lewington  90+3'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,681 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 December 2016 23	Peterborough United	1–1	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Angol 78'	Report	Cargill 90+2'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 6,239 Referee: Graham Horwood

30 December 2016 24	Millwall	2–1	Gillingham	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT	Gregory 13'  90' Thompson  28' Onyedinma 63'	Report	Konchesky  58'  66' Wright  70' Dack  73' 75'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 10,821 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 January 2017 25	Gillingham	0–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja  48'  76' Wagstaff  52' Ehmer  90+1'	Report	MacDonald  11' Hall  54' Dunkley 66' Roberts  90+4'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,414 Referee: Lee Swabey

14 January 2017 26	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Gillingham	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Law 39' Wilson  70'	Report	Konchesky  38' McDonald  82' Dack  89'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 January 2017 27	Sheffield United	2–2	Gillingham	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp 32' Freeman 61' Duffy  81'	Report	Wright 51', 58'  55' Oshilaja  59'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,649 Referee: Ben Toner

28 January 2017 28	Gillingham	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 45'	Report	Brown  14' Rodman 63' Whalley  67'	Stadium: Priestield Stadium Attendance: 5,316 Referee: Trevor Kettle

4 February 2017 29	Bradford City	2–2	Gillingham	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Wyke 15' McMahon 38'	Report	Wright 14' Dack  36' Oshilaja 49' Garmston  73' Ehmer  87'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,840 Referee: Richard Clark

11 February 2017 30	Gillingham	1–1	Port Vale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Herd  22' Oshilaja  58' Donnelly  63' Parker 90+5'	Report	Streete 49'  77' Knops  64'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,942 Referee: Nick Kinseley

14 February 2017 31	Gillingham	1–1	Chesterfield	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Dack  45+1' Ehmer 67' Donnelly  87' Nelson  90+5'	Report	Anderson  90+4' 90+4'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,595 Referee: Graham Horwood

18 February 2017 32	Coventry City	2–1	Gillingham	Coventry
15:00 GMT	K. Thomas 16' G. Thomas 21'	Report	Oshilaja  19' Byrne  51' Herd  53' Ehmer 55' Garmston  88'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,718 Referee: Michael Salisbury

21 February 2017 33	Gillingham	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Dack 19' Wright 36'	Report	Taylor 17' Shea  37' Barcham 69'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,956 Referee: Darren Deadman

25 February 2017 34	Gillingham	2–1	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Wright 41' (pen.), 45+3'	Report	Inniss  27'  45+7' Timlin  75' Ranger 83' Cox  90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,542 Referee: Dean Whitestone

28 February 2017 35	Swindon Town	3–1	Gillingham	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Ince 56' Obika 61' Branco 75'	Report	McDonald 10' Wagstaff  90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,133 Referee: Roger East

4 March 2017 36	Bury	1–2	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 75'	Report	Dack 14' Quigley  43' McDonald 47' Nelson  69' Parker  81' Byrne  90+1'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Darren Drysdale

11 March 2017 37	Gillingham	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ehmer  26' Herd  34' Wright 77' (pen.), 82' (pen.), 86' (pen.)  86' Byrne  90+3'	Report	Madden 4'  50' van Veen  70' Toffolo 73'  85' Clarke  88' Toney  89'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,851 Referee: Robert Lewis

14 March 2017 38	Gillingham	0–4	Bolton Wanderers	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Muldoon  64' Byrne  78'	Report	Wheater 3' Le Fondre 15' Beevers 45+2' Vela 49' Madine  74'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,199 Referee: Tim Robinson

18 March 2017 39	Rochdale	4–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Mendez-Laing 10'  81' Henderson 33' Camps 49' Rathbone  83' Vincenti 90'	Report	Parker 17' Rehman  51'  59' Ehmer  74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Andy Haines

25 March 2017 40	Gillingham	0–1	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Dack  81'	Report	Grant  36' Morias 90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Brendan Malone

1 April 2017 41	Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	Gillingham	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Muirhead 5' Barnes 10' Williams  69'  89' Baldock  85' Lewington 90+1' Bowditch  90+5'	Report	Ehmer  37' McDonald 56' Dack  79'  90+3' Oshilaja  86' Wright 90'	Stadium: Stadium:mk Attendance: 8,807 Referee: Carl Boyeson

8 April 2017 42	Gillingham	1–1	Millwall	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Martin  22' Byrne  61' Quigley 67' Wright  90'	Report	King  66' Morison 72'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,221 Referee: Charles Breakspear

14 April 2017 43	Gillingham	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Quigley  22' Wright 64' Oshilaja  73' McDonald 90', 90+6'	Report	Harrison  38' Mansell  48' Bodin 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,916 Referee: Mark Heywood

17 April 2017 44	Chartlon Athletic	3–0	Gillingham	Charlton, London
15:00 BST	Pearce 20' Holmes 31' Magennis 54'  60' Byrne  85'	Report	McDonald  28' Ehmer  30' Martin  41'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,449 Referee: Brett Huxtable

22 April 2017 45	Gillingham	2–3	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Cairns 38' (o.g.) Donnelly  63' 65'	Report	Pond  39' Hunter 54' Ball 80' Dempsey 90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,760 Referee: Chris Sarginson

30 April 2017 46	Northampton Town	0–0	Gillingham	Northampton
12:00 BST	Taylor  42' Moloney  75'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Darren England

FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Gillingham	2–2	Brackley Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Nouble 28', 45' Hessenthaler  62' Oshilaja  84'	Report	Gudger 13' Armson 27'  72' Myles  61'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,410 Referee: Brendan Malone

16 November 2016 First round replay	Brackley Town	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Gillingham	Brackley
19:45 GMT	Armson 17', 26', 105'  115' Myles  86' Gudger  92' Nelson 96' (o.g.)	Report	Hessenthaler 36' Wagstaff 67'  110' McDonald 113' Wright  115'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made, Gillingham were drawn away against Southend United.

23 August 2016 Second round	Watford	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Gillingham	Watford
19:45 BST	Ighalo 57'	Report	Byrne 82'  118' Dack 102'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,004 (849) Referee: James Linington

21 September 2016 Third Round	Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Gillingham	Tottenham, London
20:00 BST	Eriksen 31', 48' Onomah  43' 65' Janssen 51' (pen.) Lamela 68'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 26,244

EFL Trophy

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Gillingham	1–2	Luton Town	Gillingham
19:30 BST	List  10' Oldaker 90'	Report	Musonda 10' Banton  13' McQuoid  18' Smith 24'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,128 Referee: John Busby

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Millwall	2–1	Gillingham	Bermondsey, London
19:45 BST	Butcher  14' Gregory  34' Chesmain  40' Williams  45' Onyedinma 45+4' Morison  70' 88'	Report	Wright 17'  89' Jackson  34' List  82'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Chris Sarginson

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	West Bromwich Albion U23	0–2	Gillingham	West Bromwich
19:45 GMT		Report	Oldaker 45' Emmanuel-Thomas 55' (pen.) Donnelly  80'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 274 Referee: Nigel Miller

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