2010–11 Gillingham F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Gillingham F.C. in the 2010–11 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system.

Gillingham F.C.

2010–11 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Andy Hessenthaler
Football League Two	8th
FA Cup	1st Round (eliminated by Dover Athletic)
League Cup	1st Round (eliminated by Norwich City)
Football League Trophy	Southern Section 1st Round (eliminated by Southend United)
Top goalscorer	League: Cody McDonald (25) All: Cody McDonald (25)
Highest home attendance	7,475 vs. Dover Athletic, 6 November 2010
Lowest home attendance	4,076 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 2 November 2010
Average home league attendance	5,231
Home colours Away colours
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Results

League Two

Gillingham v Cheltenham Town

7 August 2010	Gillingham	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Akinfenwa 76'		Thomas 53'	Attendance: 5,655

Hereford United v Gillingham

14 August 2010	Hereford United	0–0	Gillingham	Edgar Street
15:00				Attendance: 2,915

Gillingham v Lincoln City

21 August 2010	Gillingham	0–1	Lincoln City	Priestfield Stadium
15:00			Hughton 9'	Attendance: 4,838

Morecambe v Gillingham

28 August 2010	Morecambe	1–1	Gillingham	Globe Arena
15:00	Stanley 60'		Spiller 84'	Attendance: 2,325

Bury v Gillingham

4 September 2010	Bury	5–4	Gillingham	Gigg Lane
15:00	Bishop 15', 50' Lowe 34' (pen.), 73' Sodje 62'		Akinfenwa 47', 58' Spiller 59' Palmer 66'	Attendance: 2,700

Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town

11 September 2010	Gillingham	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Palmer 12', 59' (pen.)			Attendance: 4,815

Bradford City v Gillingham

18 September 2010	Bradford City	1–0	Gillingham	Valley Parade
15:00	Williams 90'			Attendance: 10,722

Gillingham v Burton Albion

25 September 2010	Gillingham	1–0	Burton Albion	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 50'			Attendance: 4,823

Gillingham v Southend United

28 September 2010	Gillingham	0–0	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 4,925

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham

2 October 2010	Accrington Stanley	7–4	Gillingham	Crown Ground
15:00	McConville 13' Parkinson 34' Barnett 43' Edwards 58' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Gornell 73' Ryan 90'		Bentley 29', 31' McDonald 55' Akinfenwa 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,933

Gillingham v Stockport County

9 October 2010	Gillingham	2–1	Stockport County	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 3' J. Payne 37'		Pulis 81'	Attendance: 4,755

Port Vale v Gillingham

16 October 2010	Port Vale	0–0	Gillingham	Vale Park
15:00				Attendance: 6,420

Gillingham v Torquay United

23 October 2010	Gillingham	1–1	Torquay United	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 80'		Nicholson 90' Mansell  90'	Attendance: 5,345

Northampton Town v Gillingham

30 October 2010	Northampton Town	2–1	Gillingham	Sixfields Stadium
15:00	Beckwith 21' McKenzie 40' (pen.)		Palmer 7'	Attendance: 4,573

Gillingham v Wycombe Wanderers

2 November 2010	Gillingham	0–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Priestfield Stadium
19:45			Ainsworth 23' Betsy 49'	Attendance: 4,076

Gillingham v Crewe Alexandra

13 November 2010	Gillingham	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Whelpdale 47' Davies  28'		Moore 36' Donaldson 45' Miller 77'	Attendance: 5,292

Oxford United v Gillingham

20 November 2010	Oxford United	0–1	Gillingham	Kassam Stadium
15:00			McDonald 40'	Attendance: 7,144

Barnet v Gillingham

23 November 2010	Barnet	1–2	Gillingham	Underhill Stadium
19:45	Gallen 31'		Whelpdale 59' Lee 65'	Attendance: 2,519

Macclesfield Town v Gillingham

11 December 2010	Macclesfield Town	2–4	Gillingham	Moss Rose
15:00	Bencherif 7' Barnett 71'		Whelpdale 9' Gowling 12' McDonald 19' Akinfenwa 33'	Attendance: 1,507

Gillingham v Port Vale

28 December 2010	Gillingham	3–0	Port Vale	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 1', 37' Akinfenwa 60'			Attendance: 5,364

Gillingham v Stevenage

1 January 2011	Gillingham	1–0	Stevenage	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Akinfenwa 38'			Attendance: 5,429

Wycombe Wanderers v Gillingham

3 January 2011	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Gillingham	Adams Park
15:00	Winfield 64'			Attendance: 4,617

Stockport County v Gillingham

8 January 2011	Stockport County	1–5	Gillingham	Edgeley Park
15:00	Demontagnac 70'		McDonald 32', 56', 79' Barcham 51' Weston 71'	Attendance: 3,573

Gillingham v Northampton Town

15 January 2011	Gillingham	1–0	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 32'			Attendance: 5,613

Torquay United v Gillingham

22 January 2011	Torquay United	1–1	Gillingham	Plainmoor
15:00	Benyon 7'		Rooney 87'	Attendance: 2,368

Gillingham v Chesterfield

25 January 2011	Gillingham	0–2	Chesterfield	Priestfield Stadium
19:45			Smalley 13', 49'	Attendance: 4,770

Gillingham v Aldershot Town

29 January 2011	Gillingham	2–1	Aldershot Town	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 53', 90'		Rodman 90'	Attendance: 4,810

Stevenage v Gillingham

1 February 2011	Stevenage	2–2	Gillingham	Broadhall Way
19:45	Harrison 25', 75'		McDonald 45' Akinfenwa 50'	Attendance: 2,424

Gillingham v Oxford United

5 February 2011	Gillingham	0–0	Oxford United	Priestfield Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 5,364

Gillingham v Rotherham United

8 February 2011	Gillingham	3–1	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium
19:45	McDonald 5', 36' Oli 89'		Law 7'	Attendance: 4,824

Crewe Alexandra v Gillingham

12 February 2011	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Gillingham	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Sinclair 26' (o.g.)		Weston 54'	Attendance: 4,012

Gillingham v Bury

19 February 2011	Gillingham	1–1	Bury	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Weston 25'		Lowe 72'	Attendance: 5,021

Shrewsbury Town v Gillingham

12 February 2011	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Gillingham	Greenhous Meadow
15:00	Sharps  90'			Attendance: 5,574

Aldershot Town v Gillingham

1 March 2011	Aldershot Town	1–1	Gillingham	Recreation Ground
19:45	Hylton 77'		82' Nutter	Attendance: 2,038

Gillingham v Bradford City

5 March 2011	Gillingham	2–0	Bradford City	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Akinfenwa 43' Weston 46'			Attendance: 5,019

Southend United v Gillingham

8 March 2011	Southend United	2–2	Gillingham	Roots Hall
19:45	Hall 15', 52'		McDonald 7' Akinfenwa 18' (pen)	Attendance: 5,771

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley

12 March 2011	Gillingham	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Barcham 2', 45' McDonald 56'		McConville 14'	Attendance: 5,299

Burton Albion v Gillingham

19 March 2011	Burton Albion	1–1	Gillingham	Pirelli Stadium
15:00	Winnall 26'		McDonald 78'	Attendance: 3,230

Cheltenham Town v Gillingham

27 March 2011	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Gillingham	Abbey Business Stadium
14:00	Elliott 3'		McDonald 86', 90'	Attendance: 3,157

Gillingham v Hereford United

2 April 2011	Gillingham	0–0	Hereford United	Priestfield Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 5,709

Lincoln City v Gillingham

9 April 2011	Lincoln City	0–4	Gillingham	Sincil Bank
15:00			Gowling 20' McDonald 41' Hone (o.g.) Akinfenwa 69'	Attendance: 3,022

Gillingham v Morecambe

16 April 2011	Gillingham	1–1	Morecambe	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	McDonald 88'		Jevons 21' (pen)	Attendance: 5,545

Gillingham v Barnet

23 April 2011	Gillingham	2–4	Barnet	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Barcham 28', 80'		Byrne 13' McLeod 45+1', 52', pen'	Attendance: 6,170

Rotherham United v Gillingham

25 April 2011	Rotherham United	0–1	Gillingham	Don Valley Stadium
15:00			Barcham 79'	Attendance: 3,455

Gillingham v Macclesfield Town

30 April 2011	Gillingham	2–4	Macclesfield Town	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Jackman 43' Martin 71'		Draper 3' Daniel 7', 17' Sinclair 48'	Attendance: 6,841

Chesterfield v Gillingham

7 May 2011	Chesterfield	3–1	Gillingham	B2net Stadium
15:00	Whitaker 54' Lester 76' Smalley 82'		McDonald 67'	Attendance: 10,023

FA Cup

Gillingham v Dover Athletic

6 November 2010 Round 1	Gillingham	0–2	Dover Athletic	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Nutter  70'		Birchall 18' I'Anson 28'	Attendance: 7,475

League Cup

Norwich City v Gillingham

10 August 2010 Round 1	Norwich City	4–1	Gillingham	Carrow Road
19:45	C. Martin 26', 90' Holt 32', 55'		Palmer 12'	Attendance: 13,068

Football League Trophy

Southend United v Gillingham

31 August 2010	Southend United	0–0 (4–3 p)	Gillingham	Roots Hall
19:45				Attendance: 3,073
	Penalties
	Soares Easton Barker Paterson Grant Sturrock		S. Payne McCammon Nutter Maher Spiller J. Payne

League data

Action from the 0–0 draw away to Shrewsbury Town in February

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Stevenage (O, P)	46	18	15	13	62	45	+17	69	Qualification to League Two play-offs
7	Torquay United	46	17	18	11	74	53	+21	68[a]
8	Gillingham	46	17	17	12	67	57	+10	68
9	Rotherham United	46	17	15	14	75	60	+15	66
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	11	17	87	65	+22	65

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Torquay United deducted one point and Hereford United deducted three points^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	17	12	67	57	+10	68	10	7	6	29	24	+5	7	10	6	38	33	+5

Last updated: 11 May 2011.
Source: BBC Sport

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Alan Julian	39	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	41	0	2	0
2	DF	Barry Fuller	40 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	42 (2)	0	7	0
3	DF	John Nutter	32 (2)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	35 (2)	1	3	1
4	MF	Curtis Weston	29 (4)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	29 (4)	4	4	0
5	DF	Simon King	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
6	DF	Garry Richards	15 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15 (2)	0	3	0
7	MF	Kevin Maher	36	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	37 (1)	0	5	0
8	MF	Mark Bentley	15 (10)	2		0	1	0	0	0	16 (10)	2	4	1
9	FW	Mark McCammon	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
10	FW	Cody McDonald	41	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	43	25	4	0
11	MF	Andy Barcham	18 (6)	6	0	0	1	1	0 (1)	0	19 (7)	6	0	0
12	MF	Chris Palmer	18	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	20	5	1	0
14	MF	Luke Rooney	2 (21)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4 (21)	1	2	0
15	DF	Matt Lawrence	41 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	42 (2)	0	11	0
16	DF	Josh Gowling	21 (1)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	23 (1)	2	1	0
17	MF	Danny Spiller	23 (7)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	26 (7)	2	6	0
18	MF	Danny Jackman	15 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15 (2)	1	2	0
19	MF	Bruce Inkango	1 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	1	0
20	MF	Nicky Southall	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW	Dennis Oli	3 (18)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (18)	1	0	0
22	FW	Andy White	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
23	FW	Stefan Payne	1 (15)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (18)	0	0	0
26	GK	Lance Cronin	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0
27	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa	40 (4)	11	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	41 (5)	11	3	0
28	MF	Jack Payne	25 (6)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	28 (6)	1	3	0
29	DF	Tony Sinclair	17 (3)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	20 (3)	0	5	0
30	MF	Stanley Aborah	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
30	FW	Ashley Miller	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
32	DF	Callum Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
32	DF	Joe Martin	12 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12 (5)	1	3	0
33	MF	Charlie Lee	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
34	MF	Chris Whelpdale	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0
35	DF	Callum Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner[2]
Supporters Player of the Season	Cody McDonald
Away Supporters Player of the Season	Cody McDonald
Automatic Retailing Player of the Season	Cody McDonald
Players' Player of the Season	Cody McDonald
Young Player of the Season	Jack Payne
Medways News Goal of the Season	Cody McDonald (vs Burton Albion, 19 March 2011)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2010	FW	Andy White	Reading	Free	[3]
17 June 2010	FW	Stefan Payne	Fulham	Free	[3]
27 June 2010	MF	Nicky Southall	Dover Athletic	Free (player/coach)	[4]
23 July 2010	DF	Tony Sinclair	Woking	Free	[5]
23 July 2010	MF	Danny Spiller	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	[6]
26 July 2010	GK	Lance Cronin	Ebbsfleet United	Free	[7]
29 July 2010	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa	Northampton Town	Free (Bosman)	[8]
5 August 2010	MF	Stanley Aborah	Free agent	Free	[9]
12 August 2010	DF	[[]]	[[]]	Free	[10]
21 September 2010	MF	Bruce Inkango	Free agent	Free	[11]
21 September 2010	DF	Joe Martin	Blackpool	Free	[12]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
16 July 2010	FW	[[]]	[[]]	End of season	[13]
9 November 2010	DF	Callum Kennedy	Swindon Town	9 December 2010	[14]
11 November 2010	MF	Charlie Lee	Peterborough United	11 December 2010	[15]
11 November 2010	MF	Chris Whelpdale	Peterborough United	11 December 2010	[15]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
22 October 2010	MF	Luke Rooney	Eastbourne Borough	22 November 2010	[16]
27 October 2010	FW	Andy White	Margate	27 November 2010	[17]
28 October 2010	DF	Josh Gowling	Lincoln City	28 November 2010	[18]
29 October 2010	DF	Connor Essam	Bishops Stortford	29 November 2010	[19]
10 January 2011	FW	Andy White	Bishops Stortford	10 February 2011	[20]
10 January 2011	DF	Connor Essam	Bishops Stortford	10 February 2011	[20]
17 February 2011	GK	Darren Hawkes	Ebbsfleet United	End of season	[21]
18 February 2011	FW	Stefan Payne	Braintree Town	18 March 2011	[22]
8 March 2011	MF	Mark Bentley	Cambridge United	9 April 2011	[23]
21 March 2011	DF	Connor Essam	Dover Athletic	End of season	[24][25]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2010	FW	Simeon Jackson	Norwich City	£600,000	[13]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
2 June 2010	DF	Tom Wynter	Dover Athletic	1 July 2010	[26][27]
3 June 2010	MF	Stuart Lewis	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 July 2010	[26][28]
7 June 2010	FW	Luis Cumbers	Welling United	1 July 2010	[26][29]
7 June 2010	FW	Andy Pugh	Welling United	1 July 2010	[26][29]
7 June 2010	GK	Simon Royce	Brentford	7 June 2010 (Player/Goalkeeper Coach)	[30]
23 June 2010	MF	Adam Miller	Cambridge United	1 July 2010	[26][31]
1 July 2010	FW	James Walker	Leyton Orient	10 September 2010	[26][32]
1 July 2010	FW	Jacob Erskine	Concord Rangers	?	[26]
2 July 2010	MF	Charlie Stimson	Barnet	2 July 2010	[33]
4 October 2010	MF	Stanley Aborah	Unattached		[34]
20 December 2010	MF	Bruce Inkango	Kastrioti	18 February 2011	[35][36]

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