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
ChairmanPaul Scally
ManagerAndy Hessenthaler
Football League Two8th
FA Cup1st Round
(eliminated by Dover Athletic)
League Cup1st Round
(eliminated by Norwich City)
Football League TrophySouthern Section
1st Round

(eliminated by Southend United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Cody McDonald (25)
All: Cody McDonald (25)
Highest home attendance7,475 vs. Dover Athletic, 6 November 2010
Lowest home attendance4,076 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 2 November 2010
Average home league attendance5,231

Results edit

League Two edit

7 August 2010 Gillingham 1–1 Cheltenham Town Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Akinfenwa   76' Thomas   53' Attendance: 5,655
14 August 2010 Hereford United 0–0 Gillingham Edgar Street
15:00 Attendance: 2,915
21 August 2010 Gillingham 0–1 Lincoln City Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Hughton   9' Attendance: 4,838
28 August 2010 Morecambe 1–1 Gillingham Globe Arena
15:00 Stanley   60' Spiller   84' Attendance: 2,325
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
11 September 2010 Gillingham 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Palmer   12', 59' (pen.) Attendance: 4,815
18 September 2010 Bradford City 1–0 Gillingham Valley Parade
15:00 Williams   90' Attendance: 10,722
25 September 2010 Gillingham 1–0 Burton Albion Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   50' Attendance: 4,823
28 September 2010 Gillingham 0–0 Southend United Priestfield Stadium
19:45 Attendance: 4,925
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
9 October 2010 Gillingham 2–1 Stockport County Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   3'
J. Payne   37'
Pulis   81' Attendance: 4,755
16 October 2010 Port Vale 0–0 Gillingham Vale Park
15:00 Attendance: 6,420
23 October 2010 Gillingham 1–1 Torquay United Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   80' Nicholson   90'
Mansell   90'
Attendance: 5,345
30 October 2010 Northampton Town 2–1 Gillingham Sixfields Stadium
15:00 Beckwith   21'
McKenzie   40' (pen.)
Palmer   7' Attendance: 4,573
2 November 2010 Gillingham 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Priestfield Stadium
19:45 Ainsworth   23'
Betsy   49'
Attendance: 4,076
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
20 November 2010 Oxford United 0–1 Gillingham Kassam Stadium
15:00 McDonald   40' Attendance: 7,144
23 November 2010 Barnet 1–2 Gillingham Underhill Stadium
19:45 Gallen   31' Whelpdale   59'
Lee   65'
Attendance: 2,519
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
28 December 2010 Gillingham 3–0 Port Vale Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   1', 37'
Akinfenwa   60'
Attendance: 5,364
1 January 2011 Gillingham 1–0 Stevenage Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Akinfenwa   38' Attendance: 5,429
3 January 2011 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Gillingham Adams Park
15:00 Winfield   64' Attendance: 4,617
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
15 January 2011 Gillingham 1–0 Northampton Town Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   32' Attendance: 5,613
22 January 2011 Torquay United 1–1 Gillingham Plainmoor
15:00 Benyon   7' Rooney   87' Attendance: 2,368
25 January 2011 Gillingham 0–2 Chesterfield Priestfield Stadium
19:45 Smalley   13', 49' Attendance: 4,770
29 January 2011 Gillingham 2–1 Aldershot Town Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   53', 90' Rodman   90' Attendance: 4,810
1 February 2011 Stevenage 2–2 Gillingham Broadhall Way
19:45 Harrison   25', 75' McDonald   45'
Akinfenwa   50'
Attendance: 2,424
5 February 2011 Gillingham 0–0 Oxford United Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 5,364
8 February 2011 Gillingham 3–1 Rotherham United Priestfield Stadium
19:45 McDonald   5', 36'
Oli   89'
Law   7' Attendance: 4,824
12 February 2011 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Gillingham Alexandra Stadium
15:00 Sinclair   26' (o.g.) Weston   54' Attendance: 4,012
19 February 2011 Gillingham 1–1 Bury Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Weston   25' Lowe   72' Attendance: 5,021
12 February 2011 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Gillingham Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Sharps   90' Attendance: 5,574
1 March 2011 Aldershot Town 1–1 Gillingham Recreation Ground
19:45 Hylton   77'   82' Nutter Attendance: 2,038
5 March 2011 Gillingham 2–0 Bradford City Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Akinfenwa   43'
Weston   46'
Attendance: 5,019
8 March 2011 Southend United 2–2 Gillingham Roots Hall
19:45 Hall   15', 52' McDonald   7'
Akinfenwa   18' (pen)
Attendance: 5,771
12 March 2011 Gillingham 3–1 Accrington Stanley Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Barcham   2', 45'
McDonald   56'
McConville   14' Attendance: 5,299
19 March 2011 Burton Albion 1–1 Gillingham Pirelli Stadium
15:00 Winnall   26' McDonald   78' Attendance: 3,230
27 March 2011 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Gillingham Abbey Business Stadium
14:00 Elliott   3' McDonald   86', 90' Attendance: 3,157
2 April 2011 Gillingham 0–0 Hereford United Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Attendance: 5,709
9 April 2011 Lincoln City 0–4 Gillingham Sincil Bank
15:00 Gowling   20'
McDonald   41'
Hone (o.g.)
Akinfenwa   69'
Attendance: 3,022
16 April 2011 Gillingham 1–1 Morecambe Priestfield Stadium
15:00 McDonald   88' Jevons   21' (pen) Attendance: 5,545
23 April 2011 Gillingham 2–4 Barnet Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Barcham   28', 80' Byrne   13'
McLeod   45+1', 52', pen'
Attendance: 6,170
25 April 2011 Rotherham United 0–1 Gillingham Don Valley Stadium
15:00 Barcham   79' Attendance: 3,455
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
7 May 2011 Chesterfield 3–1 Gillingham B2net Stadium
15:00 Whitaker   54'
Lester   76'
Smalley   82'
McDonald   67' Attendance: 10,023

FA Cup edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

League table edit

Pos Team 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

References edit

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  2. ^ "Cody sweeps the board". Gillingham F.C. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011.
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  4. ^ "Gillingham offer too good to miss – Nicky Southall". BBC Sport. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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  14. ^ "Gillingham sign Swindon Town defender Callum Kennedy". BBC Sport. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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  16. ^ "Eastbourne Borough seal Luke Rooney loan deal". BBC Sport. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  17. ^ "White makes Margate move". Gillingham F.C. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  18. ^ "Lincoln City agree loan for Gillingham's Josh Gowling". BBC Sport. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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  27. ^ "Wynter signs Dover deal". Gillingham F.C. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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  29. ^ a b "Welling United manager Jamie Day signs Andy Pugh and Luis Cumbers from Gillingham". Kent Online. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  30. ^ "Brentford sign Simon Royce as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  31. ^ "Midfielder Adam Miller makes Cambridge move". BBC Sport. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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  33. ^ "Ex-Gillingham youngster Charlie Stimson links up with Mark Stimson at Barnet". Kent Online. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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  36. ^ "KS Kastrioti Krujë". Fussball Transfers. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.