The 2019–20 season was Gillingham's 127th in their existence and seventh consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club are also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 23 May 2019 DF Connor Ogilvie Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Jack Bonham Brentford Free transfer 1 July 2019 DM Ousseynou Cissé Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer 1 July 2019 RB Lee Hodson Rangers Free transfer 1 July 2019 CM Stuart O'Keefe Cardiff City Free transfer 1 July 2019 CM Matty Willock Manchester United Free transfer 25 July 2019 LW Mark Marshall Charlton Athletic Free transfer 25 July 2019 CF Mikael Mandron Colchester United Free transfer 4 September 2019 LM Ben Pringle Preston North End Free transfer 24 January 2020 CF John Akinde Lincoln City Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 CF Mikael Ndjoli Bournemouth 8 January 2020 1 July 2019 LW Nathan Thomas Sheffield United 24 July 2019 2 July 2019 CB Alfie Jones Southampton 30 June 2020 26 July 2019 CF Alex Jakubiak Watford 31 January 2020 29 August 2019 DM Thomas O'Connor Southampton 30 June 2020 29 August 2019 CM Olly Lee Heart of Midlothian 30 June 2020 9 January 2020 LM Jordan Roberts Ipswich Town 30 June 2020 31 January 2020 LW Jordan Graham Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2020
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.August 2019FWRoman Campbell SittingbourneSeptember 2019 5 October 2019 FW Roman Campbell Enfield Town November 2019 9 October 2019MFHenry Woods Concord RangersNovember 20194 December 2019MFHenry Woods Concord RangersJanuary 20206 December 2019FWRoman Campbell RamsgateJanuary 202023 December 2019RBJimmy Witt SittingbourneFebruary 202023 December 2019MFJay Hards SittingbourneFebruary 20201 January 2020FWRoman Campbell MargateFebruary 2020 17 January 2020 DM Ousseynou Cissé Leyton Orient 30 June 2020 30 January 2020 RB Lee Hodson St Mirren 30 June 2020 22 February 2020 DM TJ Bramble Sittingbourne March 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 MF Jude Arthurs Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CM Billy Bingham Bromley Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Louie Catherall Free agent Released 1 July 2019 CM Ben Chapman Dulwich Hamlet Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Tom Hadler Eastbourne Borough Free transfer 1 July 2019 GK Tomáš Holý Ipswich Town Free transfer 1 July 2019 CB Ryan Huckle Faversham Town Free transfer 1 July 2019 CB Alex Lacey Notts County Released 1 July 2019 MF Charles Noyelle Tulsa Golden Hurricane Free transfer 1 July 2019 RB Luke O'Neill AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 1 July 2019 CB George Sheminant Chatham Town Free transfer 10 July 2019 CF Tom Eaves Hull City Free transfer 15 July 2019 CM Dean Parrett Stevenage Free transfer 26 July 2019 CM Callum Reilly AFC Wimbledon Mutual consent 16 August 2019 CM Josh Rees Bromley Mutual consent 21 August 2019 CM Darren Oldaker Billericay Town Mutual consent 31 August 2019 CF Elliott List Stevenage Undisclosed 2 September 2019 CB Gabriel Zakuani Swindon Town Mutual consent 2 September 2019MFBradley Stevenson Herne BayMutual consent2 September 2019MFMiquel ScarlettFree agentMutual consent 23 January 2020 RW Mark Marshall Northampton Town Released 30 January 2020 CF Roman Campbell Sittingbourne Free transfer 31 January 2020 LB Bradley Garmston Grimsby Town Mutual consent
Pre-season The Gills announced their pre-season programme on 18 June 2019.
Competitions League One
League table
Results summary
Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
FA Cup
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 20 June.
EFL Trophy
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
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