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Stimson Delight After Ipswich Game

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Manager Mark Stimson could not hide his delight last night after seeing his side put in a very impressive performance to earn a 1-1 draw against Championship side Ipswich Town, saying: “I think it was a fantastic game of football. It was a good evening’s work and we had to work extremely hard against a Championship side.”
It was certainly a different, and [...]

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Gills draw 1-1 with Ipswich

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

A crowd of 1,374 saw Gillingham’s best starting eleven draw 1-1 in the fourth match of their pre-season friendly campaign, against an Ipswich Town XI. 
Manager Mark Stimson said before tonight’s game that he was going to play his best starting eleven, but it was Ipswich who started brighter as they dominated possession and created a few opportunities, showing their Championship quality. This meant [...]

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Trialists get released

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Trialists Leo Roget, Nigel Atangana and Alex Bailey have been released by Gillingham after not being offered contracts at the club.
Roget, a central defender who has previously played for Southend United and Stockport County, featured as a second half substitute in all three of Gillingham’s pre-season friendlies so far.
Nigel Atangana, the young French midfielder formerly [...]

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Gills suffer second defeat

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Gillingham lost 1-0 in the third game of their pre-season campaign, losing away to Blue Square Premier side Grays Athletic.
The loss is Gillingham’s second out of three games so far, as they lost their first pre-season friendly at home to Stevenage Borough 1-0, but won their second 8-0 away to Kent rivals Faversham, who play in the Kent League.
Gillingham made [...]

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Gills Start With Defeat in Pre-Season

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Gillingham started their pre-season friendly campaign today with a defeat, losing 1-0 at home to Stevenage Borough.
The game started brightly for the Gills as they dominated possession in the opening few minutes and created a few half chances, causing Stevenage a few early problems. The Gills could’ve then taken the lead on 11 minutes when Kevin Maher’s deflected [...]

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Gills kick off against Boro

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Gillingham will start their pre-season friendly campaign tonight against Stevenage Borough at the KRBS Priestfield Stadium, with kick 0ff being at 7.30 pm.
Manager Mark Stimson is a former Stevenage manager himself, having joined the Gills from Broadhall Way in November 07.  And the former Boro man is expecting a good game tonight, saying: “I expect Stevenage will be fit and [...]

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Two Trialists Join Pre-Season Training

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The Gillingham pre-season squad saw two new players today as manager Mark Stimson invited the duo to train with the club for pre-season.
One of which is the experienced striker Drewe Broughton, who is a free agent following his release from the recently promoted MK Dons.
29 year-old striker Broughton started his career at Norwich City, and [...]

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Mystery Man

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson has said today that he remains hopeful of signing his transfer target, which is believed to be a striker as Stimson said a striker would be his number one priority this summer. This transfer target has yet to be named to the Gills fans, but after pursuing this unnamed target for several weeks, Stimson remains [...]

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First days training gone well

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson was pleased with his player’s commitment today as they began their pre-season training.
The first session saw fitness instructor Danny Ellis put the players through a challenging schedule, and Stimson explained: “Today was our first day back and it was pleasing to see everyone. It was very, very hot but all the boys [...]

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Duo Sign For Lincoln

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Ex-Gillingham duo Aaron Brown and David Graham have both put pen to paper on contracts at Lincoln City.
Brown has signed a one-year deal after terminating his Gillingham contract, whereas Scotsman David Graham has put pen to paper on a six-month deal at Sincil Bank after leaving the Gills back in January.
The move sees Aaron Brown [...]

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