As Kent basks in the heatwave, spare a thought for our footballers who this week return for pre-season training. We’ve been talking to Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth who admitted that the 2026 World Cup Finals mean an earlier than usual start for our Football League Clubs.
With Gillingham players returning for pre-season testing next week, boss Gareth Ainsworth is still looking for new blood for his squad before the season opens at the start of August.
After missing out on promotion last season in the cruelest possible way, Sittingbourne boss Ryan Maxwell has rebuilding to do in the summer that few managers would appreciate as ten of last season’s squad have now moved on from Woodstock.
Ebbsfleet United have made a move to sign Jake Hessenthaler following the Gravesend-born midfielder’s two seasons at Dagenham & Redbridge.
Four players ended last season being offered a new contract to stay at MEMS Priestfield and so far, three have re-signed for Gareth Ainsworth and will wear Gillingham blue next season.
With still nearly three weeks to go until his first team squad report for pre-season training, Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth has been talking to KSN and here he discusses his new look squad as it starts to take shape.
In the week that it’s been announced that MEMS are back as Gillingham’s new main sponsor and the new kit is due to be revealed, we’ve been chatting to Managing Director Joe Comper.
Midfielder Euan Williams has put pen to paper on a new one year deal with Gillingham.
In the latest instalment of our chat with Gillingham’s Managing Director, Joe Comper, we find out about season ticket sales and scrapping the programme among other things.
With another three weeks before the new season EFL fixtures are due to be announced, KSN has been to MEMS Priestfield to talk to Gillingham Managing Director Joe Comper about all things Gills.
Manager Gareth Ainsworth has another piece of the puzzle sorted as Max Clark has agreed a new contract with Gillingham.
For the first time since his side’s agonising Play Off Final defeat to Burgess Hill, Sittingbourne boss Ryan Maxwell has been talking to KSN about what might have been as he begins his search to go one further next season in the Isthmian Southeast and finally win a place in the Isthmian Premier Division.
Winning a national title under the Wembley Arch in your last game as a player would be good enough for most people. But Whitstable Town boss Jamie Coyle has left his Isuzu FA Vase winners behind and has gone to the Far East seeking international glory to end a truly remarkable season!
Midfielder Bradley Dack has signed a new one-year deal with Gillingham which will keep him at MEMS Priestfield Stadium until the summer of 2026.
Winning at Wembley will go down as one of the career highlights for Gillingham legend Andy Hessenthaler as he looks back on that day in 2000.