Fans of Gillingham will be interested to know where the club are playing after the new season’s fixtures were announced, even if they can’t attend yet.

The new SKYBet League One fixtures are out and in just twenty-two days, Gillingham will start their new campaign with Hull City which means an immediate return to Priestfield for former fans favourite Tom Eaves.

Steve Evans’ side will face the Tigers on opening day – Saturday 12^th September – one hundred and eighty-nine days after last season’s premature ending at the Stadium of Light on the first weekend in March.

One highlight for Gills fans will surely be the two “A2 derbies” with relegated Charlton Athletic , with the two sides first meeting at Priestfield on November 21st with the return at The Valley on February 13^th.

There’s one stand-out period in October which will provide a real test with Evans’ side facing Portsmouth, Fleetwood, Ipswich, and Sunderland in an eleven-day period.

Other notable dates – at Christmas, the Gills welcome Evans’ former club Peterborough to Priestfield on Boxing Day before trips to Northampton (December 28^th) and start 2021 with a trip to Plymouth on January 2nd.

Whilst at Easter, Steve Evans’ side will host relegated Wigan Athletic on Good Friday before a trip to Blackpool on Easter Monday, whilst the season will finish with the return against Plymouth at Priestfield on May 8^th.

In cup competitions, we already know that the Gills will host Southend United in the Carabao Cup to open everything off on Saturday September 5^th and have been drawn against, Crawley, Ipswich and Arsenal under 23s in the Football League Trophy whilst the club will enter the FA Cup at the First Round Proper stage which will be played over the weekend of 9^th and 10^th November.

What’s the date you always look out for? The full list of the Gills fixtures is listed below (home fixtures in bold).

Sat Sep 5 Southend United Carabao Cup Round One

Tues Sep 9 Crawley Town EFL Trophy

Sat Sep 12 Hull City

Wed Sep 16 Carabao Cup Round Two

Sat Sep 19 Wigan Athletic

Wed Sep 23 Carabao Cup Round Three

Sat Sep 26 Blackpool

Wed Sep 30 Carabao Cup Round Four

Sat Oct 3 Shrewsbury Town

Sat Oct 10 Oxford United

Sat Oct 17 Milton Keynes Dons

Tue Oct 20 Portsmouth

Sat Oct 24 Fleetwood Town

Tue Oct 27 Ipswich Town

Sat Oct 31 Sunderland

Tue Nov 3 Crewe Alexandra

Sat Nov 7 Emirates FA Cup 1st Round

Sat Nov 14 Lincoln City

Sat Nov 21 Charlton Athletic

Tue Nov 24 A.F.C. Wimbledon

Sat Nov 28 Emirates FA Cup 2nd Round

Tue Dec 1 Bristol Rovers

Sat Dec 5 Swindon Town

Sat Dec 12 Doncaster Rovers

Tue Dec 15 Accrington Stanley

Sat Dec 19 Rochdale

Wed Dec 23 Carabao Cup Fifth Round

Sat Dec 26 Peterborough United

Tue Dec 29 Northampton Town

Sat Jan 2 Plymouth Argyle

Wed Jan 6 Carabao Cup Semi-Final

Sat Jan 9 Burton Albion or Emirates FA Cup 3rd Round

Sat Jan 16 Accrington Stanley

Sat Jan 23 Rochdale or Emirates FA Cup 4th Round

Tue Jan 26 Crewe Alexandra

Sat Jan 30 Sunderland

Sat Feb 6 Lincoln City

Wed Feb 10 Emirates FA Cup 5th Round

Sat Feb 13 Charlton Athletic

Sat Feb 20 Bristol Rovers

Tue Feb 23 A.F.C. Wimbledon

Sat Feb 27 Portsmouth

Sun Feb 28 Carabao Cup Final

Tue Mar 2 Milton Keynes Dons

Sat Mar 6 Ipswich Town

Tue Mar 9 Fleetwood Town

Sat Mar 13 Swindon Town

Sat Mar 20 Doncaster Rovers or Emirates FA Cup Quarter-Final

Sat Mar 27 Hull City

Fri Apr 2 Wigan Athletic

Mon Apr 5 Blackpool

Sat Apr 10 Shrewsbury Town

Sat Apr 17 Oxford United or Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final

Tue Apr 20 Peterborough United

Sat Apr 24 Northampton Town

Sat May 1 Burton Albion

Sat May 8 Plymouth Argyle

Sat May 15 Emirates FA Cup Final