# 2020–21 Gillingham F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Gillingham's 128th season in their history and the eighth consecutive season in EFL League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the 2020–21 FA Cup, 2020–21 EFL Cup and 2020–21 EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 July 2020 | RB | Ryan Jackson | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2020 | CF | Vadaine Oliver | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2020 | CM | Jacob Mellis | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2020 | LW | Jordan Graham | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | RM | Alex MacDonald | Mansfield Town | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2020 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2020 | CB | Robbie McKenzie | Hull City | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2020 | CB | Christian Maghoma | Free agent | — |
| 21 September 2020 | CF | Dominic Samuel | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2021 | LW | Tyreke Johnson | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | GK | Sacha Bastien | Stevenage | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date until |
| 10 August 2020 | CB | Zech Medley | Arsenal | End of season |
| 13 August 2020 | AM | Trae Coyle | Arsenal | End of season |
| 10 September 2020 | DM | Scott Robertson | Celtic | 30 January 2021 |
| 17 September 2020 | DM | Josh Eccles | Coventry City | 6 January 2021 |
| 28 September 2020 | CB | Declan Drysdale | Coventry City | 12 January 2021 |
| 29 September 2020 | DM | Thomas O'Connor | Southampton | End of season |
| 30 October 2020 | GK | Joe Lumley | Queens Park Rangers | 6 November 2020 |
| 8 January 2021 | LW | Tyreke Johnson | Southampton | 20 January 2021 |
| 14 January 2021 | CM | Callum Slattery | Southampton | End of season |
| 15 January 2021 | CM | Olly Lee | Heart of Midlothian | End of season |
| 25 January 2021 | CB | Robbie Cundy | Bristol City | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | DM | James Morton | Bristol City | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Pos. | Nat. | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 10 August 2020 | RB | | Lee Hodson | Hamilton Academical | 30 June 2021 | |
| 15 September 2020 | MF | | Toby Bancroft | Margate | | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | AM | Ben Allen | Bromley | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | TJ Bramble | Dover Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Mark Byrne | Shelbourne | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | RM | Regan Charles-Cook | Ross County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | DM | Ousseynou Cissé | Leyton Orient | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Jay Hards | Whitstable Town | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Tommy Lamb | Eckerd Tritons | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Harry Laing | Eckerd Tritons | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | LM | Ben Pringle | Morecambe | Released |
| 21 July 2020 | CB | Max Ehmer | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2020 | CF | Mikael Mandron | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2020 | RB | Barry Fuller | Dorking Wanderers | Mutual consent |
| 10 September 2020 | CF | Brandon Hanlan | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2021 | GK | Joe Walsh | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | CM | Jacob Mellis | Southend United | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### EFL League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League One play-offs |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 74 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 72 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 69 | |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 67 | |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 67 | |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 66 | |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 65 | |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 64 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Arsenal U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Gillingham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |