The ME7 Podcast

It’s another awayday weekend, and the Gills fans are all set for a long slog on the motorway as they make the long journey north to Fleetwood Town. Ahead of the game, James Hawkins gets behind the mic for the latest episode of The Fans Social, where he answers your questions and looks ahead to the Gills’ third league game of the season. Can they make it three out of three, and claim back-to-back w...

It might not have been the swashbuckling, counter-attacking goalfest that we saw on the season’s opening day, but Gillingham’s scrappy 1-0 away win at Morecambe is worth exactly the same number of league points, and it might just have shown that, even when hampered by a host of injuries to first-teamers, Gillingham still have the wherewithal to grind out a win on the road. A late goal from substit...

The worst-kept secret of the new season is finally out, with former Gills star Bradley Dack returning to the club on Thursday. It’s a move that has Gillingham fans excited and optimistic about his potential impact on an already positive start to the League Two season. There’s no ignoring his injury record, but is his signing a risk worth taking? Gillingham seem to think so, and on this episode of...

What a start! The Mark Bonner era at Gillingham Football Club got underway with a bang at Priestfield as his new-look Gills site put four past Carlisle United to put themselves joint top of League Two after the opening weekend of the new EFL season. Timothee Dieng put the Gills ahead just one minute into the game, and the Gills went in at halftime a goal to the good, despite Carlisle getting stron...

It’s been a summer of change at Gillingham Football Club, and the wait for competitive football is finally over. The Gills will kick off their League Two campaign on Saturday against Carlisle United at Priestfield Stadium, but before the action gets underway, James and Owen are on hand to answer your questions ahead of the opening day of the season. It’s the first episode of “The Fans Social,” and...

There’s not long to wait now. The pre-season is coming to a close and on August 10, the Gills will step out onto the Priestfield turf to kick off their 2024/25 League Two campaign. As we build up to the big kick-off, Owen sits down for an in-depth season preview with EFL guru Gab Sutton, who shares his view Gillingham’s chances of success in League Two, and his thoughts on the division as a whole....

Ahead of the new season, James and Owen sit down with Gillingham manager Mark Bonner for a very special Q&A episode of The ME7 Podcast. Rather than a straight interview, James and Owen posed questions sent in from the Gills fanbase, as Bonner shared his thoughts on a range of topics, from the club’s recruitment, to the shared mentality he wants from the team, to the relationship he wants to build...

The countdown to the 2024/25 League Two season is well and truly on, with the league’s teams embarking on their respective pre-season preparations ahead of what looks like a wide open season in English football’s fourth tier. And, as we start to turn our attention to the start of the new season, The ME7 Podcast’s Owen Stanley and James Hawkins get back behind the mic to share their predictions for...

After a few weeks off, The ME7 Podcast is back, and there’s plenty to talk about! Since our last show, a lot has happened at Priestfield. We’d just appointed Mark Bonner as the team’s new first-team manager, but we didn’t know what the summer transfer period would hold. Now we know a fair bit more. Gillingham have done swift business already, with striker Elliott Nevitt arriving from Crewe, AFC Wi...

Former Gillingham striker and Priestfield legend Danny Kedwell teamed up with some of The ME7 Podcast crew as they took to the pitch for a special Mental Health Charity Match against Medway United. After the game, Danny sat down with James for a catch-up in this ME7 Podcast special episode as he chatted about mental health, his career post-Gills, and his thoughts on the Gills heading into an impor...

On-loan Huddersfield Town winger Connor Mahoney was one of the real bright spots of an otherwise patchy season at Priestfield, with his creativity, spectacular goals, and willingness to think outside of the box during games making him one of the Gills’ most dangerous and creative players last season. Now, with Connor entering free agency during the summer transfer window, he chats to The ME7 Podca...

Hot on the heels of Gillingham’s hiring of Mark Bonner as the club’s new First-Team Manager, The ME7 Podcast sits down with Gillingham FC Managing Director Joe Comper to get an update on all things Gills. In a wide-ranging chat with The ME7 Podcast’s James Hawkins, Joe chats about: * The process of hiring a new manager * The search criteria * Why Mark Bonner? * Plans for the summer window This is...

The wait for a new Gills boss was a mercifully short one, with the news coming on Tuesday that the club had appointed former Cambridge United boss Mark Bonner as the new “First-Team Manager” at Priestfield. It puts the club in the perfect position ahead of the summer transfer window, as Bonner arrives with all the time he needs to make the necessary moves to strengthen the side and build his team...

The Stephen Clemence era is officially over at Gillingham Football Club. After an initial social media report from The Telegraph’s John Percy suggesting the club had sacked Clemence and Robbie Stockdale, an official statement from the club confirmed the news. It means Priestfield is set for another wild summer as we look to appoint Clemence’s successor, then start the necessary job of improving th...

The ME7 Podcast’s James Hawkins sits down with Gillingham playmaker Jonny Williams to discuss his career to date, and his hopes for next season. On this ME7 Podcast special, Jonny speaks about: * Coming through at Palace * Prem and International football * The summer transfer saga * An inconsistent season This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

Just when it looked like Gillingham’s season was over, the team, aided by some favourable results elsewhere, have given themselves a late lifeline, thanks to one of their best performances of the season. Gillingham’s 3-0 win over Barrow had a ton of positives. The team kept their foot on the gas as they chased more than just the one goal – and finally got their rewards. Josh Andrews netted on his...

With just three league games remaining in the 2023/24 League 2 season, Gillingham aren’t so much sprinting for the line, as stumbling towards it. The team sits mid-table in League 2, with our playoff hopes destroyed by a disastrous late-season run of results, and now thoughts have turned to the summer, and what the club needs to do to get us moving in the right direction. Before any summer busines...

If there was any hope left for the Gills after their 5-1 capitulation at Harrogate, it was snuffed out by Bradford City, who needed just one goal to defeat the Gills and end any serious hopes of a late playoff run for the Kent side. Explaining the reasons for our defeats has become like a broken record this season. Our complete inability to put the ball in the net – even when decent chances are cr...

After our Easter Monday horror show at Harrogate, Stephen Clemence has called on his players to provide a suitable response as they head to Bradford City. The result at Harrogate left the team’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread, and only a win will do for the Gills as they look to keep their faint playoff chances alive. Ahead of the game, James is joined by a selection of fans to preview the matc...

It was another frustrating afternoon at Priestfield as Gillingham’s performance wasn’t so good on Good Friday. The team struggled to make anything happen against a remarkably negative, cynical Crewe side as they laboured to a drab goalless draw at ME7. Surprisingly, the afternoon ended with the Gills in the playoff places, but the overwhelming feeling was one of frustration and disappointment. But...

The Easter Bank Holiday is here, and the Gills sit just outside the League 2 playoff places with six games to go. Can they make it above that dotted line and give the club a shot at Wembley, and promotion? This weekend could go a long way to telling us whether a run at the playoffs is really possible, with Stephen Clemence’s men taking on fifth-placed Crewe Alexandra, who sit comfortably in the pl...

What. A. Result! With the Gills’ season potentially hanging in the balance, the team went north to fellow playoff hopefuls Morecambe and showed a truckload of spirit as they came from behind twice to eventually win 3-2. Oli Hawkins, Tim Dieng and Connor Mahoney scored the goals – each one with an assist from Morecambe’s hapless goalkeeper Archie Mair, who had a ‘mare between the sticks for the hos...

Gillingham head north for a pivotal game in the 2023/24 season as they take on fellow playoff chasers Morecambe, with the team in desperate need for points. Stephen Clemence’s men have dropped a significant number of points over recent weeks and, while they remain within striking distance of the playoff spots, the chasing pack has caught up. Now, with many of those vying for a playoff place now si...

After a difficult week that saw a number of his first-team squad hit with a sickness bug that forced him to cancel midweek training, Stephen Clemence shuffled the pack for the visit of strugglers Grimsby. The result was a switch to a back four, and a much more forward-thinking performance as the Gills turned in a far more positive performance than we’ve seen in recent weeks. But, despite that posi...

Tuesday night’s away game against fellow playoff chasers AFC Wimbledon felt like the biggest game of our season so far. And, with the stage set for the team to make a statement, they failed to deliver. The team set up negatively, conceded early and Conor Masterson got sent off before Stephen Clemence made the substitution that might define his season at Priestfield. That change, withdrawing our on...