2019–20 Gillingham F.C. season

The 2019–20 season is Gillingham's 127th season in their existence and seventh consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club are also participating in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Gillingham

2019–20 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Steve Evans
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
League One	10th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Jakubiak (6) All: Alex Jakubiak (7)
Home colours Away colours

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
23 May 2019	DF		Connor Ogilvie	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2019	GK		Jack Bonham	Brentford	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2019	DM		Ousseynou Cissé	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2019	RB		Lee Hodson	Rangers	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2019	CM		Stuart O'Keefe	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2019	CM		Matty Willock	Manchester United	Free transfer	[6]
25 July 2019	LW		Mark Marshall	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[7]
25 July 2019	CF		Mikael Mandron	Colchester United	Free transfer	[8]
4 September 2019	LM		Ben Pringle	Preston North End	Free transfer	[9]
24 January 2020	CF		John Akinde	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF		Mikael Ndjoli	Bournemouth	8 January 2020	[11][12]
1 July 2019	LW		Nathan Thomas	Sheffield United	24 July 2019	[13][14]
2 July 2019	CB		Alfie Jones	Southampton	30 June 2020	[15]
26 July 2019	CF		Alex Jakubiak	Watford	31 January 2020	[16][17]
29 August 2019	DM		Thomas O'Connor	Southampton	30 June 2020	[18][19]
29 August 2019	CM		Olly Lee	Heart of Midlothian	30 June 2020	[20][21]
9 January 2020	LM		Jordan Roberts	Ipswich Town	30 June 2020	[22]
31 January 2020	LW		Jordan Graham	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
August 2019	FW		Roman Campbell	Sittingbourne	September 2019	[24]
5 October 2019	FW		Roman Campbell	Enfield Town	November 2019	[25]
9 October 2019	MF		Henry Woods	Concord Rangers	November 2019	[26]
4 December 2019	MF		Henry Woods	Concord Rangers	January 2020	[27]
6 December 2019	FW		Roman Campbell	Ramsgate	January 2020	[28]
23 December 2019	RB		Jimmy Witt	Sittingbourne	February 2020	[29]
23 December 2019	MF		Jay Hards	Sittingbourne	February 2020	[29]
1 January 2020	FW		Roman Campbell	Margate	February 2020	[30]
17 January 2020	DM		Ousseynou Cissé	Leyton Orient	30 June 2020	[31]
30 January 2020	RB		Lee Hodson	St Mirren	30 June 2020	[32]
22 February 2020	DM		TJ Bramble	Sittingbourne	March 2020	[33]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF		Jude Arthurs	Free agent	Released	[34]
1 July 2019	CM		Billy Bingham	Bromley	Free transfer	[35][36]
1 July 2019	GK		Louie Catherall	Free agent	Released	[35]
1 July 2019	CM		Ben Chapman	Dulwich Hamlet	Free transfer	[37]
1 July 2019	GK		Tom Hadler	Eastbourne Borough	Free transfer	[35][38]
1 July 2019	GK		Tomáš Holý	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[39]
1 July 2019	CB		Ryan Huckle	Faversham Town	Free transfer	[35][40]
1 July 2019	CB		Alex Lacey	Notts County	Released	[35][41]
1 July 2019	MF		Charles Noyelle	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	Free transfer	[34][42]
1 July 2019	RB		Luke O'Neill	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[35][43]
1 July 2019	CB		George Sheminant	Chatham Town	Free transfer	[34][44]
10 July 2019	CF		Tom Eaves	Hull City	Free transfer	[45]
15 July 2019	CM		Dean Parrett	Stevenage	Free transfer	[46]
26 July 2019	CM		Callum Reilly	AFC Wimbledon	Mutual consent	[47][48]
16 August 2019	CM		Josh Rees	Bromley	Mutual consent	[49][50]
21 August 2019	CM		Darren Oldaker	Billericay Town	Mutual consent	[51][52]
31 August 2019	CF		Elliott List	Stevenage	Undisclosed	[53]
2 September 2019	CB		Gabriel Zakuani	Swindon Town	Mutual consent	[54][55]
2 September 2019	MF		Bradley Stevenson	Herne Bay	Mutual consent	[56][57]
2 September 2019	MF		Miquel Scarlett	Free agent	Mutual consent	[56]
23 January 2020	RW		Mark Marshall	Northampton Town	Released	[58][59]
30 January 2020	CF		Roman Campbell	Sittingbourne	Free transfer	[60]
31 January 2020	LB		Bradley Garmston	Grimsby Town	Mutual consent	[61][62]

Pre-season

The Gills announced their pre-season programme on 18 June 2019.[63]

6 July 2019 Friendly	Faversham Town	1–9	Gillingham	Faversham
14:00 BST	Huckle  61'	Report	Ogilvie  3' Ndjoli  16', 21' Reilly  22' Willock  55' Thomas  72', 83' Tucker  77' Charles-Cook  82'	Stadium: Salters Lane Attendance: 830

13 July 2019 Friendly	Folkestone Invicta	0–4	Gillingham	Folkestone
15:00 BST		Report	Thomas  1' Ndjoli  39' Hanlan  60' (pen.) Trialist  82'	Stadium: The Fullicks Stadium Attendance: 681

16 July 2019 Friendly	Dartford	1–2	Gillingham	Dartford
19:45 BST	Trialist  33'	Report	List  10' Byrne  35'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 815 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 July 2019 Friendly	Gillingham	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Gillingham
14:00 BST	O'Keefe  13' Ndjoli  48' List  89'	Report	Aneke  43'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Referee: Chris Pollard

21 July 2019 Friendly	Gillingham	1–2	Millwall	Gillingham
13:00 BST	Trialist  54' (pen.)	Report	Skalák  16' Mahoney  56'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Referee: Gavin Ward

23 July 2019 Friendly	Dover Athletic	2–2	Gillingham	River
19:45 BST	Effiong  4' Pavey  64'	Report	List  50' Hanlan  52'	Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground Attendance: 888 Referee: Isaac Searle

26 July 2019 Friendly	Gillingham	1–1	Southend United	Gillingham
19:00 BST	Mandron  40'	Report	Hutchinson  23'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Referee: John Brooks

27 July 2019 Friendly	Stevenage	Cancelled	Gillingham	Stevenage
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Lamex Stadium

29 July 2019 Friendly	Welling United	5–0	Gillingham	Welling
19:30 BST	Oyinsan  16' Coombes  18' Cosgrave  55', 85' Cook  83'	Report		Stadium: Park View Road Referee: Alan Dale

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60	1.71	Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
7	Peterborough United	35	17	8	10	68	40	+28	59	1.69
8	Sunderland	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59	1.64
9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54	1.59
10	Gillingham	35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51	1.46
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52	1.44
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48	1.37
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45	1.29
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45	1.29

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences[64]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51	9	3	5	27	17	+10	3	12	3	15	17	−2

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	11	16	19	19	16	16	14	15	16	16	15	15	16	17	15	16	14	15	14	13	12	13	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.[65]

3 August 2019 1	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Sadlier  45+2'	Report	Jakubiak  30' Fuller  79'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,939 Referee: John Busby

10 August 2019 2	Gillingham	1–2	Burton Albion	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Cissé  7'	Report	O'Toole  10' Akins 32' Broadhead  42', 45' Brayford  90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,682 Referee: James Linington

20 August 2019 3	Gillingham	2–2	Blackpool	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Jakubiak  9', 37'	Report	Kaikai  41' Gnanduillet  45+3' Bushiri  59'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,390 Referee: Neil Hair

24 August 2019 4	Coventry City	1–0	Gillingham	Bordesley
15:00 BST	Hyam  26'	Report	Fuller  28' Byrne  35'	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 5,624 Referee: Martin Coy

31 August 2019 5	Gillingham	5–0	Bolton Wanderers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ogilvie  27' Lee  39', 57' Willock  45+2' Hanlan  54' Boon  76' (o.g.)	Report	Lowe  21'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,065 Referee: Robert Lewis

7 September 2019 6	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Gillingham	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Payne  38' Mullin 66'  70' Jennings  67'	Report	Byrne  14' Jakubiak  16' Jones  36'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,687 Referee: Michael Salisbury

14 September 2019 7	Gillingham	2–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ndjoli  59', 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: James Adcock

17 September 2019 8	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Gillingham	Horfield
19:45 BST	Smith  38' Sercombe  90+5'	Report	O'Connor  83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,370 Referee: Kevin Johnson

21 September 2019 9	Gillingham	0–1	Ipswich Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Byrne  43'	Report	Vincent-Young  32' Wilson  87' Judge  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,214 Referee: Chris Sarginson

28 September 2019 10	Oxford United	3–0	Gillingham	Oxford
15:00 BST	Henry  10', 34' Taylor  30' Brannagan  86'	Report	Fuller  57' Ehmer  82'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,553 Referee: Andy Woolmer

5 October 2019 11	Gillingham	3–1	Southend United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Jones  43' O'Keefe  46' Fuller  57' Ndjoli 72' 74' Hanlan  87'	Report	Cox  58' Acquah  63'  66' Lennon  71' Bwomono  71' Kiernan  81'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,091 Referee: Leigh Doughty

12 October 2019 12	Portsmouth	0–0	Gillingham	Milton
15:00 BST	Brown  32'	Report	Ehmer  36' O'Keefe  45' Byrne  58' Jones  74' Tucker  85'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,036 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 October 2019 13	Gillingham	1–2	Peterborough United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Ehmer  46' Byrne  51' Mandron  80' Ogilvie  88'	Report	Ward  40' Eisa  51' (pen.) Knight  66'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Charles Breakspear

22 October 2019 14	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Gillingham	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Beckles  42'  64' Pierre  45+1' Giles  58' Goss  68' Okenabirhie  88'	Report	Jones  19' O'Keefe  30'  43' (pen.)	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Will Finnie

26 October 2019 15	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Gillingham	Accrington
12:00 BST	McConville  24' Clark  90+4'	Report	Charles-Cook  59' Jones  85'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,102 Referee: John Busby

2 November 2019 16	Gillingham	0–3	Rotherham United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Smith 18'  19' Lindsay  28' Crooks  43', 88'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Lee Swabey

16 November 2019 17	Gillingham	1–0	Lincoln City	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Mandron  24'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,567 Referee: Christopher Pollard

23 November 2019 18	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Gillingham	Norbiton
15:00 GMT	Pinnock  7' Wagstaff  19' Pigott  45' Delaney  83' Appiah  90+4'	Report	Ogilvie  3' Byrne  85' Pringle  90+3'	Stadium: The Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 4,554 Referee: Kevin Johnson

7 December 2019 19	Gillingham	1–0	Sunderland	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Tucker  66' Ogilvie  89'	Report	Flanagan  88' Ozturk  90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Andy Woolmer

14 December 2019 20	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Gillingham	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Madden  36' 56'	Report	Fuller  10' Hanlan  47' Jones  63' Ehmer  75' Jakubiak  82' Pringle  90+1'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,468 Referee: Graham Salisbury

21 December 2019 21	Gillingham	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Gillingham
13:00 GMT	Mandron  31' Hanlan  33' Ehmer  57' Lee  62'	Report	Gilbey  29',  52'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Nick Kinseley

26 December 2019 22	Ipswich Town	0–0	Gillingham	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Norwood  27' Nsiala  45+2' Judge  90+1' Edwards  90+2'	Report	Tucker  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Referee: Craig Hicks

29 December 2019 23	Gillingham	1–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
13:00 GMT	Lee  81' Ogilvie  86'  90+6' O'Keefe  90+7'	Report	Keohane  28' O'Connell  57' Camps  67' Baah  69' Sánchez  79' Williams  90+6'  90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,761 Referee: David Rock

1 January 2020 24	Gillingham	1–1	Portsmouth	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Fuller  63' Jakubiak  80'	Report	Evans  36'  38' Naylor  65' Raggett  90+6'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Alan Young

4 January 2020	Southend United	v	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Roots Hall
Note: The match was postponed on 2 December, due to the club's progression in the FA Cup.[66]

11 January 2020 25	Peterborough United	0–0	Gillingham	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Beevers  52'  87'	Report	Jones  73' O'Connor  80'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 6,696 Referee: Kevin Johnson

18 January 2020 26	Gillingham	1–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Lee  45+1'  61' (pen.)	Report	Fosu  16' Mackie  37' Baptiste  75' Browne  86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,051 Referee: Neil Hair

25 January 2020 27	Rochdale	2–2	Gillingham	Spotland
15:00 GMT	Henderson  28' (pen.) Ryan  45+3' Dooley  68'	Report	Roberts  32', 59'  76'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,084 Referee: Paul Marsden

29 January 2020 28	Gillingham	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	O'Keefe  26' Lee  40' (pen.) Akinde  62'	Report	Hart  77' Walker  89' Pierre  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham

8 February 2020 29	Burton Albion	0–0	Gillingham	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Sarkic  42'  67' O'Toole  76' Nartey  90+2'	Report	Fuller  21' Roberts  88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Alan Young

11 February 2020 30	Blackpool	2–3	Gillingham	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Gnanduillet  7' Ronan  24' Delfouneso  90+1'	Report	O'Keefe  59' Akinde  73' Charles-Cook  76' Hanlan  90+4'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,816 Referee: Darren Handley

15 February 2020 31	Gillingham	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	O'Connor  41' John  44' (o.g.) 67' (o.g.) Fuller  83'	Report	Sheaf  13'  85' John  23' Okenabirhie  38' Wright  76' Halliday  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,754 Referee: Josh Smith

18 February 2020 32	Southend United	0–1	Gillingham	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Mitchell-Nelson  74' Kelman  90+3'	Report	Tucker  30' Ogilvie  67' Ehmer  72'	Stadium: Roots Hall Referee: Trevor Kettle

22 February 2020 33	Lincoln City	0–0	Gillingham	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Hesketh  13' Edun  58'  90' Bridcutt  69' Bostwick  90+3'	Report	Fuller  68' Hanlan  90'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,950 Referee: Tom Nield

29 February 2020 34	Gillingham	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Charles-Cook  87'	Report	Pigott  49' Roscrow  78' O'Neill  82' Reilly  90+1'	Stadium: Priesfield Stadium Attendance: 4,893 Referee: John Busby

7 March 2020 35	Sunderland	2–2	Gillingham	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Öztürk  42' Lafferty  64', 83'	Report	Graham  42' Roberts  43' O'Keefe  44' Mandron  74', 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,872 Referee: Antony Coggins

14 March 2020	Gillingham	v	Fleetwood Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[67]

21 March 2020	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Gillingham	Denbigh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadium mk
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[67]

29 March 2020	Rotherham United	v	Gillingham	Rotherham
13:00 GMT				Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to Coronavirus outbreak.[67]

4 April 2020	Gillingham	v	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

10 April 2020	Gillingham	v	Coventry City	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

14 April 2020	Bolton Wanderers	v	Gillingham	Horwich
20:00 BST				Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

18 April 2020	Gillingham	v	Tranmere Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

25 April 2020	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Gillingham	High Wycombe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Adams Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

3 May 2020	Gillingham	v	Bristol Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19.[68]

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[69] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.[70] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.[71]

9 November 2019 First round	Sunderland	1–1	Gillingham	Sunderland
13:00 GMT	McGeady  15' Willis  42' O'Nien  90+2'	Report	Hanlan  29' Lee  46'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 7,892 Referee: Michael Salisbury

19 November 2019 First round replay	Gillingham	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sunderland	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Ehmer  45+1' Hanlan  105'	Report	De Bock  55' O'Nien  85' Connelly  117'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,561 Referee: Alan Young

1 December 2019 Second round	Gillingham	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
14:00 GMT	Byrne  11' Lee  15' Hanlan  68'	Report	Halliday  64' Wright  70' Bingham  82'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,216 Referee: Darren Handley

5 January 2020 Third round	Gillingham	0–2	West Ham United	Gillingham
18:15 GMT	Jones  65'	Report	Zabaleta  74',  79' Fornals  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 10,913 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.[72]

13 August 2019 First round	Gillingham	2–2 (1–4 p)	Newport County	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Hanlan  26' (pen.) Ndjoli  58'  90+3'  90' (pen.)	Report	Abrahams  84' Howkins  89' Amond  90+4'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Jones Mandron Marshall		Sheehan Amond Demetriou Abrahams

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[73]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Ipswich Town	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 Group stage	Gillingham	2–3	Colchester United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	O'Keefe  23' Mandron  78'	Report	Cowan-Hall  8', 63' Robinson  55' Sarpong-Wiredu  75'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: David Rock

8 October 2019 Group stage	Ipswich Town	4–0	Gillingham	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Huws  8'  67' Roberts  21' Mandron  61' (o.g.) Keane  87'	Report	Mandron  21' Woods  26'	Stadium: Portman Road Referee: Tom Nield

12 November 2019 Group stage	Gillingham	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Gillingham
19:00 GMT	Jakubiak  25'  63' Tucker  79'	Report	White  90+1'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Craig Hicks

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