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2022–23 Gillingham F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ112030523 ↗
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The 2022–23 season was the 130th season in the existence of Gillingham Football Club and the club's first season back in League Two since the 2012–13 season following their relegation from League One the season before. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

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Loans in

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

The Gills announced their first pre-season friendly with a trip to Folkestone Invicta on 2 July. A week later, the club announced two further fixtures to their schedule with a trip to Dover Athletic and a visit from Portsmouth to Priestfield Stadium. A trip to Deal Town was confirmed shortly afterwards. A Gills XI was soon announced to have a trip to Chatham Town and a trip to Ramsgate, the latter on the same date as the Portsmouth friendly. A seventh friendly, against Southend United was confirmed on 1 June. On 13 July the Gills added to the schedule, with Crystal Palace visiting the Priestfield Stadium.

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Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

Gillingham were drawn away to AFC Fylde in the first round, to Dagenham & Redbridge in the second round and at home to Leicester City in the third round.

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This entry incorporates text from “2022–23 Gillingham F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.