w/c 31st August 2019

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Saturday 31st
Match day - GILLS v Bolton

Sunday 1st
The Gills win against Bolton meant they finally won a game in August, matching the single win in 2017/18. They had won at least 2 games in August in 4 of the previous 5 seasons.

Monday 2nd
The Gills scored 5 in a home game for the first time since May 2018 (5-2 vs Plymouth) however their last 5-0 win at home was also in August, just over 10 years ago.

Tuesday 3rd
Match day - GILLS v Colchester (cup)

Wednesday 4th
Since the final 17 games of Edinburgh's tenure, the Gills have won just 21 out of 77 home league games and 26 out of 90 home games in all competitions. The win percentages for the managers and subsequent caretakers during that period are (games in all competitions in brackets):
Steve Evans - 33.3% (20.0%)
Steve Lovell (Mark Patterson) - 26.2% (30.0%)
Adrian Pennock (Peter Taylor) - 26.7% (31.3%)
Justin Edinburgh (final 17) - 29.4% (26.3%)

Thursday 5th
The Gills managed 20 shots off target against Bolton. The most the Gills managed in a game over the last 10 seasons were: 16, 14, 15, 13, 14, 18, 12, 9, 13 and 9.

Friday 6th
The Gills clean sheet against Bolton was Bonham's first for the club and was the club's first in 10 games at Priestfield. It is also only 1 of 2 clean sheets that have been kept in all of the Gills last 17 matches.