Gillingham make their first pre-season visit to the Kuflink Stadium since 2018 (although they did play here in the Kent Senior Cup last season) as Gareth Ainsworth’s side face their penultimate friendly before the League Two season kicks off.

The Gills have played Dover, Reading and Luton Town so far with a balanced set of results (1-0, 0-0 and 0-2 respectively) as the still relatively new boss (appointed in March) finalises his plans before the season proper begins. They have also faced Southampton in a training game.

Josh Wright, a former Gills skipper, has a further week to formulate his options and Fleet’s other ex-Gillingham players are expected to play a part: Max Ehmer, Jake Hessenthaler, Dom Samuel and Ben Chapman. Assistant manager David Kerslake is another with links to Priestfield having held the same role with our visitors from 2015-17.

One of Gillingham’s big new signings – Welsh international and former Premier League striker Sam Vokes – is out with an injury but another new arrival Seb Palmer-Houlden (Bristol City) is likely to feature. A left-back trialist has also been involved through the summer. The Gills kept a quite large retained list from 2024/25 so there’s is a big squad but one with a few injury problems at present.

Former Blackburn player of the year Bradley Dack began their last friendly on Saturday together with the likes of the Gills’ current player of the year goalkeeper Glen Morris and ex-National League players Armani Little and Remeao Hutton.

For more about the game and our opponents, see our online programme – featuring former O’s player George Moncur on the cover. It can be viewed and a PDF downloaded by visiting this link (click on the cloud icon to download the PDF).

Tickets are available in advance here. Admission is also available at our ticket windows on the day.

The Rose Pub (1 Rose St, Northfleet, Gravesend DA11 9EQ) is the place to be pre-match and post-match. The pub will be open from 10:30am – midnight. Both sets of supporters are welcome where you can enjoy drinks and refreshments throughout your trip to Ebbsfleet United. Bacon baps, sausage baps and a variety of toasties can be purchased at The Rose as well as non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. 

Car-parking is available for the special matchday price of £3 at Ebbsfleet International Car Park C. This is CASH ONLY and parking is available from 5:30pm.

Our Main Stand Lounge will be open from 5:30pm along with the main-stand kiosk. Our main stand kiosk will have the usual offerings of pies, pasties, sausage rolls and refreshments. The social bar will also be open throughout the evening. A burger van will be available upon the turnstile entry and in addition we have a food offering in our main lounge bar which includes:

• Pulled lamb rolls 
• Dirty Fries (Add lamb as option)
• Hot dogs