Gillingham 1 Millwall 0 - Pre-season match report from Priestfield Stadium

Gillingham got the better of Championship side Millwall in their midweek pre-season match at Priestfield.

New Gills striker Will Goodwin netted his first goal in new colours to open the scoring early in the first half, and that goal proved the difference as Gareth Ainsworth’s side won 1-0.

Gillingham’s injury list was down to six senior players for the midweek visit of Millwall.

Tuesday’s match was preceded by a minute’s applause in memory of Gills’ former director of football Kenny Jackett, a man who had once led Millwall to promotion as their manager.

Backed by 1,800 fans, many Millwall supporters were looking at their 2026/27 team for the first time after their return from Spain and games against a couple of La Liga 2 sides.

For the Gills fans, there was relief to see strikers Goodwin and Ronan Hale back after missing the weekend game against Charlton.

Remaining absent were first-choice goalkeeper Ollie Wright and outfield players Armani Little, Ethan Coleman, Cameron Antwi, Bradley Dack and Garath McCleary. With youngster Taite Holtam not involved, a back-up keeper helped warm up MacLorg before kick-off and got a couple of minutes of action at the end.

Millwall missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the play-offs at the end of the previous season and were expected to be a step up in class to what Gillingham faced days earlier against Charlton.

The visitors were showing some pre-season rustiness, however, and presented the Gills with an early chance. Hale picked up a stray pass but keeper Lukas Jensen denied him and then made another save as Goodwin attempted to guide the loose ball home from an angle.

Goodwin was spearheading the Gills attack with Hale and James Brophy either side.

Once again the Gills were