Gillingham retained list 2025/26 –Garath McCleary and Armani Little staying, Conor Masterson, Max Clark, Josh Andrews and Jonny Williams among those released

Gillingham captain Armani Little and Saturday’s match-winner Garath McCleary have both had their contracts extended - but plenty are being released.

The Gills are hoping to rebuild this summer after another season of disappointment, finishing the League Two season sitting 17th, the same place they ended the previous campaign.

Boss Gareth Ainsworth has 13 senior players left and will oversee the changes this summer.

The manager has made no secret of his admiration for Little and McCleary, and the club have activated contract extensions for both, as they recently did for Bradley Dack.

The club have also taken up the option of a contract extension for young forward Damien Theodore.

Professional deals have been offered to Cruz Beszant, Louie Dayal and Michael Luxton.

Big striker Josh Andrews is on the way out, along with 13 others.

He wasn’t in the weekend squad, and the 24-year-old leaves with five league goals to his name from 55 league games.

Ironically, his last touch in a Gills shirt was to score a goal, the final kick of the game in a 6-2 loss at Barnet a fortnight ago.

The club had high hopes for the striker, signing him for a fee from Birmingham City when he was injured in the hope of getting ahead of other clubs to his signature, but the move hasn’t worked out.

Andrews leaves along with fellow striker Marcus Wyllie, a player who joined the Gills with a brilliant goalscoring record in non-league but was unable to make an impact in the EFL.

Wyllie, 26, gave up a full-time job for the dream of professional football, and he leaves after two seasons at Gillingham. He had a spell on loan at Dagenham last season and finished the current campaign with a half -season loan at Ebbsfleet.

Prior to the weekend, it was announced