Gillingham season ticket sales are at a 10-year high as the club prepares for the 2023/24 League 2 campaign

Supporters are flooding back to Gillingham as the club closes in on their best-ever season ticket sales.

Around 3,000 fans have already snapped up their seats for a highly-anticipated 2023/24 campaign where the Gills hope to be challenging at the top end of League 2.

They have already sold more tickets than in any other season during the past decade.

With new faces in the team since January, the club banished relegation fears in some style to become one of the leading sides in the division over the second half of the season.

With a fresh recruitment drive in the summer window, targeting a handful of quality additions, the Gills should be set up to give promotion a real shot.

New director of operations at Priestfield, Joe Comper, is thrilled at the interest levels from supporters - and is hoping to drive those season-ticket sales to record levels.

“They are the highest in 10 years which is great,” he said. “They are 34% up on last year’s figures, which is fantastic, and internally we are striving for the record. The level we are at (around 3,000) was where we were at in some of the Championships years, which is great.

“We are a few hundred off that top figure and that is what we are aiming for. It is definitely achievable if we go at the same rate we are going day-to- day at the moment.

“If that continues right up to August we can surpass it, there are good signs.”

With a base figure of around 3,500 fans for home games, Priestfield could be rocking. Ticket sales could get another nudge upwards when some of the new signings are announced.

“That is what gives us a bit of confidence,” said Mr Comper.

“They are trickling in at the moment and if we can keep that momentum throughout the summer we will exceed that record figure.