Gillingham Depart Company with Martin Allen

This afternoon Gillingham FC announced that Martin Allen’s contract with the Club had been terminated. Allen had been summarising the Barnet v Wrexham game this afternoon for BT Sport.

Chairman Paul Scally said:-

It is always a hugely difficult time when a managerial change occurs and this moment is no exception, and whilst the decision taken was made unanimously by the Board, it was an exceptionally difficult one, but one which after long deliberation was felt absolutely necessary.

I would like to wish Martin every success in his future career, I have no doubt he will be back managing very shortly and I have very much enjoyed the experience of working with him, on both a business and personal level over the past 16 months.

Last season Martin Allen guided Gillingham to League 2 Champions, and are currently 17th in League 1 having lost 2-0 away to Shrewsbury.

Martin Allen has managed a number of clubs since 2003, they are:- Brentford, Milton Keynes Dons, Leicester City, Cheltenham Town, Barnet, Notts County, Barnet and Gillingham.