The club can confirm that John Coleman and Jimmy Bell have today left the club.
John and Jimmy arrived at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in January as interim manager and assistant manager, and oversaw the First Team whilst the Club developed a vision and plan for the future. Both John and Jimmy have worked hard to improve performances and leave with our gratitude and respect for the work they have done during the club’s transitional period.
John Coleman said: “Jimmy and I arrived at Gillingham at a difficult time, knowing we’d be here for a short time, but hoping we could turnaround performances and work rate. We believe we achieved this, particularly in recent weeks. Whilst the results haven’t reflected the performances given at times, we are pleased to leave the team more stable and having improved both in attitude and application.
"We believe this has been vital in repairing the relationship between the team and the fans. We’ve really enjoyed working at Gillingham and wish everyone the very best moving forward.”
A further announcement will be made later on this evening.
