| Club: | Gillingham Football Club |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Manager: | Andy Hessenthaler |
| Chairman: | Paul Scally |
| League: | Football League Two |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third Round (eliminated by Stoke City) |
| Cup2: | Football League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First Round (eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| Cup3: | Football League Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Southern Section Second Round (eliminated by Barnet) |
| League Topscorer: | Danny Kedwell (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | League: 7,750 vs. Bristol Rovers, 17 December 2011 All: 10,360 vs. Stoke City, 7 January 2012 |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 3,751 vs. Barnet, 6 March 2012 All: 1,278 vs. Barnet, 4 October 2011 |
| Average Attendance: | 5,360 |
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| Prev Season: | 2010–11 |
| Next Season: | 2012–13 |
This page shows the progress of Gillingham in the 2011–12 season. This season they played their league games in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football.
|-|colspan="14"|Players featured for club who have left:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | League Two | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | JP Trophy | width=80 | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 9 | Danny Kedwell | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 2 | MF | 7 | Chris Whelpdale | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 3 | FW |  | 33 | Jo Kuffour | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | 38 | Gavin Tomlin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | 18 | Danny Jackman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| = | FW | Frank Nouble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | 4 | Charlie Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | 19 | Lewis Montrose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 9 | MF | 8 | Jack Payne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | 12 | Jordan Obita | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| = | DF | 6 | Garry Richards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | Luke Rooney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | FW | 11 | Dennis Oli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | Stefan Payne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| = | MF | 17 | Danny Spiller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | 10 | Curtis Weston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17 | DF | 16 | Matt Fish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | DF | 5 | Simon King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | MF | 12 | Joe Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | FW | 31 | Ashley Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| = | FW | 23 | Rowan Vine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 74 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| End of Season Awards[1] | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Supporters Player of the Season | Danny Jackman | |
| Away Supporters Player of the Season | Jack Payne | |
| MEMS Player of the Season | Danny Jackman | |
| Players' Player of the Season | Danny Jackman | |
| Young Player of the Season | Paulo Gazzaniga | |
| Goal of the Season | Chris Whelpdale vs Torquay United |
| Players transferred in | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Matt Fish | Dover Athletic | Free Transfer | [2] | |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Ross Flitney | Dover Athletic | Free Transfer | ||
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Andy Frampton | Millwall | Free Transfer | ||
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Danny Kedwell | AFC Wimbledon | Undisclosed Fee | ||
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Lewis Montrose | Wycombe Wanderers | Free Transfer | ||
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Chris Whelpdale | Peterborough United | Undisclosed Fee | ||
| 5 July 2011 | MF | Charlie Lee | Peterborough United | Undisclosed Fee | [3] | |
| 12 July 2011 | FW | Adam Birchall | Dover Athletic | Undisclosed Fee | [4] | |
| 28 July 2011 | GK |  Paulo Gazzaniga |  Valencia | Free Transfer | [5] | |
| 12 January 2012 | FW | Jo Kuffour | Bristol Rovers | Free Transfer | [6] | |
| Players transferred out | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref | |
| 17 June 2011 | MF | Chris Palmer | Burton Albion | Free Transfer | [7] | |
| 22 June 2011 | GK | Alan Julian | Stevenage | Free Transfer | [8] | |
| 29 June 2011 | FW | Andy Barcham | Scunthorpe United | Free Transfer | [9] | |
| 29 June 2011 | GK | Lance Cronin | Bristol Rovers | Free Transfer | [10] | |
| 8 July 2011 | DF | John Nutter | Lincoln City | Free Transfer | [11] | |
| 8 July 2011 | DF | Tony Sinclair | Lincoln City | Free Transfer | ||
| 17 January 2012 | MF | Luke Rooney | Swindon Town | Undisclosed | [12] | |
| 27 January 2012 | FW | Stefan Payne | Aldershot Town | Free Transfer | [13] | |
| Players loaned in | ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
| 15 September 2011 | FW | Frank Nouble | West Ham United | 17 December 2011 | [14] [15] | |
| 30 September 2011 | FW | Jo Kuffour | Bristol Rovers | 30 December 2011 | [16] [17] | |
| 12 January 2012 | FW | Gavin Tomlin | Dagenham & Redbridge | 30 May 2012 | [18] | |
| 17 February 2012 | MF | Olly Lee | West Ham United | 15 April 2012 | [19] | |
| 2 March 2012 | MF | Jordan Obita | Reading | 2 April 2012 | [20] [21] | |
| 22 March 2012 | FW | Rowan Vine | Queens Park Rangers | 30 May 2012 | [22] | |
| Players loaned out | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | End Date | Ref. | |
| 11 August 2011 | ST | Dean Rance | Bishop's Stortford F.C. | September 2011 | [23] | |
| 11 August 2011 | DF | Connor Essam | Bishop's Stortford F.C. | September 2011 | ||
| 16 August 2011 | GK | Darren Hawkes | Ramsgate F.C. | September 2011 | [24] | |
| 31 August 2011 | DF | Simon King | Plymouth Argyle | 7 November 2011 | [25] [26] | |
| 25 October 2011 | DF | Callum Davies | Thurrock | 21 November 2011 | [27] | |
| 12 December 2011 | DF | Jack Evans | Welling United | 3 March 2012 | [28] [29] | |
| 12 December 2011 | DF | Connor Essam | Dartford | 3 March 2012 | [30] | |
| 2 March 2012 | MF | Dean Rance | Dover Athletic | 2 April 2012 | [31] | |