Gillingham Football Club has announced the departure of manager Mark Bonner following a recent run of poor form. Despite leading the team to top of the table in September, they have struggled in recent months, leaving them 10 points shy of the play-off places. The club's managing director, Joe Comper, stated that a change in management was needed to give the team the best chance of achieving their goals for the season.
3-0 home defeat by Bromley on Thursday."Mark is a top guy, a top professional and has given absolutely everything he could have given to help the club succeed," Gillingham 's managing director Joe Comper"We liked him from the moment we met him, and we still do, which makes this decision even tougher."
Having led Cambridge United to promotion from League Two in 2021, Bonner was tasked with ending Kent side Gillingham's three-year stay in the fourth tier. They were top of the table at the end of September but 10 defeats from their past 15 games have left them 14th, 10 points short of the play-off places.Comper said of Bonner's exit: "We felt if we were going to achieve something this season with what we believe to be a very talented group of players, we needed to make a change to give us the best possible opportunity of getting to where we want to be come the start of May.
Bonner's assistant Anthony Hayes is also leaving the club whose next game is at home to Fleetwood Town on 11 January.Lily and Miquita discuss their resolutions for 2025'Do fans want to see these given?!' MOTD pundits on Brighton penalty. Video'Can you believe it?' - Smith falls one short of 10,000 Test runs.
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