Gillingham Manager Mark Stimson completed the Gills pre-season friendly fixtures with the announcement of a home friendly against his former club Stevenage Borough.

The two sides will meet at the KRBS Priestfield Stadium on Tuesday July 15th.  The match will kick off at 7.30pm with matchday prices set at £10.00 for adults and £5.00 for senior citizens and under-16's.

Stimson revealed "I'm happy that the pre-season schedule is completed and really looking forward to getting on with the serious business of getting the team ready for the new season."

The Gills gaffer plans to use the first three fixtures to assess his squad, "Stevenage, Faversham and Grays are our first three games and every squad player will be given 45 minutes to make an impression in each game.

We will be rotating the players with a mixture of experienced heads and some of the younger first year pros to see who's really up for the challenge.  Any players that make the most of their opportunity will keep the shirt and by the Ipswich game I will have a good idea of my first eleven"

With twice weekly training due to start next week Stimson is relishing getting back to work with the squad, "We'll see how the players come back from their break but hopefully If the lads have worked hard over the summer I'll have a real headache selecting a starting eleven."

The Gills pre-season schedule so far is:

Tuesday          15th   July  STEVENAGE (Home) 7.30pm

Thursday        17th   July   FAVERSHAM (Away) 7.30pm

Saturday         19th   July   GRAYS (Away) 3pm

Wednesday    23rd  July   IPSWICH TOWN XI (Home) 7.45pm

Saturday          26th  July    BIRMINGHAM CITY (Home) 3pm

Saturday          26th  July    FOLKESTONE (Away) 3pm

Tuesday          29th  July    DOVER (Away) 7.45pm

Wednesday    30th  July    AVELEY (Away) 7.45pm

Saturday          2nd   Aug    THURROCK (Away) 3pm