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GILLS GET BOOST AS TOM RETURNS

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 October 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

GILLINGHAM boss Gareth Ainsworth says Tom Eaves will be “feared” by League Two defenders after the 34-year-old returned to Priestfield on a one-year deal.
The towering striker scored 40 goals in 97 games for Gills between 2017 and 2019, and was named the club’s Player of the Year in his final season.
He went on to play over 100 games in the Championship for Hull and Rotherham before spending two years in League One with Northampton.

LAST TIME AROUND: Tom Eaves in his first spell at Gillingham
PICTURE: Alamy

Eaves was the Cobblers’ to...

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