Gillingham F.C.

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Gillingham
FC Gillingham Logo.svg
Full nameGillingham Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gills
Founded1893;131 years ago (1893)
(as "New Brompton")
Ground Priestfield Stadium
Capacity11,582 [1]
OwnerBrad Galinson
ChairmanBrad Galinson
Manager Mark Bonner
League EFL League Two
2023–24 EFL League Two, 12th of 24
Website www.gillinghamfootballclub.com
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Gillingham Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, England. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, the "Gills" play their home matches at Priestfield Stadium. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, in the 2023–24 season.

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The club was founded in 1893 as New Brompton Football Club and renamed to Gillingham Football Club in 1912. The club played in the Southern League before joining the Football League in 1920. After 18 unsuccessful seasons, Gillingham were voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 season, and returned to the Southern League. The club was voted back into the Football League in 1950, when it was expanded from 88 to 92 clubs. Twice in the late 1980s Gillingham came close to winning promotion to the second tier of English football, but a decline then set in and in 1993 they narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. Between 2000 and 2005, Gillingham were in the second tier of the English football league system for the only time in their history, achieving a club record highest league finish of eleventh place in 2002–03.

The club originally played in black and white striped shirts but switched to blue shirts in the 1930s. The club crest has traditionally depicted the white horse symbol of the county of Kent. Priestfield Stadium has been the club's home ground throughout its existence; it once held up to 30,000 fans but in the modern era the capacity is less than half that figure. The club has twice won the championship of English football's fourth tier, in the 1963–64 and 2012–13 seasons, under managers Freddie Cox and Martin Allen respectively.

History

Early years

The official announcement of the club's change of name in 1913 Gills1913.jpg
The official announcement of the club's change of name in 1913

The local success of a junior football side, Chatham Excelsior F.C., encouraged a group of businessmen to meet with a view to creating a football club which could compete in larger competitions. New Brompton F.C. was formed at the meeting, held on 18 May 1893, New Brompton being a settlement adjacent to Gillingham. [2] The founders also purchased the plot of land which later became Priestfield Stadium. [3] The new club played its first match on 2 September 1893, losing 5–1 to Woolwich Arsenal's reserve side in front of a crowd of 2,000. [4] New Brompton were among the founder members of the Southern League upon its creation in 1894, and were placed in Division Two. They were named Champions in the first season (1894–95) going on to defeat Swindon Town in a test match to win promotion. [5]

In the seasons that followed, the club struggled in Division One, finishing bottom in the 1907–08 season, [6] avoiding relegation only due to expansion of the league. Whilst the club's league performance was disappointing, the side did manage a famous cup victory over Football League First Division Sunderland and held Manchester City to a draw before losing in the replay. [7] In 1912 the directors passed a resolution to change the club's name to Gillingham F.C., and the team played under this name throughout the 1912–13 season, although the change was not officially ratified by the shareholders until the following year. [8] The team finished bottom of Division One in the 1919–20 season but for a third time avoided relegation, due to the subsequent elevation of all Southern League Division One clubs to form the new Football League Division Three. [9]

First spell in the Football League

In the first season of the newly created Football League Division Three, the 1920–21 season, Gillingham again finished bottom, and in the years to follow there was little improvement on this, the club continually finishing in the lower reaches of the bottom division. In 1938 the team finished bottom of the Third Division (South) and were required to apply for re-election for the fifth time since joining the league. This bid for re-election failed, with Gillingham returning to the Southern League and Ipswich Town being promoted in their place. [10] Gillingham quickly established themselves as one of the stronger sides in the league, winning a local double of the Kent League and Kent Senior Cup in the 1945–46 season. [10] In the 1946–47 season the team won both the Southern League Cup and the Southern League championship, during which they recorded a club record 12–1 victory over Gloucester City. [11] The Gills also won the league title in 1948–49. [12]

Return to the Football League

In 1950, plans were announced to expand the Football League Division Three (South) from 22 to 24 teams and, taking into account their local success in the interim, Gillingham were re-elected to the Football League with a landslide vote. [12] The team spent eight seasons in Division Three (South) before the restructuring of the league system for the 1958–59 season saw them placed in the newly created Fourth Division. They remained in this division until 1964, when manager Freddie Cox led them to promotion, winning the first championship in the club's history. The team finished the season level on 60 points with Carlisle United, but with a fractionally better goal average (1.967 against 1.948). [13]

After relegation back to the Fourth Division in 1970–71, the Gills were soon promoted back to the Third Division in the 1973–74 season. [14] After this the club seemed to find its level in Division Three, regularly mounting a challenge for promotion which ultimately fell short each time, coming particularly close to promotion in 1986–87 when they reached the play-offs only to lose in the final to Swindon Town. [15] During this period the club produced future stars Steve Bruce and Tony Cascarino, who was famously bought from non-league Crockenhill in exchange for a set of tracksuits. [16]

Gillingham (blue shirts) in action in a match from the 1986-87 season Priestfield2.jpg
Gillingham (blue shirts) in action in a match from the 1986–87 season

In 1987, the Gills hit the headlines when, on consecutive Saturdays, they beat Southend United 8–1 and Chesterfield 10–0, the latter a club record for a Football League match. Just a few months later, however, manager Keith Peacock was controversially sacked, [17] [18] and within 18 months the club had fallen into Division Four. [15] The ensuing spell in the lower division brought little success, and in the 1992–93 Division Three campaign the Gills narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. [15]

Recent highs and lows

Gillingham fans at the 2000 Division Two play-off final Gillsplayoff2000.jpg
Gillingham fans at the 2000 Division Two play-off final

Beset with financial problems, the club went into administration in January 1995, and by the end of the 1994–95 season faced the threat of being expelled from the Football League and closed down. [15] In June 1995, however, a London-based businessman, Paul Scally, stepped in and bought the club. [19] He brought in new manager Tony Pulis, who led Gillingham to promotion in his first season, finishing second in the old Division Three (now Football League Two). [6] In 1999 the Gills made the play-offs but lost in the final to Manchester City. The Gills were 2–0 up with less than two minutes left only to see City score twice, the equaliser in injury time, and go on to win 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out. [20] [21] Soon after the play-off loss, Pulis was sacked for gross misconduct, [22] and Peter Taylor appointed manager. [23] In the 1999–00 season Gillingham qualified for the play-offs again, where they faced Wigan Athletic in the final at Wembley Stadium. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes, but, thanks to goals in extra time from substitutes Steve Butler and Andy Thomson, the Gills won 3–2 and were promoted to Division One for the first time. [24]

Taylor then left to manage Leicester City, and Andy Hessenthaler was appointed as player-manager. [25] He led the club to their best ever league finish of eleventh in the 2002–03 season, [6] but the following season saw the club narrowly avoid relegation on goal difference. Hessenthaler resigned as manager in November 2004, [25] and new boss Stan Ternent [26] was unable to prevent the Gills' relegation to League One. At the end of the 2007–08 season the club was relegated again, this time to League Two, [27] but an immediate return to the third level was secured via the play-offs after beating Shrewsbury Town in the final. [28] In the 2009–10 season, however, the Gills slipped into the bottom four on the last day, and were relegated back to League Two, having failed to win a single away game in the league all season. [29] This resulted in manager Mark Stimson having his contract terminated, [30] and Andy Hessenthaler was appointed as manager of the club for the second time. [31] At the start of the 2012–13 season Hessenthaler was replaced by Martin Allen, who led the club to promotion as League Two champions in his first season in charge. [32] [33] However, shortly after winning League Two, Allen was sacked in what many saw as a surprise after a poor start to the season. [34] The club remained in League One from 2013 up until 2022, with a best finish of ninth, achieved in the 201516 season. [6] In the 2021–22 season, Gillingham were relegated back into League Two. [35] In December 2022, Florida-based property tycoon Brad Galinson acquired a majority shareholding in the club, with Scally retaining minority ownership. [36] In January 2023 the club confirmed that Galinson would also take on the position of Chairman. [37]

Stadium

Exterior shot of Priestfield Stadium (Medway Stand) Priestfield Stadium Medway Stand.jpg
Exterior shot of Priestfield Stadium (Medway Stand)

The Gills have played at Priestfield Stadium throughout their existence. [38] The ground was originally purchased by the founders of the club through an issue of 1,500 £1 shares. [3] Sources differ on whether the ground was named after the road on which the land stood, Priestfield Road, [3] or whether the road was named after the ground; [39] if the latter is the case then the origin of the ground's name is unknown. The ground was extensively developed prior to the 1930s, but there was then little change until the late 1990s and the arrival of Paul Scally as chairman. Three of the four stands were demolished and rebuilt between 1995 and 2000. The fourth stand, known as the Town End, was demolished to make way for a new stand, to be named the Brian Moore Stand after television sports commentator Brian Moore, who was a well-known Gills fan, but the club's financial situation has not allowed the new stand to be built. A temporary stand was erected in 2003 and remains in place as of 2024. [40] [41] From 2007 until 2010 the stadium was officially named KRBS Priestfield Stadium as part of a sponsorship deal with the Kent Reliance Building Society. [42] In 2011 it was rebranded again, this time, to MEMS Priestfield Stadium under another such agreement. [43]

At its peak in the 1940s the official capacity of the stadium was listed as "between 25,000 and 30,000" [2] but subsequent redevelopments, the removal of terraces and building of new facilities have seen this reduced to a current capacity of 11,582. [44] In the 2018–19 season, the most recent to be completed in full with full crowd capacity permitted, the average attendance at home matches was 5,128. [45] The ground has also hosted home fixtures of the England women's national football team. [46] The club's training ground is Beechings Cross, in Grange Road, Gillingham. In 2012 the club was involved in a dispute with the local council, who alleged that Gillingham owed over £30,000 in unpaid bills relating to the training facility. [47]

Colours and crest

Fred Griffiths wearing the club's original striped shirt FredGriffiths.jpg
Fred Griffiths wearing the club's original striped shirt

Although Gillingham have long been associated with the colours blue and white, the original New Brompton side wore a strip consisting of black and white striped shirts with black shorts. [3] In 1913 the black and white strip was dropped in favour of red shirts with blue sleeves, emblazoned with the borough's coat of arms. [48] The striped shirts returned after World War One, before finally being replaced with the now-familiar combination of plain blue shirts and white shorts in 1931. [49] More recent years have seen several variations on the blue and white colour scheme. In the late 1990s the team wore blue and black striped shirts, recalling the original New Brompton stripes. [50] In the summer of 2003 it was controversially announced that the club's first choice shirts for the following season would be predominantly white, rather than blue. The announcement received such a hostile response from supporters that the white strip was replaced by one featuring blue and black hoops, which had originally been earmarked as the team's third choice kit. [51] In March 2010 the club announced a return to the black and blue stripes for the 2010–11 season. [52] In recognition of the centenary of the renaming of the club, the 2012–13 kit was red with blue sleeves and collar, and the club's crest was replaced by the town's crest. After winning the League Two title in 2012–13, the club gave season ticket holders the chance to vote on what colours the club would play in for the 2013–14 season, with the fans choosing to return to a blue and white kit. [53] Blue and white, or blue with black stripes, have been used since. [54]

Until 1992 the club's crest was simply a portion of the county arms of Kent. GFCOldBadge.jpg
Until 1992 the club's crest was simply a portion of the county arms of Kent.

The club's current crest is a shield divided vertically into halves of black and white stripes and solid blue, reflecting the club's original and modern kits. On the blue half is the county emblem of Kent, a white horse rampant, albeit slightly altered from its normal form as its mane is stylised into the letters of the word "Gills". This side has been sometimes given a red or pink background, to coordinate with away kits featuring those colours. The club's motto, which appears on a scroll below the crest, is Domus clamantium, the Latin for "the home of the shouting men", [55] a traditional epithet associated with the town of Gillingham. [56] In keeping with the crest, the club's mascot, Tommy Trewblu, takes the form of a horse. He first appeared at a match against Macclesfield Town in October 1998. [57]

The first sponsor's name to appear on Gillingham shirts was that of Italian home appliance manufacturers Zanussi, who sponsored the club in the mid-1980s. Subsequent sponsors have included Chatham Maritime, Medway Toyota, Cannon Tool Hire, Invicta FM, Kool, Medway News, SeaFrance, [58] [59] MHS Homes Group, Kent Reliance Building Society, [42] Automatic Retailing, [60] MEMS Power Generation, [61] and Medway Council. [62]

Players

Current squad

As of 16 December 2024 [63]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Glenn Morris
2 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Remeao Hutton
3 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Max Clark
4 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Conor Masterson
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Max Ehmer (captain)
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ethan Coleman
7 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Nolan
8 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Armani Little (vice-captain)
9 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Josh Andrews
10 MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Jonny Williams
11 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Aaron Rowe
12 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Oliver Hawkins
13 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Luca Ashby-Hammond (on loan from Fulham)
14 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Robbie McKenzie
17 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jayden Clarke
18 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Marcus Wyllie
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Elliott Nevitt
21 MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Euan Williams
22 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Shadrach Ogie
23 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Bradley Dack
24 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Jacob Wakeling (on loan from Peterborough United)
25 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Jake Turner
29 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Joseph Gbode
30 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Gale
31 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Alex Giles
32 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG George Lapslie
33 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Taite Holtam
35 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Joshua Bayliss
38 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Timothée Dieng
40 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harry Webster
42 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harry Waldock

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashley Nadesan (on loan at Sutton United until 30 June 2025)
34 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Stanley Skipper (on loan at Bowers & Pitsea)

Former players

Player of the Season

Gillingham's Player of the Season award is voted for by the club's supporters. It was first introduced in the 1968–69 season. [64]

Club officials

Paul Scally (holding trophy) was the club's chairman from 1995 until 2022. Paul Scally with Playoff trophy.JPG
Paul Scally (holding trophy) was the club's chairman from 1995 until 2022.

As of 15 November 2024 [112]

Management

PositionName
Chairman/OwnerBrad Galinson
Board of DirectorsBrad Galinson, Shannon Hogan Galinson

Technical staff

PositionName
Manager Mark Bonner
Assistant managerAnthony Hayes
First-team coachPeter Gill
Goalkeeping coach Deren Ibrahim
Head of recruitment Andy Hessenthaler
Recruitment co-ordinatorSelim Gaygusuz
PhysiotherapistPaul Timson
Fitness coachJames Russell
First team strength and conditioningJake Griffiths
Kit managerBrad Haywood
Academy ManagerBryan Bull
Head of academy coachingEbun Thomas
Youth team manager Joe Dunne
Academy physiotherapistTBC
Head of academy education Jason Lillis

Managers

Tony Pulis served as the club's manager from 1995 until 1999 Tony pulis 2014.jpg
Tony Pulis served as the club's manager from 1995 until 1999

For the first three years of the club's existence, team matters were handled by a committee. In 1896 William Ironside Groombridge, the club's secretary, took sole charge of team affairs to become Gillingham's first recognised manager. [113] Former England international Stephen Smith was appointed as full-time manager in 1906, [114] but left in 1908, with Groombridge once again taking on team responsibilities. Groombridge was associated with the club, as manager and secretary, for over 25 years. When the club was admitted to the Football League in 1920, Robert Brown was appointed as manager, but he resigned a month later before the season had even begun. [115] His replacement, Scotsman John McMillan, thus became the first manager to take charge of the team in a Football League match. [115]

In 1939, a year after the club was voted back out of the Football League, Archie Clark took over as manager, and was still in charge when the club was elected back to the Football League in 1950. Clark remained in the job until 1957. [116] Freddie Cox took over in 1962 and led the club to the Football League Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season, making him the first manager to win a Football League divisional title with the club. [117] Basil Hayward was sacked in 1971 after the club was relegated back to the Fourth Division in the 1970–71 season, [117] but his successor Andy Nelson led the club to promotion back to Division Three three years later before controversially resigning. [118]

Tony Pulis took over in 1995, with Gillingham once again in the bottom division, and managed the club to promotion in his first season in charge. Three years later he led the team to the Second Division play-off final, but was sacked immediately after this after being accused of gross misconduct. [22] Peter Taylor replaced him and took the club to a second consecutive play-off final, where Gillingham gained promotion to the second tier of English football for the first time. [119] In 2013 Martin Allen became the second manager to lead the Gills to a divisional title in the Football League, as the team won the championship of League Two. [34]

Chairmen

The following have been chairman of the club's board of directors: [120]

Local alderman James Barnes was an early chairman of the club AldermanBarnes.jpg
Local alderman James Barnes was an early chairman of the club
  • 1893–1895: Horace Croneen
  • 1895–1897: E.C. Warren
  • 1897–1902: W.H. Checksfield
  • 1902–1912: James Barnes
  • 1912–1922: Edward Crawley
  • 1922–1930: Jack Knight
  • 1930–1932: S.J. Chippick
  • 1932–1934: J.A. Crumbie
  • 1934–1947: Jack Knight
  • 1947–1959: Charles Cox Sr.
  • 1959–1961: J.W. Leech Jnr
  • 1961–1983: Clifford Grossmark
  • 1983–1986: Charles Cox Jr.
  • 1986–1989: Roy Wood
  • 1989–1991: M.G. Lukehurst
  • 1991–1995: [121] Bernard Baker
  • 1995–2022: [122] Paul Scally
  • 2022: Paul Fisher (co-chairman)
  • 2022–present: Brad Galinson

Honours

Sources: [6] [14] [123]

League

Cup

Statistics and records

Yearly table positions of Gillingham in the Football League. Gillingham FC League Performance.svg
Yearly table positions of Gillingham in the Football League.

Goalkeeper Ron Hillyard holds the record for Gillingham appearances, having played 657 matches in all competitions between 1974 and 1990, [124] while the record for appearances solely in the Football League is held by another goalkeeper, John Simpson, with 571 between 1957 and 1972. [125] Brian Yeo is the club's all-time leading league goalscorer, having scored a total of 136 goals between 1963 and 1975. [126] He also jointly holds the club record for the most Football League goals scored in a single season, having scored 31 goals in the 1973–74 season, [126] equalling the record set by Ernie Morgan in 1954–55. [127] The highest number of goals scored by a player in a single game at a professional level is the six registered by Fred Cheesmur against Merthyr Town in April 1930. [128] The highest transfer fee received by the club is £1.5 million for Robert Taylor, paid by Manchester City in 1999, and the highest fee paid by Gillingham is £600,000 for Carl Asaba, signed from Reading in 1998. [125]

The club's record home attendance is 23,002, for an FA Cup match against Queens Park Rangers on 10 January 1948, [125] a record which will almost certainly never be broken unless the club relocates to a larger ground, given that Priestfield Stadium's current capacity is approximately half that figure. The team's biggest ever professional win was a 10–0 defeat of Chesterfield in September 1987, [125] although they had previously registered a 12–1 win against Gloucester City in the Southern League in November 1946. [15] The Gills hold the record for the fewest goals conceded by a team in the course of a 46-game Football League season, set in the 199596 season, during which goalkeeper Jim Stannard kept 29 clean sheets. [129]

Rivalries

The 2003 Football Fans Census revealed that no other team's supporters considered Gillingham to be among their club's main rivals. [130] Millwall are considered to be the closest the Gills have to local rivals. [131] Swindon Town are seen by many fans as the club's biggest rivals, stemming from bad-tempered matches between the teams in the past. [132] While Swindon fans generally do not consider Gillingham among their biggest rivals, there was violence when they met at Priestfield in the 2005–06 season, their first meeting since a promotion play-off match in 1987. [133] Following their promotion in 1989, Maidstone United became Kent's second League side. A rivalry with Gillingham developed over the following seasons, until Maidstone's financial troubles forced them to resign from the League in 1992. [134] A minor rivalry between Gillingham and Fulham has developed arising from the death of a Fulham fan who was killed during a clash between both sets of fans outside Priestfield Stadium in March 1998. [135]

In 1956, comedian Fred Emney filmed a scene for his sitcom Emney Enterprises prior to the start of a match between Gillingham and Brighton & Hove Albion. The footage featured the overweight Emney, wearing a flat cap and monocle and smoking a cigar, dribbling the ball past the entire Gills defence and scoring a goal. [136] The 2005 film Green Street makes use of action sequences filmed during a match between Gillingham and West Ham United, although the dialogue states that the team playing West Ham is Birmingham City to align with the narrative of the film. [137] A film entitled The Shouting Men, released in March 2010, centres on a group of Gillingham fans and features scenes shot at Priestfield. [55]

See also

Notes

  1. Third Division South from 1920 to 1958, Third Division from 1958 to 1992, Second Division from 1992 to 2004, League One since 2004)
  2. Fourth Division from 1958 to 1992, Third Division from 1992 to 2004, Football League Two since 2004

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During the 1996–97 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 65th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 47th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In the previous season, the team had gained promotion from the Third Division. Prior to the new season, Gillingham signed seven new players, paying a new club record transfer fee for Watford's Andy Hessenthaler. The team's form was poor in the first half of the season and at the end of 1996, Gillingham were in 21st position in the 24-team league table, putting them in danger of relegation back to the fourth tier. The club signed Ade Akinbiyi from Norwich City for another record fee in early January. In the second half of the season the team's performances improved and they finished the season in 11th position in the table.

During the 1985–86 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 54th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 36th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. After an unbeaten run of seven games, Gillingham were fourth in the league table in late September, just outside the top three places which would result in promotion to the Second Division. After slipping to ninth in October, the team climbed to third, but at the close of 1985 had fallen again to eighth. Although Gillingham continued to challenge for promotion in the second half of the season and were in second place at the end of January, their form continued to fluctuate. As the end of the season approached, the team were still in with a chance of finishing in a promotion position, however three defeats in the last six games meant that they ultimately fell short, finishing in fifth place.

During the 1998–99 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 67th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 49th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The club signed two new forwards, each for a new club record transfer fee, but started the season in poor form, winning only one of the first eight league games. The team then went on a much-improved run, being undefeated for 17 league games, and began challenging for promotion to the Football League First Division. Gillingham finished the regular season in fourth place in the Second Division, qualifying for the play-offs for promotion to the First Division. After defeating Preston North End in the semi-finals, they played Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in the final. Gillingham were 2–0 up with less than ten minutes remaining but conceded two late goals, and Manchester City won the subsequent penalty shoot-out to gain promotion.

During the 1992–93 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 61st season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 43rd since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. By October, the team were close to the bottom of the Third Division and Damien Richardson was dismissed from his job as the club's manager. Glenn Roeder was appointed as his replacement in a player-manager capacity. The team's performances remained poor and, with two games remaining, Gillingham still faced the possibility of finishing bottom of the league table and being relegated out of the Football League. Victory over Halifax Town in the penultimate match of the season, however, ensured that Gillingham would compete in the Third Division again in the following season. Roeder resigned as manager following the conclusion of the season after less than nine months in charge.

During the 1993–94 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 62nd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 44th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. Prior to the season, Glenn Roeder resigned as the club's manager and was replaced by Mike Flanagan. The team struggled in August and September, and did not win a Third Division match until the eighth league game of the season. A week later, Gillingham won away from home in the Football League for the first time in 18 months. Gillingham's form remained inconsistent and, although they climbed to 10th in the 22-team league table in October, the team spent most of the season in the bottom half and finished 16th.

During the 1991–92 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 60th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 42nd since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The team began the season with a 4–0 victory over Scunthorpe United but their form was inconsistent; not until February did they manage to win two consecutive league games. After a season spent largely in the middle of the league table, Gillingham finished 11th out of 22 teams in the Fourth Division.

During the 1994–95 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 63rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 45th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In January 1995, after several seasons spent near the bottom of the Football League and nearly a decade of financial difficulties, the club was declared insolvent and placed in receivership. Mike Flanagan was made redundant as the club's manager and replaced by player-coach Neil Smillie for the remainder of the season. Gillingham finished the season 19th in the Third Division, but the club's continued existence remained in doubt until June, when it was purchased by businessman Paul Scally.

During the 1989–90 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 58th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League and the 40th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In the previous season, the team had been relegated from the Third Division, after which a number of players left the club, resulting in several teenagers playing in the opening games of the new season. Gillingham began their league campaign in poor form but a run of five consecutive wins in October and November took them into the top six. In December, the team lost to Maidstone United in the first Football League match between two Kent-based teams. Gillingham remained in contention for promotion until early March, but then lost six consecutive games; the team finished the season 14th in the Fourth Division.

During the 1997–98 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 66th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 48th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The team started the season strongly and by the end of October were challenging for promotion, but then went on a lengthy run of games without a win which saw them slip into the bottom third of the league table in December. Results improved in the second half of the season, and Gillingham were sixth in the table with one game remaining, which would be sufficient for a place in the promotion play-offs. Results on the final day of the regular season meant that they finished in a four-way tie for the final two play-off places and missed out as they had scored the fewest goals of the four teams involved; a goalbound shot from Nicky Southall in the final seconds of the last game of the season which could have given Gillingham a win and a play-off place instead struck the goalpost and rebounded away.

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