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Gillingham
File:Gillingham.gif
Full nameGillingham Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gills
Founded1893
GroundPriestfield Stadium
Gillingham
Capacity11,582 [1]
ChairmanEngland Paul Scally
ManagerEngland Ronnie Jepson
LeagueFootball League One
2005–06League One, 14th [2]
For the team based in Dorset, see Gillingham Town F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is a football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, currently playing in the Football League One. It is the only Kent-based club in The Football League.

The team play in blue and white with red trim at home, and red and white with blue trim away. Their third alternate kit is white and blue, with red trim.

Gillingham were voted out of the Football League in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 season, but returned to the league 12 years later after it expanded from 88 to 92 clubs. Twice in the late 1980s they 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 league for the only time in their history, achieving a club record highest league finish of eleventh place in 2002–03.[2]

History

Main article: History of Gillingham F.C.
For a statistical breakdown by season, see Gillingham F.C. seasons

In May 1893, 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.[3] New Brompton F.C. was formed from the meeting, incorporating a number of Excelsior players. The gentlemen also purchased the plot of land which would later become Priestfield Stadium.[4]The new club played its first match on 2 September 1893, losing 1-5 to Woolwich Arsenal's reserve side in front of a crowd of 2,000.[5] New Brompton formed part of the inaugural Southern League upon its creation in 1894, being placed in Division Two, where they were named Champions in the first season (1894–95) before going on to defeat Swindon Town in a "test match" to win promotion.[6]

In the seasons that followed, however, the club struggled in Division One, finishing bottom in the 1907–08 season,[2] and 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 Sunderland.[7] In the 1912–13 season the club renamed itself Gillingham F.C.[8] but performances remained disappointing. 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]

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 Ipswich Town being promoted in their place. Gillingham were relegated from the Football League Division Three, and returned to the Southern League,[10] where they 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.[11] This was followed in the 1946–47 season by victories in both the Southern League Cup and the Southern League itself, including a club record 12-1 victory over Gloucester City.[12] The Gills also won the league title in 1948–49.

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.[13] 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 and thus far only championship in the club's history. The team finished the season level on 60 points with Carlisle United, but with a better goal average (1.967 against 1.948). This was the tightest league title finish in Football League history.[14]

After being relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1970–71, the Gills were soon promoted back to the Third Division in 1973–74. After this the club seemed to find its level in Division Three, regularly mounting a challenge for promotion which ultimately fell short each time, never more so than in 1986–87 when they reached the play-offs only to lose in the final to Swindon Town.[15] Players from this era who went on to achieve success at a higher level included Micky Adams, Steve Bruce and Tony Cascarino, who was famously bought from non-league Crockenhill in exchange for a set of tracksuits and was eventually sold to Millwall for £225,000.[16]

File:TownEnd1980s.jpg
Gillingham (blue shirts) in action in a match from the 1985-86 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). Just a few months later, however, manager Keith Peacock was controversially sacked [17] and within 18 months the club had fallen into Division Four.[15] The ensuing spell in the lower division brought little success, and in fact when the Gills faced Halifax Town in the last home game of the 1992–93 Division Three campaign they needed a win to avoid relegation to the Football Conference.[15] In the event, the Gills won the game 2-0 to ensure survival, but the financial crisis continued at Priestfield, and steadily improving league form did little to disguise the fact that Gillingham were in real danger of going out of existence.

The club eventually went into administration in January 1995, and by the end of the 1994–95 season, with the threat of being expelled from the Football League and closed down, fans were wondering whether they had seen the last ever Gills match.[15] In June 1995, however, a London-based former office supplies salesman, Paul Scally, stepped in and bought the club for £1.[18] He brought in new manager Tony Pulis, who signed almost a complete new team and led Gillingham to promotion in his first season, finishing second in the old Division Three (now Football League Two).[2] This season was also notable for the fact that the team only conceded 20 league goals, a league record for a 46-game season. In 1999 they made the play-offs but lost in the Football League Second Division play-off final against Manchester City. Following goals by the prolific partnership of Robert Taylor and Carl Asaba, the Gills were 2-0 up with less than two minutes left, only to see Manchester City score twice, the equaliser in injury time, and go on to win a penalty shoot-out 3-1.[19]

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

Soon after the play-off loss, Pulis was sacked for gross misconduct [20] and Peter Taylor appointed manager. In the 2000–01 season Gillingham finished in third place in the league and qualified for the play-offs again. They beat Stoke City over two legs of the semi-final and faced Wigan Athletic at Wembley Stadium in the final. The game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, the Gills having held a first-half lead. During the first period of extra time Gillingham went 2-1 behind to ten-man Wigan, but thanks to goals in the second period from substitutes Steve Butler and Andy Thomson the club was promoted for the first time to Division One.[19]

In the summer of 2001 Taylor left to manage Leicester City, then in the Premiership and former team captain Andy Hessenthaler was appointed as player-manager, having previously served as player-coach.[21] He led the club to league finishes of 13th, 12th and 11th in his first three seasons in charge, but the 2003-04 season saw the club escape relegation by a whisker, with a last day goalless draw at Stoke City keeping them above Walsall by a single goal. John Gorman was appointed to help Hessenthaler as the side started the 2004–05 season poorly, but as they continued to struggle at the wrong end of the table Hessenthaler resigned as manager in late November.[22] Gorman succeeded Hessenthaler in a caretaker capacity but left the club to take the manager's job at Wycombe Wanderers.[23] Gillingham then appointed former Burnley boss Stan Ternent as manager[24] but he proved unable to prevent the Gills' relegation to League One on the last day of the season.

The 2005–06 season started with Neale Cooper being appointed as the new manager.[25] Performances, however, were largely disappointing, despite a 3-2 victory over Premiership side Portsmouth in the Carling Cup, and shortly after defeat in the first round of the FA Cup by Northern Premier League side Burscough, Cooper left the club.[26] He was replaced, initially in a caretaker capacity, by Ronnie Jepson, who had been assistant to both Ternent and Cooper.[26] Relegation fears dogged the club for much of the season, but the Gills recovered to finish in 14th position, by which time Scally had given Jepson a two-year contract.[27]

Stadium

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Exterior shot of Priestfield Stadium
Main article: Priestfield Stadium

The Gills have played at Priestfield Stadium for their entire existence. [28] The ground was originally purchased by the founders of the club through an issue of 1,500 £1 shares.[4] Sources differ on whether the ground was named after the road on which the land stood, Priestfield Road,[4] or whether the road was named after the ground (if the latter is the case then the origin of the ground's name is unknown).[29] 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 dubbed the Brian Moore Stand after the deceased TV commentator, who was a well-known Gills fan, but the club's financial situation has not allowed the new stand to be built and a temporary stand has been in place since 2004.[30] From 1 June 2007 the stadium will be officially renamed The krbs Priestfield Stadium as part of a new sponsorship deal with the Kent Reliance Building Society.[31]

At its peak in the 1940s the official capacity of the stadium was listed as "between 25,000 and 30,000"[32] but subsequent redevelopments, the removal of terraces and building of new facilities have seen this reduced to a current capacity of 11,582.[1] It is rarely anywhere near full, however - in the 2005–06 season, the average attendance at home matches was 6,664, just 58% of capacity.[33]

The ground has also hosted home fixtures of the England women's national football team.[34]

Colours and crest

New Brompton's original kit in 1893

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.[4] With the renaming of the club in 1913, the black and white strip was dropped in favour of red shirts with blue sleeves,[35] emblazoned with the borough's coat of arms. 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.[35]

More recent years have seen several variations on the blue and white colour scheme. Several late 1990s strips featured blue and black striped shirts, recalling the original New Brompton stripes.[35]

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.[36] 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 second choice kit.[37]

Prior to 1992 the club's crest was simply 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, the white horse known as "Invicta", albeit slightly altered from its normal form as its mane is stylised into the letters of the word "Gills".

The first sponsor's name to appear on Gillingham shirts was that of Italian home appliance manufacturers Zanussi, who sponsored the club from 1984 to 1987. Subsequent sponsors have been Chatham Maritime (1987 to 1991), Medway Toyota (1991 to 1994), Cannon Tool Hire (1994 to 1995), Invicta FM (1995 to 1997), Kool (1997 to 1999), Medway News (1999 to 2001), SeaFrance (2001 to 2004) and MHS Homes Group (2004 to 2007).[35] With effect from the 2007–08 season the team's shirts will be sponsored by the Kent Reliance Building Society as part of the deal which also involves the renaming of the club's stadium.[31]

Players

Current squad

As at 18 April 2007 [38] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kelvin Jack
2 DF Scotland SCO Duncan Jupp
3 DF England ENG Danny Jackman
4 MF Wales WAL Michael Flynn (captain)
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Brent Sancho
6 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Ian Cox
7 MF Wales WAL Andrew Crofts
8 MF England ENG Mark Bentley
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Mulligan
10 FW England ENG Dean McDonald
11 MF England ENG Nicky Southall
12 MF England ENG Clint Easton
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF England ENG Leon Johnson
15 DF England ENG Luke Howell (on loan to Folkestone Invicta)
16 DF England ENG Sean Clohessy
17 FW England ENG Andy Pugh
18 MF England ENG Craig Stone
19 FW England ENG Frannie Collin
20 DF England ENG Ben Chorley (on loan from MK Dons)
21 MF England ENG Matt Jarvis
22 MF England ENG Danny Spiller
23 MF Germany GER Felix Bastians (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
24 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu
26 MF England ENG Dale Tonge (on loan from Barnsley)

Due to financial constraints, the club does not currently operate a reserve team, however it does field a youth (under-18) team [39] and operates a Centre of Excellence for boys in the under-9 to under-16 age groups.[40]

Notable former players

Main article: List of Gillingham F.C. players

International players

The club recognises nine players as having gained full international caps during their time at Priestfield, although the status of one of these is disputed.

Current squad

Player Country Caps while at club Goals while at club Total no. of caps Total no. of goals
Ian Cox Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 11 [15] 0 16 [41] 0
Brent Sancho Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 7 [15] 0 39 [42] 0
Andrew Crofts Wales Wales 5 [43] 0 5 [43] 0

In 2006 Brent Sancho became the first Gillingham player ever to play in the World Cup finals, and technically the first to score in the World Cup finals when he scored an own goal in the 2-0 group defeat to Paraguay.[44] Current goalkeeper Kelvin Jack has also previously appeared for Trinidad and Tobago,[45] but has yet to gain any more caps since signing for Gillingham.

Former players

Player Country Caps while at club Goals while at club Total no. of caps Total no. of goals
Mamady Sidibe Mali Mali 7 [15] tbc tbc tbc
Tony Cascarino Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 3 [15] 0 88 [46] 19 [46]
Terry Cochrane Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2 [15] 0 26 [47] 1 [48]
Damien Richardson Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2 [15] 0 3 [49] 0 [50]
Jason Brown Wales Wales 1 [51] 0 2 [52] 0
Freddie Fox England England 1 [53] 0 1 [54] 0

Managers

Main article: Gillingham F.C. managers' records

This is a list of the men who have managed Gillingham since the post was first established.[55]

1896-1906 William Ironside Groombridge [56]
1906-08 S. Smith
1908-19 William Ironside Groombridge
1919-20 George Collins
1920-23 John McMillan
1923-26 Harry Curtis
1926-29 Albert Hoskins [57]
1929-31 Dick Hendrie
1932-37 Fred Mavin
1937-38 Alan Ure
1938-39 Bill Harvey
1939-58 Archie Clarke
1958-62 Harry Barratt
1962-65 Freddie Cox
1966-71 Basil Hayward
1971-74 Andy Nelson
1974-75 Len Ashurst
1975-81 Gerry Summers
1981-87 Keith Peacock
1987-88 Paul Taylor
1988-89 Keith Burkinshaw
1989-92 Damien Richardson
1992-93 Glenn Roeder
1993-95 Mike Flanagan
1995 Neil Smillie (caretaker)
1995-99 Tony Pulis
1999-2000 Peter Taylor
2000-04 Andy Hessenthaler
2004 John Gorman (caretaker)
2004-05 Stan Ternent
2005 Neale Cooper
2005- Ronnie Jepson

Honours

Statistics and records

Main article: Gillingham F.C. records

Goalkeeper Ron Hillyard holds the record for Gillingham appearances, having played 657 matches in all competitions between 1974 and 1990.[59] The record for appearances solely in the Football League is held by another goalkeeper, John Simpson, with 571 betwen 1957 and 1972.[60]

Brian Yeo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer, with 135 goals between 1963 and 1975.[60] He also jointly holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season. In 1973–74 he scored 31 goals,[61] equalling the record set by Ernie Morgan in 1954–55.[62] The highest number of goals scored by a player in a single game is the six registered by Fred Cheesmur against Merthyr Town in April 1930.[63]

The club's record home attendance is 23,002, for an FA Cup match against QPR on 10 January 1948.[60] Given that Priestfield Stadium's current capacity is approximately half that figure, this record will almost certainly never be broken unless the club relocates to a larger ground.

The team's biggest ever Football League win was a 10-0 defeat of Chesterfield in September 1987.[60] 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 season[64] having conceded just 20 in the 1995–96 season.[2]

Rivalries

Due to Gillingham's position geographically, there have traditionally not been fierce local rivalries with neighbouring clubs, as the closest other League teams are based in London. A 2003 fan survey [65] revealed that Gillingham (along with Macclesfield Town, Stockport County, Torquay United and York City) were not considered to be rivals by supporters of any other club.

Millwall are currently considered to be the closest the Gills have to local rivals.[1] Swindon Town are seen by many older fans as the club's biggest rivals, stemming from bad-tempered matches between the two teams in 1979 and 1987.[66] While Swindon fans generally do not consider Gillingham 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.[67] Following their promotion in 1989, Maidstone United became Kent's second League side. A friendly rivalry with Gillingham developed over the following seasons, with several Kent derby games, until Maidstone's financial troubles forced them to resign from the League in 1992.[68]

Gillingham F.C. in popular culture

The 2005 film Green Street (known as Green Street Hooligans in the USA) makes use of action sequences filmed during a match between Gillingham and West Ham United, although for unknown reasons the dialogue states that the team playing West Ham is Birmingham City.[69]

See also

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  64. ^ The official Football League website lists this achievement in second place on the overall list of teams who have conceded the fewest goals in a season, behind Liverpool, who conceded 16 in the 1978-79 season, however, as evidenced by the final 1978-79 First Division table, Liverpool played only 42 matches, giving Gillingham the record for a 46-match season.
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