Gillingham F.C. seasons

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The Gillingham team line up before their first ever Football League match in 1920.
The Gillingham team line up before their first ever Football League match in 1920.

This is a list of seasons played by Gillingham F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Gillingham F.C. was formed in 1893 under the name New Brompton F.C. The club adopted its present name in 1913, and played in the Southern League until 1920, when that league's top division was absorbed into the Football League as its new Division Three. The "Gills" were voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 season, but returned 12 years later, when that league 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 the club narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference. In 2000, Gillingham reached the second tier of the English league for the first time in the club's history. They went on to spend five seasons at this level, achieving a club record, highest league finish of eleventh place in the 2002–03 season. The only honour the club has won at a professional level was the Football League Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season.

Contents

[edit] Seasons

Season League FA Cup League Cup[1] Other competitions Top scorer[2]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1893–94 New Brompton did not play league football QR1 FAM R??[3] Albert Jenner 2[4]
1894–95 SL Div 2 12 11 0 1 57 10 22 1st[5] QR2 Arthur Rule 22
1895–96 SL Div 1 18 7 4 7 30 37 18 6th QR2 Dave Hutcheson 8
1896–97 SL Div 1 20 7 2 11 32 42 16 8th QR4 Jack Frettingham 10
1897–98 SL Div 1 22 9 4 9 37 37 22 6th QR5 Jack Frettingham 13
1898–99 SL Div 1 24 10 5 9 38 30 25 6th R1 Jack Frettingham 14
1899–00 SL Div 1 28 9 6 13 39 49 24 11th QR4 Jack Frettingham 11
1900–01 SL Div 1 28 7 5 16 34 51 19 12th QR5 Jack Frettingham 14
1901–02 SL Div 1 30 10 7 13 39 38 27 10th RInt Alf Millward 12[6]
1902–03 SL Div 1 30 11 11 8 37 35 33 6th RInt Charlie Satterthwaite 14
1903–04 SL Div 1 34 6 13 15 26 43 25 16th RInt Jim Stevenson 7
1904–05 SL Div 1 34 11 11 12 40 41 33 9th R1 Walter Leigh 11
1905–06 SL Div 1 34 7 8 19 20 62 22 17th R2 William Marriott 5
1906–07 SL Div 1 38 12 9 17 47 59 33 16th R2 Danny Cunliffe 15
1907–08 SL Div 1 38 9 7 22 44 75 25 20th[7] R2 Charlie McGibbon 22
1908–09 SL Div 1 40 17 7 16 48 59 41 7th QR5 Arthur Pickett 9
1909–10 SL Div 1 42 19 5 18 76 74 43 12th R1 Albert Court 25
1910–11 SL Div 1 38 11 8 19 34 65 30 18th R1 John Taylor 15
1911–12 SL Div 1 38 11 9 18 35 72 31 18th QR4 F.Corbett
A.Lee
John Taylor		 6
1912–13 SL Div 1 38 12 10 16 36 53 34 15th R1 Arthur Wolstenholme 7
1913–14 SL Div 1 38 13 9 16 48 49 35 15th R2 Charles Hafekost 10
1914–15 SL Div 1 38 6 8 24 43 82 20 20th R1 Sam Gilligan
P.Glen		 8
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20 SL Div 1 42 10 7 25 34 74 27 22nd R1 Arthur Wood 14
1920–21 Div 3[8] 42 8 12 22 34 74 28 22nd[9] QR6 Tommy Hall 11
1921–22 Div 3S[10] 42 14 8 20 47 60 36 18th R1 Charlie Freeman 14
1922–23 Div 3S 42 15 7 20 51 57 37 16th QR6 Tommy Hall
Horace Williams		 11
1923–24 Div 3S 42 12 13 17 43 58 37 15th R1 Joe North 17
1924–25 Div 3S 42 13 14 15 35 44 40 13th QR6 Fred Brown
Frank Marshall
Tommy Hall		 10
1925–26 Div 3S 42 17 8 17 53 49 42 10th R2 Fred Brown 16
1926–27 Div 3S 42 11 10 21 54 72 32 20th R2 Bill Arblaster 18
1927–28 Div 3S 42 13 11 18 62 81 37 16th R3 Jonah Wilcox 28
1928–29 Div 3S 42 10 9 23 43 83 29 22nd[9] R1 Arthur Dominy 14
1929–30 Div 3S 42 11 8 23 51 80 30 21st R1 Fred Cheesmur 17
1930–31 Div 3S 42 14 10 18 61 76 38 16th R2 Harry Loasby 22
1931–32 Div 3S 42 10 8 24 40 82 28 21st R1 Bill White 9
1932–33 Div 3S 42 18 8 16 72 61 44 7th R2 George Nicol 28
1933–34 Div 3S 42 11 11 20 75 96 33 17th R2 D3SC R1 Sim Raleigh 18
1934–35 Div 3S 42 11 13 18 55 75 35 20th R1 D3SC R1 Bill Baldwin 14
1935–36 Div 3S 42 14 9 19 66 77 37 16th R2 D3SC R1 George Tadman 18
1936–37 Div 3S 42 18 8 16 72 61 44 11th R2 D3SC R2 Jimmy Watson 21
1937–38 Div 3S 42 10 6 26 36 77 26 22nd[11] R1 D3SC R2 Jimmy Watson 13
1938–39 SL 44 29 6 9 104 57 64 3rd QR4 SLC R2 Harry Rowley 41
1939–40 SL 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 n/a[12] SLC R1 Harry Rowley 4
No further competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46 KL 20 18 1 1 111 33 37 1st QR4 KLC winners Vic Hole 29
1946–47 SL 31 20 6 5 103 45 47[13] 1st R3 SLC winners Hughie Russell 42
1947–48 SL 34 21 5 8 81 43 47 2nd R3 SLC Grp Hughie Russell 23
1948–49 SL 42 26 10 6 104 48 62 1st QR4 SLC SF Hughie Russell 36
1949–50 SL 46 23 9 14 92 61 55 5th[14] R2 SLC R2 Harold Williams 18
1950–51 Div 3S 46 13 9 24 69 101 35 22nd R2 Dave Thomas 19
1951–52 Div 3S 46 11 13 22 71 81 35 22nd R2 Derek Lewis
Dave Thomas		 22
1952–53 Div 3S 46 12 15 19 39 70 40 21st R2 Trevor Long 11
1953–54 Div 3S 46 19 10 17 61 66 48 10th R1 Ernie Morgan 21
1954–55 Div 3S 46 20 15 11 77 66 55 4th R2 Ernie Morgan 33
1955–56 Div 3S 46 19 10 17 61 66 48 10th R1 Ernie Morgan 16
1956–57 Div 3S 46 12 13 21 54 85 37 22nd R2 Jim Taylor 16
1957–58 Div 3S 46 13 9 24 52 81 35 22nd R3 Ron Saunders 19
1958–59 Div 4[15] 46 20 9 17 82 77 49 11th R1 Johnny Edgar 24
1959–60 Div 4 46 21 10 15 74 69 52 7th R3 Pat Terry 22
1960–61 Div 4 46 15 13 18 64 66 43 15th R3 R2 Pat Terry 22
1961–62 Div 4 44 13 11 20 73 94 37 20th R1 R1 Charlie Livesey 15
1962–63 Div 4 46 22 13 11 71 49 57 5th[16] R3 R1 George Francis 13
1963–64 Div 4 46 23 14 9 59 30 60 1st[17] R1 R4 Brian Gibbs 18
1964–65 Div 3 46 23 9 14 70 50 55 7th R2 R1 Brian Gibbs 23
1965–66 Div 3 46 22 8 16 62 54 52 6th R1 R2 Brian Gibbs 24
1966–67 Div 3 46 15 16 15 58 62 46 11th R2 R2 Brian Gibbs 17
1967–68 Div 3 46 18 12 16 59 63 48 11th R1 R2 Brian Gibbs 16
1968–69 Div 3 46 13 15 18 54 63 41 20th R2 R1 Brian Yeo 18
1969–70 Div 3 46 13 13 20 52 64 39 20th[18] R5 R2 Mike Green 16
1970–71 Div 3 46 10 13 23 42 67 33 24th R1 R1 Mike Green 12
1971–72 Div 4 46 16 13 17 61 67 45 13th R3 R3 Brian Yeo 24
1972–73 Div 4 46 19 11 16 63 58 49 9th R1 R2 Damien Richardson 14
1973–74 Div 4 46 25 12 9 90 49 62 2nd R1 R2 Brian Yeo 32
1974–75 Div 3 46 17 14 15 65 60 48 10th R1 R1 Damien Richardson 21
1975–76 Div 3 46 12 19 15 58 68 43 15th R2 R2 Damien Richardson
Danny Westwood		 12
1976–77 Div 3 46 16 12 18 55 64 44 12th R1 R2 Damien Richardson 18
1977–78 Div 3 46 15 20 11 67 60 50 7th R2 R1 Ken Price 20
1978–79 Div 3 46 21 17 8 65 42 59 4th R1 R1 Danny Westwood 19
1979–80 Div 3 46 14 14 18 49 51 42 16th R1 R2 Ken Price 17
1980–81 Div 3 46 12 18 16 48 58 42 15th R2 R2 Ken Price 13
1981–82 Div 3 46 20 11 15 64 56 71[19] 6th R4 R1 FLGC Grp Ken Price
Dean White		 14
1982–83 Div 3 46 16 13 17 58 59 61 13th R2 R3 Tony Cascarino 19
1983–84 Div 3 46 20 10 16 74 69 70 8th R4 R1 AMC R1S Dave Mehmet 17
1984–85 Div 3 46 25 8 13 80 62 83 4th R4 R2 AMC R1S Tony Cascarino 19
1985–86 Div 3 46 22 13 11 81 54 79 5th R3 R2 AMC SFS Tony Cascarino 21
1986–87 Div 3 46 23 9 14 65 48 78 5th[20] R3 R2 AMC SFS Tony Cascarino
Dave Shearer		 30
1987–88 Div 3 46 14 17 15 77 61 59 13th R3 R2 AMC Grp Steve Lovell 27
1988–89 Div 3 46 12 4 30 47 81 40 23rd R1 R2 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 17
1989–90 Div 4 46 17 11 18 46 48 62 14th R1 R1 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 18
1990–91 Div 4 46 12 11 16 57 60 54 15th R1 R1 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 21
1991–92 Div 4 42 15 12 15 63 53 57 11th R1 R1 AMC R1S David Crown 24[21]
1992–93 Div 3[22] 42 9 13 20 48 64 40 21st R3 R2 AMC Grp David Crown 9
1993–94 Div 3 42 12 15 15 44 51 51 16th R2 R1 AMC Grp Nicky Forster 18
1994–95 Div 3 42 10 11 21 46 64 41 19th R3 R1 AMC R2S Chris Pike 18
1995–96 Div 3 46 22 17 7 49 20[23] 2nd R3 R1 AMC Grp Leo Fortune-West 15
1996–97 Div 2 46 19 10 17 60 59 67 11th R3 R4 AMC R1S Iffy Onuora 23
1997–98 Div 2 46 19 13 14 52 47 70 8th[24] R1 R1 AMC R1S Ade Akinbiyi 22
1998–99 Div 2 46 22 14 10 75 44 80 4th[25] R1 R1 AMC SFS[26] Robert Taylor 21
1999–00 Div 2 46 25 10 11 79 48 3rd[27] R6[28] R2 AMC R1S Robert Taylor 18
2000–01 Div 1 46 13 16 17 47 61 66 13th R4 R2 Marlon King 15
2001–02 Div 1 46 18 10 18 64 67 64 12th R5 R3 Marlon King 20
2002–03 Div 1 46 16 14 16 56 65 62 11th[29] R4 R3 Paul Shaw 13
2003–04 Div 1 46 14 9 23 48 67 51 21st[30] R4 R3 Patrick Agyemang
Paul Shaw
Mamady Sidibe
Danny Spiller		 6
2004–05 Champ[31] 46 12 14 20 45 66 50 22nd[32] R3 R1 Darius Henderson 9
2005–06 L1 46 16 12 18 50 64 60 14th R1 R3 FLT R2S Darren Byfield 14
2006–07 L1 46 17 8 21 56 77 59 16th R2 R1 FLT R1SE Michael Flynn 12
2007–08 L1 46 11 13 22 44 73 46 22nd R1 R1 FLT SFS Chris Dickson 11

[edit] Key

Winners Runners up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.

Key to league record:
P – games played
W – games won
D – games drawn
L – games lost
F – goals for
A – goals against
Pts – points
Pos – final position

Key to rounds:
QR1 – first qualifying round
QR2 – second qualifying round, etc.
RInt – intermediate round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round, etc.
QF – quarter-final
Grp - group stage
R1S - first round (Southern section)
R2S - second round (Southern section), etc.
R1SE - first round (South Eastern section)
n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions/cups:
Champ – Football League Championship
L1 - Football League One
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Div 3 – Football League Third Division
Div 3S – Football League Third Division South
Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division
SL - Southern League
KL - Kent League
AMC - Associate Members Cup
D3SC - Football League Third Division South Cup
FAM - FA Amateur Cup
FLGC - Football League Group Cup
FLT - Football League Trophy
KLC - Kent League Cup
SLC - Southern League Cup

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ The League Cup competition did not start until the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in the Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Football League Third Division South Cup, Southern League and Southern League Cup, plus matches in the Kent League and Kent League Cup in the 1945–46 season, the only season in which the club's first team played in these competitions. Does not include goals scored in other county competitions such as the Kent Senior Cup and Kent Senior Shield, in which the club rarely, if ever, fielded its first team. Forenames of some players from Gillingham's seasons outside the Football League are not known.
  3. ^ New Brompton played three matches in the FA Amateur Cup, but it is unknown which rounds of the competition these represented.
  4. ^ FA Cup goals only. The scorers of New Brompton's goals in the FA Amateur Cup are not known.
  5. ^ New Brompton, as champions of Division Two, played the bottom team in Division One, Swindon Town, in a two-legged test match and won 5–1, thus gaining promotion.
  6. ^ Scorer of one FA Cup goal in this season not recorded.
  7. ^ Despite finishing last, New Brompton avoided relegation due to the expansion of the league.
  8. ^ Under a restructuring of the leagues, all members of the Southern League Division One were elevated to form the new Third Division of the expanded Football League. Gillingham thus avoided relegation despite having finished the previous season in last position.
  9. ^ a b There was no automatic relegation from the Football League until 1987. Gillingham thus avoided relegation despite finishing last.
  10. ^ Division Three North was formed in 1921, with the existing Third Division being re-designated Division Three South.
  11. ^ Gillingham failed to be re-elected having finished in last position, and Ipswich Town were chosen to replace them in the Football League. Gillingham returned to the Southern League.
  12. ^ The Southern League season was abandoned after three matches due to the outbreak of war.
  13. ^ Gillingham were awarded one point for an away fixture against Millwall that never took place.
  14. ^ Gillingham were elected into the Football League as part of the expansion of Division Three (South) from 22 teams to 24.
  15. ^ Having finished in the lower half of the table, Gillingham were placed in the new Fourth Division following the amalgamation of Third Division (South) and Third Division (North).
  16. ^ Gillingham finished level on points with Mansfield Town, but missed out on promotion on goal average.
  17. ^ Gillingham won the division on goal average.
  18. ^ Gillingham finished with the same number of points as Bournemouth, but finished above them on goal average and thus escaped relegation.
  19. ^ From 1981–82, points were allocated on the basis of 3 for a win and 1 for a draw; previously only two points had been given for a win.
  20. ^ Gillingham qualified for the play-offs in the first year that these were staged, defeating Sunderland in the semi-final on away goals after a 6–6 aggregate score, and losing the final 2–0 to Swindon Town in a replay at Selhurst Park after a 2–2 aggregate over two legs.
  21. ^ Crown also scored one goal in a match against Aldershot which was declared void when that team resigned from the league before the end of the season.
  22. ^ On the formation of the FA Premier League, Division Four was re-designated Division Three.
  23. ^ 20 goals remains a record for the lowest number of goals conceded in a 46 match Football League season.
  24. ^ Gillingham missed out on a place in the play-offs on goals scored, which took precedence over goal difference at that time.
  25. ^ Having qualified for the play-offs, Gillingham defeated Preston North End 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, and in their first appearance at Wembley Stadium were beaten 3–1 on penalties by Manchester City, after a 2–2 draw.
  26. ^ Gillingham were defeated 1–0 by Millwall on the Golden goal rule, the only time this method of resolving a match was applied to a Gillingham match.
  27. ^ Qualifying again for the play-offs, Gillingham defeated Stoke City 5–3 on aggregate in the semi-final, and beat Wigan Athletic 3–2 after extra time in the final to gain promotion to the second level of English football for the first time in their history.
  28. ^ This achievement in reaching the quarter-finals represents the furthest progress Gillingham have ever made in the FA Cup.
  29. ^ This position, equivalent to 31st place in the English football league system, represents Gillingham's highest ever league finish.
  30. ^ Gillingham finished with the same number of points as Walsall, but avoided relegation due to a superior goal difference.
  31. ^ Division One was re-named the Championship as part of a new sponsorship deal in the 2004–05 season.
  32. ^ Gillingham finished on the same number of points as Crewe Alexandra, but were relegated on account of an inferior goal difference to the recently renamed third tier, League One.

[edit] References

  • New Brompton. Football Club History Database. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  • Gillingham. Football Club History Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  • Advanced 2001–today. Since1888.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. (paid subscription required)
  • Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893–1984. Kent County Libraries. 
  • Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. 
  • Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-8994-6820-X. 
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