| Full name | Gillford Park Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Gilly | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Ground | Gillford Park Stadium (Capacity: 4,000) |
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| Chairman | Donald Cameron | |
| Manager | Stuart Bell | |
| League | Northern League Division Two | |
| 2010–11 | Northern League Division Two, 11th | |
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Gillford Park F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria. They play in the Northern Football League Second Division and are managed by Stuart Bell.
The club's ground is Gillford Park Stadium. Gillford Park were elected into the Northern Football League for the 2009–10 season, after finishing 2nd in their previous campaign in the Northern Alliance League Premier Division.
Gillford Park are the first ever Carlisle-based team to compete at this level of the non-league pyramid.
They were established by Mike Linden, Geoff Andrews and former Carlisle United midfielder Stephen Skinner in 2005. They are currently managed by Skinner and another former Carlisle player, Stuart Bell.
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Gillford Park play in white shirts, shorts and socks. Their away strip is green and white hooped jerseys, white shorts and socks. The club badge is a shield design featuring a steam train, indicative of the club's close relationship with the railways – they are based beside the Carlisle and District Railway Club and the ground sits beneath the West Coast Mainline.
2005–06 Northern Alliance Second Division Runners Up
2006–07 Northern Alliance First Division Champions
2006–07 Northern Alliance Combination Cup Champions
2006–07 Cumberland County Cup Semi Finalists
2007–08 Northern Counties Cup Semi Finalists
2007–08 Northern Alliance Premier Division Third Place
2008–09 Northern Alliance Premier Division Runners Up
2008–09 Northern Alliance Challenge Cup Champions
In order to play in the Northern League they first had to make some major improvements to their ground. This included netting erected behind River End goal, tarmac hard standing laid on two sides of pitch, bottom level of terrace concreted, new dugouts purchased, renovation of old dugouts, installation of a tannoy system, re-opening of gents toilets beneath Main Stand, metal work and walls painted, overhaul of pitch surrounds, re-opening of Railway End turnstiles, installation of a CCTV system and finally the jewel in the crown, the brand new Conference standard floodlights.