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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 ...
The highest seasonal average attendance for league matches at Priestfield since Gillingham returned to the Football League in 1950 was 12,576 in the 1951–52 season. [59] [60] Gillingham's lowest seasonal average was 2,979 in the 1994–95 season, [60] [61] although Brighton recorded a lower figure of 2,328 in the 1997–98 season. [62]
Ron Hillyard, Gillingham's appearance record holder, played a total of 655 games in a 17-year career with the club. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Gillingham, Kent, playing in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 season. The club was formed in 1893 as New Brompton F.C., a name which ...
Gillingham Football Club is an English football club based in Gillingham, Kent. The club was formed in 1893, 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 club was voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 ...
Partially visible second from right is Nicky Southall, one of the longest-serving players in the club's history. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Gillingham, Kent, playing in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 season.
The Gillingham team line up before a match in the club's first season in the Football League, along with club officials and the local mayor. Gillingham Football Club is an English association football club originally formed in 1893 under the name New Brompton F.C. The club adopted its present name in 1912, and played in the Southern League ...
Although he scored on his debut for QPR, [2] it was to be his only first-team appearance, and in November 1975 he moved to Gillingham for £17,500. [ 1 ] He was a first-team regular for six years at Priestfield Stadium , making 211 Football League appearances and finishing as the club's top goalscorer in 1978–79 . [ 4 ]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals John Lionel Simpson (5 October 1933 – 7 December 1993) was an English football goalkeeper . He spent fifteen years playing for Gillingham , for whom he holds the all-time record for the most matches played in the Football League .