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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 ...
Rank Club Attendance Stadium Opposition Competition Date Ref 1: Tottenham Hotspur: 85,512: Wembley Stadium [a]: Bayer Leverkusen: UEFA Champions League group stage: 2 November 2016
At the end of the season, taking advantage of the demolition of the old Town End, which allowed better access to the pitch, the club had the drainage system replaced and a completely new pitch laid. [16] The current Brian Moore Stand, at the Gillingham end of the stadium, has been constructed on a temporary basis only.
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 ...
The Gillingham team line up before their first ever Football League match in 1920. 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.
Jock Robertson, the team's captain when Gillingham first entered the League in 1920, made a total of 388 appearances, a club record which stood for over ten years until overtaken by Charlie Marks, although Marks' total of 434 appearances includes those made while the club played outside the Football League.
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.
During the 2004–05 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.It was the 73rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League and the 55th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950.