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Gillingham dominated the remainder of the half and, despite pressure from Preston after the interval, they held onto their lead; Vince Bartram, the Gillingham goalkeeper, dived full-length across his goal to keep out a strike from Jon Macken. The match ended 1–0 and Gillingham progressed to the final with a 2–1 aggregate victory. [4]
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 ...
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 before being relegated twice to return to the league's bottom division, known since 2004 as Football ...
Gillingham faced Wigan Athletic in one of the last competitive games to be played at the original Wembley Stadium. It was Gillingham's second consecutive appearance in the Second Division play-off final after a defeat to Manchester City a year earlier. Wigan had been defeated in the semi-finals the previous season and the game marked their ...
Shrewsbury's Chris Humphrey (pictured in 2016) had not played in the second leg of the semi-final but was selected for the final by manager Paul Simpson.. The match was Gillingham's first appearance at the new Wembley Stadium, which opened in 2007, [10] although the club had played at the previous stadium of the same name in play-off finals in 1999 and 2000.
The 2013–14 season was Gillingham's 121st season in their existence. [1] Along with League One, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy and the regional Kent Senior Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2015.
The 2021–22 season was Gillingham's 129th year in their history and ninth consecutive season in League One.Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the 2021–22 EFL Trophy.
As of 27 June 2017, Gillingham have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Faversham Town, Dartford, Dover Athletic, Chatham Town, Ipswich Town, Patro Eisden, Colchester United and Canvey Island [37] [38]