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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 where known.

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.

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
1894–95 SL Div 2 12 11 0 1 57 10 22 1st[3] QR2
1895–96 SL Div 1 18 7 4 7 30 37 18 6th QR2
1896–97 SL Div 1 20 7 2 11 32 42 16 8th QR4
1897–98 SL Div 1 22 9 4 9 37 37 22 6th QR5
1898–99 SL Div 1 24 10 5 9 38 30 25 6th R1
1899–00 SL Div 1 28 9 6 13 39 49 24 11th QR4
1900–01 SL Div 1 28 7 5 16 34 51 19 12th QR5
1901–02 SL Div 1 30 10 7 13 39 38 27 10th RInt
1902–03 SL Div 1 30 11 11 8 37 35 33 6th RInt
1903–04 SL Div 1 34 6 13 15 26 43 25 16th RInt
1904–05 SL Div 1 34 11 11 12 40 41 33 9th R1
1905–06 SL Div 1 34 7 8 19 20 62 22 17th R2
1906–07 SL Div 1 38 12 9 17 47 59 33 16th R2
1907–08 SL Div 1 38 9 7 22 44 75 25 20th[4] R2
1908–09 SL Div 1 40 17 7 16 48 59 41 7th QR5
1909–10 SL Div 1 42 19 5 18 76 74 43 12th R1
1910–11 SL Div 1 38 11 8 19 34 65 30 18th R1
1911–12 SL Div 1 38 11 9 18 35 72 31 18th QR4
1912–13 SL Div 1 38 12 10 16 36 53 34 15th R1
1913–14 SL Div 1 38 13 9 16 48 49 35 15th R2
1914–15 SL Div 1 38 6 8 24 43 82 20 20th R1
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
1920–21 Div 3[5] 42 8 12 22 34 74 28 22nd[6] QR6 Tommy Hall 9
1921–22 Div 3S[7] 42 14 8 20 47 60 36 18th R1 Charlie Freeman 11
1922–23 Div 3S 42 15 7 20 51 57 37 16th QR6 Charlie Freeman
Horace Williams 		10
1923–24 Div 3S 42 12 13 17 43 58 37 15th R1 Tommy Hall
Joe North 		11
1924–25 Div 3S 42 13 14 15 35 44 40 13th QR6 Fred Brown
Frank Marshall 		8
1925–26 Div 3S 42 17 8 17 53 49 42 10th R2 Fred Brown 15
1926–27 Div 3S 42 11 10 21 54 72 32 20th R2 Bill Arblaster 17
1927–28 Div 3S 42 13 11 18 62 81 37 16th R3 Jonah Wilcox 25
1928–29 Div 3S 42 10 9 23 43 83 29 22nd[6] 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 19
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 25
1933–34 Div 3S 42 11 11 20 75 96 33 17th R2 Sim Raleigh 18
1934–35 Div 3S 42 11 13 18 55 75 35 20th R1 Bill Baldwin 14
1935–36 Div 3S 42 14 9 19 66 77 37 16th R2 George Tadman 18
1936–37 Div 3S 42 18 8 16 72 61 44 11th R2 Jimmy Watson 19
1937–38 Div 3S 42 10 6 26 36 77 26 22nd[8] R1 Jimmy Watson 8
1938–39 SL 44 29 6 9 104 57 64 3rd QR4
No 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
1946–47 SL 31 20 6 5 103 45 47[9] 1st R3
1947–48 SL 34 21 5 8 81 43 47 2nd R3
1948–49 SL 42 26 10 6 104 48 62 1st QR4
1949–50 SL 46 23 9 14 92 61 55 5th[10] R2
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 22
1952–53 Div 3S 46 12 15 19 39 70 40 21st R2 Ken Lambert
Trevor Long 		10
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 31
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 18
1958–59 Div 4[11] 46 20 9 17 82 77 49 11th R1 Johnny Edgar 23
1959–60 Div 4 46 21 10 15 74 69 52 7th R3 Pat Terry 19
1960–61 Div 4 46 15 13 18 64 66 43 15th R3 R2 Pat Terry 20
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[12] R3 R1 George Francis 12
1963–64 Div 4 46 23 14 9 59 30 60 1st[13] R1 R4 Brian Gibbs 17
1964–65 Div 3 46 23 9 14 70 50 55 7th R2 R1 Brian Gibbs 21
1965–66 Div 3 46 22 8 16 62 54 52 6th R1 R2 Brian Gibbs 23
1966–67 Div 3 46 15 16 15 58 62 46 11th R2 R2 Brian Gibbs 15
1967–68 Div 3 46 18 12 16 59 63 48 11th R1 R2 Brian Gibbs 15
1968–69 Div 3 46 13 15 18 54 63 41 20th R2 R1 Brian Yeo 17
1969–70 Div 3 46 13 13 20 52 64 39 20th[14] R5 R2 Mike Green 13
1970–71 Div 3 46 10 13 23 42 67 33 24th R1 R1 Mike Green 11
1971–72 Div 4 46 16 13 17 61 67 45 13th R3 R3 Brian Yeo 22
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 31
1974–75 Div 3 46 17 14 15 65 60 48 10th R1 R1 Damien Richardson 20
1975–76 Div 3 46 12 19 15 58 68 43 15th R2 R2 Damien Richardson
Danny Westwood 		9
1976–77 Div 3 46 16 12 18 55 64 44 12th R1 R2 Damien Richardson 16
1977–78 Div 3 46 15 20 11 67 60 50 7th R2 R1 Ken Price 19
1978–79 Div 3 46 21 17 8 65 42 59 4th R1 R1 Danny Westwood 18
1979–80 Div 3 46 14 14 18 49 51 42 16th R1 R2 Ken Price 13
1980–81 Div 3 46 12 18 16 48 58 42 15th R2 R2 Ken Price 11
1981–82 Div 3 46 20 11 15 64 56 71[15] 6th R4 R1 Ken Price
Dean White 		12
1982–83 Div 3 46 16 13 17 58 59 61 13th R2 R3 Tony Cascarino 15
1983–84 Div 3 46 20 10 16 74 69 70 8th R4 R1 AMC R1S Dave Mehmet 16
1984–85 Div 3 46 25 8 13 80 62 83 4th R4 R2 AMC R1S Tony Cascarino 16
1985–86 Div 3 46 22 13 11 81 54 79 5th R3 R2 AMC SFS Tony Cascarino 14
1986–87 Div 3 46 23 9 14 65 48 78 5th[16] R3 R2 AMC SFS Tony Cascarino
Dave Shearer 		16
1987–88 Div 3 46 14 17 15 77 61 59 13th R3 R2 AMC Grp Steve Lovell 25
1988–89 Div 3 46 12 4 30 47 81 40 23rd R1 R2 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 14
1989–90 Div 4 46 17 11 18 46 48 62 14th R1 R1 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 16
1990–91 Div 4 46 12 11 16 57 60 54 15th R1 R1 AMC R1S Steve Lovell 19
1991–92 Div 4 42 15 12 15 63 53 57 11th R1 R1 AMC R1S David Crown 22
1992–93 Div 3[17] 42 9 13 20 48 64 40 21st R3 R2 AMC Grp Andy Arnott
Paul Baker
Nicky Forster 		6
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 13
1995–96 Div 3 46 22 17 7 49 20[18] 2nd R3 R1 AMC Grp Leo Fortune-West 12
1996–97 Div 2 46 19 10 17 60 59 67 11th R3 R4 AMC R1S Iffy Onuora 21
1997–98 Div 2 46 19 13 14 52 47 70 8th[19] R1 R1 AMC R1S Ade Akinbiyi 21
1998–99 Div 2 46 22 14 10 75 44 80 4th[20] R1 R1 AMC SFS[21] Carl Asaba 20
1999–00 Div 2 46 25 10 11 79 48 3rd[22] R6[23] R2 AMC R1S Robert Taylor 15
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[24] R4 R3 Paul Shaw 12
2003–04 Div 1 46 14 9 23 48 67 51 21st[25] R4 R3 Patrick Agyemang
Paul Shaw
Mamady Sidibe
Danny Spiller 		6
2004–05 Champ[26] 46 12 14 20 45 66 50 22nd[27] 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

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.

Footnotes

  1. ^ The League Cup competition did not start until the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in Football League games only. Top scorers from Gillingham's seasons outside the Football League are not known.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Despite finishing last, New Brompton avoided relegation due to the expansion of the league.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b There was no automatic relegation from the Football League until 1987. Gillingham thus avoided relegation despite finishing last.
  7. ^ Division Three North was formed in 1921, with the existing Third Division being re-designated Division Three South.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Gillingham were awarded one point for an away fixture against Millwall that never took place.
  10. ^ Gillingham were elected into the Football League as part of the expansion of Division Three (South) from 22 teams to 24.
  11. ^ 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).
  12. ^ Gillingham finished level on points with Mansfield Town, but missed out on promotion on goal average.
  13. ^ Gillingham won the division on goal average.
  14. ^ Gillingham finished with the same number of points as Bournemouth, but finished above them on goal average and thus escaped relegation.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ On the formation of the FA Premier League, Division Four was re-designated Division Three.
  18. ^ 20 goals remains a record for the lowest number of goals conceded in a 46 match Football League season.
  19. ^ Gillingham missed out on a place in the play-offs on goals scored, which took precedence over goal difference at that time.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ This achievement in reaching the quarter-finals represents the furthest progress Gillingham have ever made in the FA Cup.
  24. ^ This position, equivalent to 31st place in the English football league system, represents Gillingham's highest ever league finish.
  25. ^ Gillingham finished with the same number of points as Walsall, but avoided relegation due to a superior goal difference.
  26. ^ Division One was re-named the Championship as part of a new sponsorship deal in the 2004–05 season.
  27. ^ 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.

References

  • "New Brompton". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
  • "Gillingham". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
  • "Advanced 2001–today". Since1888.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-10-25. (paid subscription required)
  • Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893–1984. Kent County Libraries. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)


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