Name of Club – Gillingham FC
Year founded – 1894
Ground Name – Priestfield Stadium

Gillingham became founder members of the football leagues third division in 1920. In the year 1964, Gillingham gained promotion in to the third division by winning the fourth division title on goal difference to Carlisle. It was during that period they enjoyed a 52 match league and cup unbeaten run that spanned between April 1963 and April 1965. The Gills were relegated back to the fourth division in 1971 and found promotion again in 1974. They settled in the third division for the next fourteen years and reached the top five of the third division for three years running between 1985 and 1987 under the guidance of Keith Peacock.
Gillingham improved during the 1990’s and for the first time gained promotion in to the second tier of English football, however they could not sustain that position and suffered relegation in to the ‘league one’ at the end of the 2005 – 2006 campaign.

Past Managers
Archie Clark: 1939 – 1958
Harry Barratt: 1958 – 1962
Freddie Cox: 1962 – 1965
Basil Hayward: 1966 – 1971
Len Ashurst: 1974 – 1975
Gerry Summers: 1975 – 1981
Keith Peacock: 1981 – 1987
Keith Burkinshaw: 1988 – 1989

Great Players
Tony Cascarino: Cascarino joined Gillingham in 1981 and spent six delightful seasons with the club before moving on to play for Millwall and then Aston Villa. He netted in an impressive 78 goals in 219 appearances for the club and soon became a regular in the Republic of Ireland national side.

John Simpson
Brian Yeo
Ernie Morgan
Gavin Peacock
Mark Cooper
Lee Palmer
Mike Trusson