List of Gillingham F.C. seasons

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 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.

A football team comprising ten players in striped shirts and one in a shirt of a single colour pose for the camera. Five of the men are standing and the other six seated in front of them. Also posing with them are an elderly man in a bowler hat with a chain of office around his neck, and twelve men in business suits, some of whom are wearing hats. A crowd of spectators is visible behind the group. — The Gillingham team line up before their first ever Football League match in 1920, along with club officials and the local mayor

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 before being relegated twice to return to the league's bottom division, known since 2004 as Football League Two. The club has won honours at a professional level namely the Football League Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season as well as the Football League Two championship in the 2012–13 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	EFL Cup^[a]	EFL Trophy^[b]	Other		Top scorer(s)^[c]		Ref
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	EFL Cup^[a]	EFL Trophy^[b]	Other		Top scorer(s)^[c]		Ref
1893–94	New Brompton did not play league football									QR1			FA Amateur Cup	R3Q^[d]	Albert Jenner	2^[e]	^[1]
1894–95	SL Div 2	12	11	0	1	57	10	22	1st^[f]	QR3					Arthur Rule	22	^[1]
1895–96	SL Div 1	18	7	4	7	30	37	18	6th	QR2					Dave Hutcheson	8^[g]	^[2]
1895–96	KL Div 1	22	9	3	10	36	42	21	7th	QR2					Dave Hutcheson	8^[g]	^[2]
1896–97	SL Div 1	20	7	2	11	32	42	16	8th	QR4					Jack Frettingham	10^[h]	^[3]
1896–97	TMC	10	2	0	8	21	32	4	5th	QR4					Jack Frettingham	10^[h]	^[3]
1897–98	SL Div 1	22	9	4	9	37	37	22	6th	QR5					Jack Frettingham	13^[h]	^[4]
1897–98	TMC	14	9	2	3	33	15	20	3rd	QR5					Jack Frettingham	13^[h]	^[4]
1898–99	SL Div 1	24	10	5	9	38	30	25	6th	R1					Jack Frettingham	14^[h]	^[5]
1898–99	TMC	16	12	2	2	48	15	26	1st	R1					Jack Frettingham	14^[h]	^[5]
1899–1900	SL Div 1	28	9	6	13	39	49	24	11th	QR4					Jack Frettingham	11^[h]	^[6]
1899–1900	TMC	10	8	1	1	20	6	17	1st	QR4					Jack Frettingham	11^[h]	^[6]
1900–01	SL Div 1	28	7	5	16	34	51	19	12th	QR5					Jack Frettingham	14^[h]	^[7]
1900–01	TMC	6	4	1	1	15	7	9	2nd	QR5					Jack Frettingham	14^[h]	^[7]
1901–02	SL Div 1	30	10	7	13	39	38	27	10th	RInt					Alf Milward	12^[h]^[i]	^[8]
1901–02	TMC	12	10	1	1	52	7	21	1st	RInt					Alf Milward	12^[h]^[i]	^[8]
1902–03	SL Div 1	30	11	11	8	37	35	33	6th	RInt					Charlie Satterthwaite	14^[h]	^[9]
1902–03	TMC	12	5	1	6	33	42	11	4th	RInt					Charlie Satterthwaite	14^[h]	^[9]
1903–04	SL Div 1	34	6	13	15	26	43	25	16th	RInt					Jim Stevenson	7	^[10]
1904–05	SL Div 1	34	11	11	12	40	41	33	9th	R1					Walter Leigh	11	^[11]
1905–06	SL Div 1	34	7	8	19	20	62	22	17th	R2					Bill Marriott	5	^[12]
1906–07	SL Div 1	38	12	9	17	47	59	33	16th	R2					Dan Cunliffe	15	^[13]
1907–08	SL Div 1	38	9	7	22	44	75	25	20th^[j]	R2					Charlie McGibbon	22	^[14]
1908–09	SL Div 1	40	17	7	16	48	59	41	7th	QR5					Arthur Pickett	9	^[15]
1909–10	SL Div 1	42	19	5	18	76	74	43	12th	R1					Albert Court	25	^[16]
1910–11	SL Div 1	38	11	8	19	34	65	30	18th	R1					John Taylor	15	^[17]
1911–12	SL Div 1	38	11	9	18	35	72	31	18th	QR4					F.Corbett A.Lee John Taylor	6	^[18]
1912–13	SL Div 1	38	12	10	16	36	53	34	15th	R1					Arthur Wolstenholme	7	^[19]
1913–14	SL Div 1	38	13	9	16	48	49	35	15th	R2					Charlie Hafekost	10	^[20]
1914–15	SL Div 1	38	6	8	24	43	82	20	20th	R1					Sam Gilligan Peter Glen	8	^[21]
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					Arthur Wood	14	^[22]
1920–21	Div 3^[k]	42	8	12	22	34	74	28	22nd^[l]	QR6					Tommy Hall	11	^[23]
1921–22	Div 3S^[m]	42	14	8	20	47	60	36	18th	R1					Charlie Freeman	14	^[24]
1922–23	Div 3S	42	15	7	20	51	57	37	16th	QR6					Tommy Hall Horace Williams	11	^[25]
1923–24	Div 3S	42	12	13	17	43	58	37	15th	R1					Joe North	17	^[26]
1924–25	Div 3S	42	13	14	15	35	44	40	13th	QR6					Fred Brown Frank Marshall Tommy Hall	10	^[27]
1925–26	Div 3S	42	17	8	17	53	49	42	10th	R2					Fred Brown	16	^[28]
1926–27	Div 3S	42	11	10	21	54	72	32	20th	R2					Bill Arblaster	18	^[29]
1927–28	Div 3S	42	13	11	18	62	81	37	16th	R3					Jonah Wilcox	28	^[30]
1928–29	Div 3S	42	10	9	23	43	83	29	22nd^[l]	R1					Arthur Dominy	14	^[31]
1929–30	Div 3S	42	11	8	23	51	80	30	21st	R1					Fred Cheesmur	17	^[32]
1930–31	Div 3S	42	14	10	18	61	76	38	16th	R2					Harry Loasby	22	^[33]
1931–32	Div 3S	42	10	8	24	40	82	28	21st	R1					Bill White	9	^[34]
1932–33	Div 3S	42	18	8	16	72	61	44	7th	R2					George Nicol	28	^[35]
1933–34	Div 3S	42	11	11	20	75	96	33	17th	R2			Third Division South Cup	R1	Sim Raleigh	18	^[36]
1934–35	Div 3S	42	11	13	18	55	75	35	20th	R1			Third Division South Cup	R1	Bill Baldwin	14	^[37]
1935–36	Div 3S	42	14	9	19	66	77	37	16th	R2			Third Division South Cup	R1	George Tadman	18	^[38]
1936–37	Div 3S	42	18	8	16	72	61	44	11th	R2			Third Division South Cup	R2	Jimmy Watson	21	^[39]
1937–38	Div 3S ↓	42	10	6	26	36	77	26	22nd^[n]	R1			Third Division South Cup	R2	Jimmy Watson	13	^[40]
1938–39	SL	44	29	6	9	104	57	64	3rd	QR4			Southern League Cup	R2	Harry Rowley	41	^[41]
1939–40	SL	3	2	0	1	6	4	4	n/a^[o]				Southern League Cup	R1	Harry Rowley	4	^[42]
No further 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			Kent League Cup	W	Vic Hole	29	^[43]
1946–47	SL	31	20	6	5	103	45	47^[p]	1st	R3			Southern League Cup	W	Hughie Russell	42	^[44]
1947–48	SL	34	21	5	8	81	43	47	2nd	R3			Southern League Cup	GS	Hughie Russell	23	^[45]
1948–49	SL	42	26	10	6	104	48	62	1st	QR4			Southern League Cup	SF	Hughie Russell	36	^[46]
1949–50	SL ↑	46	23	9	14	92	61	55	5th^[q]	R2			Southern League Cup	R2	Harold Williams	18	^[47]
1950–51	Div 3S	46	13	9	24	69	101	35	22nd	R2					Dave Thomas	21	^[48]
1951–52	Div 3S	46	11	13	22	71	81	35	22nd	R2					Derek Lewis Dave Thomas	22	^[49]
1952–53	Div 3S	46	12	15	19	39	70	40	21st	R2					Trevor Long	11	^[50]
1953–54	Div 3S	46	19	10	17	61	66	48	10th	R1					Ernie Morgan	21	^[51]
1954–55	Div 3S	46	20	15	11	77	66	55	4th	R2					Ernie Morgan	33	^[52]
1955–56	Div 3S	46	19	10	17	61	66	48	10th	R1					Ernie Morgan	16	^[53]
1956–57	Div 3S	46	12	13	21	54	85	37	22nd	R2					Jim Taylor	16	^[54]
1957–58	Div 3S	46	13	9	24	52	81	35	22nd	R3					Ron Saunders	19	^[55]
1958–59	Div 4^[r]	46	20	9	17	82	77	49	11th	R1					Johnny Edgar	24	^[56]
1959–60	Div 4	46	21	10	15	74	69	52	7th	R3					Pat Terry	22	^[57]
1960–61	Div 4	46	15	13	18	64	66	43	15th	R3	R2				Pat Terry	22	^[58]
1961–62	Div 4	44	13	11	20	73	94	37	20th	R1	R1				Charlie Livesey	15	^[59]
1962–63	Div 4	46	22	13	11	71	49	57	5th^[s]	R3	R1				George Francis	13	^[60]
1963–64	Div 4 ↑	46	23	14	9	59	30	60	1st^[t]	R1	R4				Brian Gibbs	18	^[61]
1964–65	Div 3	46	23	9	14	70	50	55	7th	R2	R1				Brian Gibbs	23	^[62]
1965–66	Div 3	46	22	8	16	62	54	52	6th	R1	R2				Brian Gibbs	24	^[63]
1966–67	Div 3	46	15	16	15	58	62	46	11th	R2	R2				Brian Gibbs	17	^[64]
1967–68	Div 3	46	18	12	16	59	63	48	11th	R1	R2				Brian Gibbs	16	^[65]
1968–69	Div 3	46	13	15	18	54	63	41	20th	R2	R1				Brian Yeo	18	^[66]
1969–70	Div 3	46	13	13	20	52	64	39	20th^[u]	R5	R2				Mike Green	16	^[67]
1970–71	Div 3 ↓	46	10	13	23	42	67	33	24th	R1	R1				Mike Green	12	^[68]
1971–72	Div 4	46	16	13	17	61	67	45	13th	R3	R3				Brian Yeo	24	^[69]
1972–73	Div 4	46	19	11	16	63	58	49	9th	R1	R2				Damien Richardson	14	^[70]
1973–74	Div 4 ↑	46	25	12	9	90	49	62	2nd	R1	R2				Brian Yeo	32	^[71]
1974–75	Div 3	46	17	14	15	65	60	48	10th	R1	R1				Damien Richardson	21	^[72]
1975–76	Div 3	46	12	19	15	58	68	43	15th	R2	R2				Damien Richardson Danny Westwood	12	^[73]
1976–77	Div 3	46	16	12	18	55	64	44	12th	R1	R2				Damien Richardson	18	^[74]
1977–78	Div 3	46	15	20	11	67	60	50	7th	R2	R1				Ken Price	20	^[75]
1978–79	Div 3	46	21	17	8	65	42	59	4th	R1	R1				Danny Westwood	19	^[76]
1979–80	Div 3	46	14	14	18	49	51	42	16th	R1	R2				Ken Price	17	^[77]
1980–81	Div 3	46	12	18	16	48	58	42	15th	R2	R2				Ken Price	13	^[78]
1981–82	Div 3	46	20	11	15	64	56	71^[v]	6th	R4	R1		Football League Group Cup	GS	Ken Price Dean White	14	^[79]
1982–83	Div 3	46	16	13	17	58	59	61	13th	R2	R3				Tony Cascarino	19	^[80]
1983–84	Div 3	46	20	10	16	74	69	70	8th	R4	R1	R1(S)			Dave Mehmet	17	^[81]
1984–85	Div 3	46	25	8	13	80	62	83	4th	R4	R2	R1(S)			Tony Cascarino	20	^[82]
1985–86	Div 3	46	22	13	11	81	54	79	5th	R3	R2	SF(S)			Tony Cascarino	21	^[83]
1986–87	Div 3	46	23	9	14	65	48	78	5th^[w]	R3	R2	SF(S)	League play-offs	RU	Tony Cascarino	30	^[84]
1987–88	Div 3	46	14	17	15	77	61	59	13th	R3	R2	GS			Steve Lovell	27	^[85]
1988–89	Div 3 ↓	46	12	4	30	47	81	40	23rd	R1	R2	R1(S)			Steve Lovell	17	^[86]
1989–90	Div 4	46	17	11	18	46	48	62	14th	R1	R1	R1(S)			Steve Lovell	18	^[87]
1990–91	Div 4	46	12	11	16	57	60	54	15th	R1	R1	R1(S)			Steve Lovell	21	^[88]
1991–92	Div 4	42	15	12	15	63	53	57	11th	R1	R1	R1(S)			David Crown	24^[x]	^[89]
1992–93	Div 3^[y]	42	9	13	20	48	64	40	21st	R3	R2	GS			David Crown	9	^[90]
1993–94	Div 3	42	12	15	15	44	51	51	16th	R2	R1	GS			Nicky Forster	18	^[91]
1994–95	Div 3	42	10	11	21	46	64	41	19th	R3	R1	R2(S)			Chris Pike	18	^[92]
1995–96	Div 3 ↑	46	22	17	7	49	20^[z]	83	2nd	R3	R1	GS			Leo Fortune-West	15	^[93]
1996–97	Div 2	46	19	10	17	60	59	67	11th	R3	R4	R1(S)			Iffy Onuora	23	^[94]
1997–98	Div 2	46	19	13	14	52	47	70	8th^[aa]	R1	R1	R1(S)			Ade Akinbiyi	22	^[95]
1998–99	Div 2	46	22	14	10	75	44	80	4th^[ab]	R1	R1	SF(S)^[ac]	League play-offs	RU	Carl Asaba	22	^[96]
1999–2000	Div 2 ↑	46	25	10	11	79	48	85	3rd^[ad]	QF^[ae]	R2	R1(S)	League play-offs	W	Robert Taylor	18	^[97]
2000–01	Div 1	46	13	16	17	47	61	66	13th	R4	R2	—			Marlon King	15	^[98]
2001–02	Div 1	46	18	10	18	64	67	64	12th	R5	R3	—			Marlon King	20	^[99]
2002–03	Div 1	46	16	14	16	56	65	62	11th^[af]	R4	R3	—			Paul Shaw	13	^[100]
2003–04	Div 1	46	14	9	23	48	67	51	21st^[ag]	R4	R3	—			Patrick Agyemang Paul Shaw Mamady Sidibe Danny Spiller	6	^[101]^[102]
2004–05	Champ^[ah] ↓	46	12	14	20	45	66	50	22nd^[ai]	R3	R1	—			Darius Henderson	9	^[101]^[103]
2005–06	Lge 1	46	16	12	18	50	64	60	14th	R1	R3	R2(S)			Darren Byfield	14	^[101]^[104]
2006–07	Lge 1	46	17	8	21	56	77	59	16th	R2	R1	R1(SE)			Michael Flynn	12	^[101]^[105]
2007–08	Lge 1 ↓	46	11	13	22	44	73	46	22nd	R1	R1	SF(S)			Chris Dickson	11	^[101]^[106]
2008–09	Lge 2 ↑	46	21	12	13	58	55	75	5th^[aj]	R3	R1	R2(S)	League play-offs	W	Simeon Jackson	21	^[107]
2009–10	Lge 1 ↓	46	12	14	20	48	64	50	21st	R3	R2	R2(S)			Simeon Jackson	17	^[108]
2010–11	Lge 2	46	17	17	12	67	57	68	8th	R1	R1	R1(S)			Cody McDonald	25	^[109]
2011–12	Lge 2	46	20	10	16	79	62	70	8th	R3	R1	R2(SE)			Danny Kedwell	14	^[110]
2012–13	Lge 2 ↑	46	23	14	9	66	39	83	1st	R2	R2	R1(SE)			Danny Kedwell	16	^[111]
2013–14	Lge 1	46	15	8	23	60	79	53	17th	R1	R1	R1(SE)			Cody McDonald	17	^[112]
2014–15	Lge 1	46	16	14	16	65	66	62	12th	R1	R2	F(S)			Cody McDonald	18	^[113]
2015–16	Lge 1	46	19	12	15	71	56	69	9th	R1	R2	QF(S)			Bradley Dack	14	^[114]
2016–17	Lge 1	46	12	14	20	59	79	50	20th	R1	R3	GS			Josh Wright	13	^[115]
2017–18	Lge 1	46	13	17	16	50	55	56	17th	R2	R1	R2S			Tom Eaves	18	^[116]
2018–19	Lge 1	46	15	10	21	61	72	55	13th	R4	R1	GS			Tom Eaves	18	^[117]
2019–20	Lge 1	35	12	15	8	42	34	51	10th^[ak]	R3	R1	GS			Alex Jakubiak	7	^[118]
2020–21	Lge 1	46	19	10	17	63	60	67	10th	R2	R3	R2			Vadaine Oliver	20	^[119]
2021–22	Lge 1 ↓	46	8	16	22	35	69	40	21st	R1	R2	GS			Vadaine Oliver	11	^[120]
2022–23	Lge 2	46	14	13	19	36	49	55	17th	R3	R4	GS			Tom Nichols	6	^[121]

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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.

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References

General

Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
Bradley, Andy; Roger Triggs (1994). Home of the Shouting Men: Complete History of Gillingham Football Club 1893–1993. Gillingham F.C. ISBN 0-9523361-0-3.

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List of Gillingham F.C. seasons

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