Gillingham Football Club is an English professionalassociation football club based inGillingham,Kent, playing inEFL League Two, the fourth level of theEnglish football league system, as of the2024–25 season. The club was formed in 1893 as New Brompton F.C.,[1] a name which was retained until 1912, and has played home matches atPriestfield Stadium throughout its history.[2] The club joinedThe Football League (now called the English Football League) in 1920, was voted out of the league in favour ofIpswich Town at the end of the1937–38 season,[3] but returned to the league 12 years later after it was expanded from 88 to 92 clubs.[4] Between 2000 and 2005, Gillingham played in the second tier of theEnglish football league system for the only time in the club's history, achieving a highest league finish of eleventh place in2002–03.[4] The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and regionally organised competitions, and all players who have played between 25 and 49 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as asubstitute, are listed below.
Each player's details include the duration of his Gillingham career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in all senior competitive matches. Several players have contributed significantly to the history of the club, despite only playing between 24 and 49 games.[nb 1]Deon Burton only spent one season at the club, but scored 13 goals, the second highest of any player that season,[5] to help the club win the championship ofFootball League Two in the2012–13 season.[6]Dave Martin captained the Gills to promotion from theFootball League Third Division in the1995–96 season.[7]Charlie McGibbon scored a hat-trick when New Brompton knockedSunderland of theFootball League First Division out of theFA Cup in the1907–08 season, the club's first "giant-killing".[8]Darius Henderson,Charlie Satterthwaite andDick Edmed went on to play at the highest level of football in England following their time at Gillingham.[9][10][11]
| Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Goalkeeper | ||
| FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
| HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward | ||