Gillingham F.C.
The Gillingham FC ( officially: Gillingham Football Club ) - also known as The Gills - is an English football club from the town of Gillingham, which is in the local authority Medway in Kent. The association is currently active in the Football League One and completed their home games at Priestfield Stadium.
History
The club was founded in 1893 as New Brompton Football Club and changed its name in 1913 in Gillingham. 1920 was the first time the club the way to the Third Division of the Football League, but was not re-elected in 1938 as a Table of Third Division South and was relegated to the Southern League. As a "non -League club " had one on January 10, 1948 FA Cup against Queens Park Rangers with 23.002 spectators the biggest visitor numbers. After Gillingham 1950 could return to the third tier, they have always played in the subsequent 50 years in the bottom two leagues of the Football League, where they succeeded in 1964 and 1974, the respective rise from the Fourth Division, which, however, followed in 1971 and 1989 descents. In the 1980s, the club failed under the coaches Gerry Summers and Keith Peacock often just wide of the promotion to the second division. At this time developed in Gillingham the careers of players like Micky Adams, Steve Bruce and Tony Cascarino also, which was at the time committed for a set tracksuits and corrugated iron and subsequently sold for 225,000 pounds to the FC Millwall.
Recent developments
In 1995, the club was a table next to last of the lowest professional class on the verge of bankruptcy and was purchased by Paul Scally, a businessman from the office supplies industry, for the symbolic sum of one pound. With him was Tony Pulis 's new coach in Gillingham, of a dozen new players committed immediately. With them the immediate promotion to the third division. Just three seasons later the club a renewed rise in the second division then narrowly missed by a defeat in the play- offs against Manchester City. Goals from Bob Taylor and Carl Asaba Gillingham was just two minutes left in the game 2-0 in front. However, it was followed by two goals from Manchester City before the end of 90 minutes to make it 2-2. The subsequent penalty shoot-out won 4-2 Manchester gates.
For the new season Pulis was dismissed and succeeded by Peter Taylor. There was a season in which Gillingham after victories against the Premier League clubs Bradford City and Sheffield Wednesday was the first to reach the quarter -finals in the FA Cup, but there Chelsea defeated with 0:5. In the championship, the club finished third and playful by the defeat on the final day against AFC Wrexham direct ascent and had to back into the playoffs. After a win in the semi-final against Stoke City was met Wigan Athletic at Wembley. After 90 minutes you broke up with 1-1 goals, with Iffy Onuora had met for the Gills. Although the club had to accept the 1:2 in the first half of extra time, Gillingham won thanks to goals from Steve Butler and Andy Thomson still 3-2 and rose for the first time in the First Division (now Football League Championship ) on.
Since Taylor had only signed a one-year contract, he could easily switch to the Premier League club after Leicester City. It was then the former Team Captain Andy Hessenthaler, who had previously taken care tasks, player-coach of the team. Under his reign, he closed seasons to 2003 from a thirteenth, twelfth, and then eleventh place. At the end of the 2003/04 season, the club could then with only one goal keeping distance against Walsall FC the class on the final day after a 0-0 draw. By John Gorman, who had already been Kotrainer by Glenn Hoddle in the England team, Hessenthaler was made an assistant to the page after the season 2004/ 05 was launched with little success for Gillingham. When the performances of the teams did not improve, Hessenthaler stepped back in November as a coach, but continued to play in the team. Gorman temporarily coached the team on their own responsibility, before he switched to the Wycombe Wanderers. Gillingham committed then with Stan Ternent the former coach of FC Burnley. Despite a significant increase in the club was relegated on the last day from the Football League One, which now Gillingham lacked only one hit, which is why you stayed behind Crewe Alexandra.