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Gillingham Town F.C.

Association football club in England

Summary

Association football club in England

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image	Gillingham Town F.C. logo.png
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fullname	Gillingham Town Football Club
nickname	The Gills
founded	1879
chairman	Patrick Fricker
manager	Paul Down
ground	Woodwater Lane, Gillingham
league
season
position
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Gillingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Gillingham, Dorset, England. Affiliated to the Dorset FA, they are currently members of the and play at Woodwater Lane. The club also has a reserve side and a women's side.

History

The club was established on 14 November 1879 at the Phoenix Hotel. A successful period starting in the mid-1960s saw them win the Dorset League four times in five seasons. The club finished bottom of the league in 1983–84, but avoided being relegated. In 2001–02 they won the League Cup, beating Westland Sports 2–1 in the final. They were league runners-up the following season, the first after the league was renamed the Dorset Premier League. After finishing as runners-up again in 2007–08, the club were promoted to Division One of the Western League.

In 2009–10 Gillingham won the Dorset Senior Cup, beating Wimborne Town 2–1 in the final after extra time. A third-place finish in Division One in 2011–12 saw the club promoted to the Premier Division. In 2021 they were promoted back to Division One of the Western League. The club finished bottom of Division One in 2024–25 and were relegated to the Dorset Premier League.

Ground

During the late 19th century and early 20th century the club played at Chantry Fields. After World War I they relocated to a pitch on School Road, now a playing field. The club later moved to Hardings Lane after it was vacated by the Gillingham Show Society. A new clubhouse was built in 1977, and in 2005 floodlights were erected and hard standing laid on all sides of the pitch. In 2018 the club moved to a new ground on Woodwater Lane located a couple of hundred yards down the road, but still use Hardings Lane.

Honours

Dorset Senior Cup
- Winners 2009–10
Dorset Premier League
- League Cup winners 2001–02

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2009–10, 2012–13
Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2007–08, 2016–17

References

[http://gillinghamtownfc.homestead.com/history.html Club history] Gillingham Town F.C.
In 1970 they moved up to the [[Dorset Premier Football League
[http://www.dorsetfa.com/cups/2009-2010/dorset-senior-cup/results Dorset Senior Cup Results 2009–10] {{Webarchive. link. (27 October 2017 Dorset FA)
Despite finishing ninth in the Premier Division in [[2016–17 Western Football League. 2016–17]], the club resigned from the Western League and dropped back into the Dorset Premier League to concentrate on building their new ground.[https://www.gillingham-news.co.uk/sports/football/gillingham-town-fc-quit-western-league/ Gillingham Town FC to quit Western league] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-27 Gillingham News, 1 April 2017)

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