Gillingham Town F.C.

For the team based in Medway, Kent, see Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Town

Full name

Gillingham Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Gills

Founded

1879

Ground

Harding's Lane, Gillingham

Capacity

1,500

Chairman

Patrick Fricker

Manager

Neil Waddleton

League

Western League Premier Division

2015–16

Western League Premier Division, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

Gillingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Gillingham, Dorset, England. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club.^[1] They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at Harding's Lane.

History

Founded on 14 November 1879, the club is the oldest in Dorset,^[2] and joined the Dorset Combination in 1970. The league was later renamed the Dorset Premier, and Gillingham finished runners-up in 2002–03. They repeated this in 2007–08 and gained promotion to the Western Football League Division One.^[3] They won the Dorset Senior Cup in 2009–10, beating Wimborne Town 2–1 after extra time in the final, on 13 April 2010.^[4] The club was promoted to the Premier Division in 2011–12 after finishing third.

Honours

Dorset Premier Football League^[3]
- Runners-up: 2002–03, 2007–08
Dorset Senior Cup^[5]
- Winners: 2009–10
- Runners-up: 2015–16

Records

FA Cup best performance: Second Qualifying Round – 2009–10^[3]
FA Vase best performance: Second Round Proper – 2007–08^[3]

References

↑ "Dorset CS Clubs". DorsetFA. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
↑ "Club History". Gillingham Town F.C. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
1 2 3 4 Gillingham Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Lucas, Terry (2011-12-23). "Dorset Senior Cup Final 2010 – Video – Gillingham Town FC". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
↑ Dan Rose (2016-04-13). "Terras: Weymouth delight after lifting Dorset Senior Cup (From Dorset Echo)". Dorsetecho.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

External links

Western League

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Coordinates: 51°02′14.75″N 2°15′54.18″W / 51.0374306°N 2.2650500°W / 51.0374306; -2.2650500

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