Gillingham Town F.C.

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Gillingham Town
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Full name Gillingham Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gills
Founded 1879
Ground Harding's Lane,
Gillingham, Dorset,
England
Ground Capacity 1,500
Chairman Dave Graham
Manager tbc
League Western League
Premier Division
2014–15 Western League
Premier Division, 15th

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] As of the 2014–15 season, they are members of the Western Football League Premier Division.

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

Records

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

References

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