2008–09 Gillingham F.C. season

Gillingham
2008–09 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Mark Stimson
League Two	5th (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Simeon Jackson (20); All: ; Simeon Jackson (21)
Highest home attendance	10,107 vs Aston Villa (4 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,557 vs Colchester United (7 October 2008)

The 2008–09 season was the seventy-seventh season in which football club Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League, and the fifty-ninth since the club's return to the League in 1950. Gillingham finished the season in fifth place in Football League Two, gaining promotion to League One through play-off victories over Rochdale (over two legs) and Shrewsbury Town.

The club also reached the third round of the FA Cup, before being defeated by Aston Villa.

Football League

9 August 2008 League Two	Bournemouth	1 – 1	Gillingham	Dean Court
	Anderton 42'		Mulligan 90'	Attendance: 5,377 Referee: J. Singh

16 August 2008 League Two	Gillingham	0 – 1	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium
			Parkin 3'	Attendance: 5,339 Referee: S. Tanner

23 August 2008 League Two	Darlington	1 – 2	Gillingham	The Darlington Arena
	Purdie 78' (pen.)		Jackson 21' Richards 90'	Attendance: 2,831 Referee: C. Pawson

30 August 2008 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Priestfield Stadium
	Oli 75'			Attendance: 4,733 Referee: D. Phillips

6 September 2008 League Two	Gillingham	3 – 0	Grimsby Town	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 34' McCammon 70' Daniels 89'			Attendance: 4,912 Referee: G. Hegley

13 September 2008 League Two	Shrewsbury Town	7 – 0	Gillingham	New Meadow
	Jackson 27' Hibbert 30' Davies 42', 87' Coughlan 45' Cansdell-Sherriff 52' Holt 58' (pen.)			Attendance: 5,319 Referee: C. Sarginson

20 September 2008 League Two	Aldershot Town	2 – 1	Gillingham	Recreation Ground
	Hudson 75' Davies 86'		Jackson 84' McCammon 13'	Attendance: 4,198 Referee: G. Scott

27 September 2008 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 0	Port Vale	Priestfield Stadium
	McCombe 34' (o.g.)			Attendance: 4,986 Referee: A. Woolmer

4 October 2008 League Two	Exeter City	3 – 0	Gillingham	St James Park
	Logan 7' Stansfield 39', 43'			Attendance: 4,819 Referee: I. Williamson

11 October 2008 League Two	Gillingham	5 – 0	Morecambe	Priestfield Stadium
	Bentley 21' Jackson 24', 36' Artell 73' (o.g.) McCammon 80'			Attendance: 4,316 Referee: M. Thorpe

18 October 2008 League Two	Bradford City	2 – 2	Gillingham	Valley Parade
	Thorne 21' Colbeck 45'		Jackson 51', 84' Bentley 58'	Attendance: 12,432 Referee: D. Foster

21 October 2008 League Two	Gillingham	2 – 2	Notts County	Priestfield Stadium
	Mulligan 39' Southall 63'		Butcher 65' Facey 79'	Attendance: 4,396 Referee: P. Miller

25 October 2008 League Two	Gillingham	2 – 0	Chester City	Priestfield Stadium
	Barcham 72' Mills 74'			Attendance: 4,852 Referee: G. Ward

28 October 2008 League Two	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Gillingham	Sincil Bank
	Frecklington 12' N'Guessan 14'			Attendance: 4,396 Referee: D. Webb

1 November 2008 League Two	Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Gillingham	Moss Rose
			Miller 18'	Attendance: 1,635 Referee: J. Singh

15 November 2008 League Two	Gillingham	4 – 0	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium
	King 6' Miller 58' Richards 78' Cumbers 88'		Harrison 35'	Attendance: 5,304 Referee: R. Beeby

22 November 2008 League Two	Bury	4 – 0	Gillingham	Gigg Lane
	Bishop 9', 59' Hurst 40', 63'			Attendance: 2,068 Referee: C. Boyeson

25 November 2008 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 1	Rochdale	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 17'		Le Fondre 61'	Attendance: 4,029 Referee: S. Cook

6 December 2008 League Two	Gillingham	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Priestfield Stadium
	Miller 18' Jackson 45'		Lester 60'	Attendance: 4,622 Referee: P. Gibbs

13 December 2008 League Two	Barnet	2 – 2	Gillingham	Underhill Stadium
	Leary 46' O'Flynn 71'		Barcham 67' Jackson 90'	Attendance: 2,248 Referee: A. Penn

20 December 2008 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 1	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 60' Fuller 88'		MacDonald 28' Elder 69'	Attendance: 5,521 Referee: O. Langford

26 December 2008 League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge	2 – 0	Gillingham	Victoria Road
	Strevens 1' Benson 50'			Attendance: 2,844 Referee: G. Scott

28 December 2008 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	Priestfield Stadium
	Weston 84'		Bloomfield 31'	Attendance: 5,979 Referee: R. Booth

17 January 2009 League Two	Morecambe	0 – 1	Gillingham	Christie Park
			Weston 19'	Attendance: 2,027 Referee: G. Laws

20 January 2009 League Two	Port Vale	1 – 3	Gillingham	Vale Park
	Richards 28'		Oli 49' Miller 69' Jackson 72' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,539 Referee: J. Linington

24 January 2009 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 0	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium
	Miller 79'			Attendance: 5,638 Referee: G. Horwood

27 January 2009 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 2	Lincoln City	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 25' (pen.)		Horsfield 52' N'Guessan 90'	Attendance: 4,525 Referee: S. Hooper

31 January 2009 League Two	Chester City	0 – 1	Gillingham	Deva Stadium
			Barcham 79'	Attendance: 1,541 Referee: D. Webb

7 February 2009 League Two	Gillingham	0 – 2	Bradford City	Priestfield Stadium
			Daley 45' Boulding 70'	Attendance: 4,866 Referee: P. Taylor

14 February 2009 League Two	Rotherham United	2 – 0	Gillingham	Don Valley Stadium
	Clarke 25' Green 81'			Attendance: 2,757 Referee: C. Webster

17 February 2009 League Two	Gillingham	4 – 4	Aldershot Town	Priestfield Stadium
	Weston 21' McCammon 49' Barcham 55' Miller 72' (pen.)		Lindegaard 20' Morgan 57' Bentley 61' (o.g.) Sandell 66'	Attendance: 5,974 Referee: S. Attwell

21 February 2009 League Two	Gillingham	3 – 1	Macclesfield Town	Priestfield Stadium
	King 2' Barcham 74', 88'		Evans 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,620 Referee: D. Phillips

28 February 2009 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 0	Bournemouth	Priestfield Stadium
	Southall 58'			Attendance: 5,353 Referee: S. Cook

3 March 2009 League Two	Luton Town	0 – 0	Gillingham	Kenilworth Road
				Attendance: 5,739

7 March 2009 League Two	Accrington Stanley	0 – 2	Gillingham	Crown Ground
			Jackson 18' Oli 67'	Attendance: 1,308 Referee: M. Haywood

10 March 2009 League Two	Gillingham	1 – 0	Darlington	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 90' (pen.)			Attendance: 4,730 Referee: S. Bratt

14 March 2009 League Two	Gillingham	2 – 2	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium
	Weston 4' Southall 51'		Holt 79' (pen.), 90'	Attendance: 6,023 Referee: G. Horwood

17 March 2009 League Two	Notts County	0 – 1	Gillingham	Meadow Lane
			Jackson 58'	Attendance: 3,189 Referee: N. Swarbrick

21 March 2009 League Two	Grimsby Town	3 – 0	Gillingham	Blundell Park
	Akpa Akpro 33' Hegarty 58' Conlon 90'			Attendance: 6,406 Referee: N. Miller

28 March 2009 League Two	Brentford	1 – 1	Gillingham	Griffin Park
	Hunt 41'		Jackson 59' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,908 Referee: F. Graham

4 April 2009 League Two	Gillingham	0 – 2	Barnet	Priestfield Stadium
			Furlong 23' O'Flynn 54' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,033 Referee: K. Friend

11 April 2009 League Two	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 0	Gillingham	Adams Park
	Akinde 41'			Attendance: 6,306 Referee: L. Mason

13 April 2009 League Two	Gillingham	2 – 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Priestfield Stadium
	McCammon 8' Oli 88'		Saunders 41'	Attendance: 6,945 Referee: P. Walton

18 April 2009 League Two	Chesterfield	0 – 1	Gillingham	Saltergate
			McCammon 22'	Attendance: 3,933 Referee: G. Salisbury

25 April 2009 League Two	Gillingham	0 – 0	Bury	Priestfield Stadium
				Attendance: 8,360 Referee: R. East

2 May 2009 League Two	Rochdale	0 – 1	Gillingham	Spotland Stadium
			Weston 20'	Attendance: 3,480 Referee: D. Deadman

Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
46	21	12	13	58	55	75

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Play-offs

7 May 2009 Semi Final 1st Leg	Rochdale	0 – 0	Gillingham	Spotland Stadium
				Referee: K. Friend

10 May 2009 Semi Final 2nd Leg	Gillingham	2 – 1	Rochdale	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 13', 58' (pen.)		Dagnall 36'	Attendance: 9,585 Referee: M. Oliver

23 May 2009 Final	Gillingham	1 – 0	Shrewsbury Town	Wembley Stadium
	Jackson 90'			Attendance: 53,706 Referee: C. Oliver

FA Cup

As a League Two club, Gillingham entered the FA Cup at the first round stage. Bury were defeated by a second-half Andy Barcham goal at Gigg Lane, earning Gillingham a second round tie against Stockport County of League One. The first game ended goalless at the Priestfield Stadium, before the Gills came from behind to win 2–1 at Edgeley Park. Premier League side Aston Villa proved too strong for Gillingham in the third round, eventually winning 2–1 in a televised fixture.

8 November 2008 First Round	Bury	0 – 1	Gillingham	Gigg Lane
			Barcham 71'	Attendance: 2,161 Referee: A. Haines

29 November 2008 Second Round	Gillingham	0 – 0	Stockport County	Priestfield Stadium
				Attendance: 4,419 Referee: P. Miller

9 December 2008 Second Round replay	Stockport County	1 – 2	Gillingham	Edgeley Park
	Gleeson 17'		Barcham 25', 34'	Attendance: 3,329 Referee: A. Hall

4 January 2009 Third Round	Gillingham	1 – 2	Aston Villa	Priestfield Stadium
	Jackson 57'		Milner 13', 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,107 Referee: K. Stroud

Football League Cup

12 August 2008 First Round	Gillingham	0 – 1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium
			Heath 11'	Attendance: 2,566 Referee: P. Crossley

Football League Trophy

7 October 2008 Southern Section First Round	Gillingham	0 – 1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium
			Yeates 60'	Attendance: 1,557 Referee: F. Graham

Squad statistics

Gillingham used a total of 28 players during the course of the season, although none played in all 55 competitive matches. John Nutter made the most appearances during the season, with Gillingham's 4–4 draw with Aldershot Town being the only game he did not take part in (he was an unused substitute).[1] Simeon Jackson finished as the club's top goalscorer, finding the net on 21 occasions.

Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Andy Barcham	34 (2)	6	4	3	–	–	1	0	39 (2)	9
Mark Bentley	34 (6)	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	40 (6)	1
Tyrone Berry	2 (3)	0	–	–	0 (1)	0	–	–	2 (4)	0
Andrew Crofts	7 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	–	–	8 (3)	0
Luis Cumbers	0 (7)	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	0 (7)	1
Charlie Daniels	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1
Barry Fuller	40	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	45	0
Simeon Jackson	40 (4)	20	3	1	1	0	1	0	45 (4)	21
Albert Jarrett	11 (6)	0	3	0	–	–	1	0	15 (6)	0
Josh Wright	8	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0
Alan Julian	4	0	1	0	1	0	–	–	6	0
Simon King	46	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	52	2
Stuart Lewis	16 (8)	0	1 (1)	0	–	–	–	–	17 (9)	0
Mark McCammon	21 (12)	5	0 (1)	0	1	0	–	–	22 (13)	5
Adam Miller	32 (3)	6	4	0	1	0	–	–	37 (3)	6
Leigh Mills	6 (1)	1	–	–	–	–	1	0	7 (1)	1
Gary Mulligan	12 (14)	2	2 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	–	–	14 (17)	2
Tom Murphy	–	–	–	–	–	–	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
John Nutter	46 (2)	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	52 (2)	0
Dennis Oli	23 (11)	4	1	0	0 (1)	0	–	–	24 (12)	4
Jack Payne	0 (2)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0 (2)	0
Jaime Peters	1 (2)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1 (2)	0
Andy Pugh	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	–	–	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0
Garry Richards	29 (10)	2	3	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	33 (11)	2
Simon Royce	45	0	3	0	–	–	1	0	49	0
Nicky Southall	28 (9)	3	–	–	1	0	1	0	30 (9)	3
Rene Steer	3 (2)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	3 (2)	0
Curtis Weston	46 (2)	5	4	0	–	–	1	0	51 (2)	5

References

Specific:

"Gillingham 4-4 Aldershot Town". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

General:

"Gillingham F.C. results/fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
"Gillingham F.C. Fixtures 2008". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

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[1] "Gillingham 4-4 Aldershot Town". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2009.