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1994–95 Gillingham F.C. season

October 19, 2023

During the 1994–95 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 63rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 45th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In January 1995, after several seasons spent near the bottom of the Football League and nearly a decade of financial difficulties, the club was declared insolvent and placed in receivership. Mike Flanagan was made redundant as the club's manager and replaced by player-coach Neil Smillie for the remainder of the season. Gillingham finished the season 19th in the Third Division, but the club's continued existence remained in doubt until June, when it was purchased by businessman Paul Scally.

Gillingham
1994–95 season
ChairmanBernard Baker (until 30 March)[1]
ManagerMike Flanagan (until 28 February)
Neil Smillie (from 28 February)
Third Division19th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Pike (13)
All: Chris Pike (18)
Highest home attendance10,425 vs Sheffield Wednesday (7 January 1995)
Lowest home attendance963 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (27 September 1994)

In addition to the Football League, Gillingham competed in three knock-out competitions. The team reached the third round of the FA Cup, at which stage they lost to Sheffield Wednesday of the FA Premier League, and the second round of the Football League Trophy, but were eliminated at the earliest stage of the Football League Cup. Gillingham played a total of 50 competitive matches, winning 12, drawing 12, and losing 26. Chris Pike was the team's leading goalscorer with 18 goals. Paul Watson made the most appearances, playing 47 times. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 10,425, for the FA Cup game against Sheffield Wednesday. The lowest attendance was 963, for a Football League Trophy game against Brighton & Hove Albion, which was the smallest crowd recorded for a competitive match at Priestfield for more than 20 years.

Background and pre-season Edit

 
The club staged a testimonial match for former long-serving player Ron Hillyard (pictured in 2001).

The 1994–95 season was Gillingham's 63rd season playing in the Football League and the 45th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938.[2] It was the club's sixth consecutive season in the English football league system's fourth tier, which had been named the Football League Third Division since 1992.[2] Since being relegated to the fourth tier in 1989, Gillingham had only once finished in the top half of the league table, with a low point in the 1992–93 season when the team finished 21st out of 22 teams and narrowly avoided being relegated into non-League football.[2] In the 1993–94 season, Gillingham had finished 16th.[3]

At the start of the 1994–95 season, Mike Flanagan was the club's manager, a position he had held since the summer of 1993.[4] He was assisted by Neil Smillie, who held the position of player-coach.[5] Adrian Foster, a forward, was the only new player to join the club before the start of the season, arriving from Torquay United for a transfer fee of £60,000 (equivalent to £130,000 in 2021).[6] Gillingham lost their top goalscorer of the previous season, however, as Nicky Forster rejected the offer of a new contract and left to join Brentford of the Second Division, for which Gillingham received a fee of £320,000 (equivalent to £680,000 in 2021).[7]

The team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches, including a testimonial match for Ron Hillyard, who played for the club from 1974 until 1990,[8][9] and a match to mark the club's centenary, which had been celebrated during the preceding season. Arsenal of the FA Premier League provided the opposition for the centenary match;[10] the same club, then known as Woolwich Arsenal, had been the opposition in the first match contested by Gillingham, then known as New Brompton, in 1893.[11] The previous season's kit was retained for a further year. It had been designed to mark the club's centenary and added panels of black and white stripes to the usual blue shirts, which were worn with white shorts and socks;[12] the club's original shirts when it was founded in 1893 featured black and white stripes.[13] The second-choice kit, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition, was all red with similar black and white panels on the shirts.[12]

Third Division Edit

August–December Edit

 
Gillingham won their first away game of the season at Wigan Athletic's Springfield Park (pictured c. 1982), but did not win another Third Division match away from home in 1994.

Gillingham's first match was at home to Hartlepool United and resulted in a goalless draw.[14] Foster made his debut, but had to be substituted after injuring his ankle. Although he was able to continue playing for two weeks, the injury then recurred and kept him out of the team until November.[6] He scored his first goal for the team in the second league match of the season, a 3–0 victory away to Wigan Athletic; this was Gillingham's biggest win away from home for more than three years.[15] The team extended their unbeaten run from the start of the season to three games with a 1–1 draw at home to Rochdale but then lost away games against Scunthorpe United and Exeter City.[14] In Foster's absence, Andy Arnott was brought into the starting line-up against Scunthorpe for the first time since the opening game of the season.[16] Neither he nor fellow forward Paul Baker were able to score against Scunthorpe or Exeter, however, and Gillingham lost both games 3–0.[17] In response to the lack of goals, Flanagan signed Scottish forward Paul Ritchie on loan from Dundee.[18] It was the second loan spell at Priestfield Stadium for Ritchie, who had played six Third Division games for Gillingham in 1993.[18] He scored on his second debut for Gillingham to help the team to a 3–1 win at home to Scarborough on 10 September.[17]

Gillingham then began a run of consecutive defeats, losing at home to Preston North End and away to Hartlepool and Walsall.[14] With Foster still out of action and Ritchie due to return to Dundee, Flanagan signed experienced Welsh forward Chris Pike from Hereford United for £15,000 (equivalent to £30,000 in 2021);[19] he made his debut on 1 October at home to Mansfield Town.[16] The match resulted in a fourth consecutive league defeat, leaving Gillingham 20th in the table, only two places off the bottom of the entire Football League.[14][20] A week later, Pike scored his first goal at home to Torquay United as Gillingham won 1–0 to end the run of defeats.[17] He scored four more goals in the next four games, which resulted in two defeats, one win, and one draw,[14] after which Gillingham had risen to 17th in the table.[21]

Gillingham extended their unbeaten league run to four games with two more draws in the last two games of November, but then began December with consecutive defeats at home to Wigan Athletic and away to Rochdale.[14] Paul Watson, the only player to have played in every game up to this point in the season,[16] was sent off in the defeat to Wigan.[22] Foster scored his first goal since August against Rochdale.[14] Gillingham ended the year by playing three games in six days. On Boxing Day the team won 4–1 at home to Fulham, the first time Gillingham had scored four goals in a game for nearly two years. The attendance of 4,737 would prove to be the largest of the season for a Third Division game at Priestfield.[14] The following day Gillingham lost 1–0 away to Barnet. The team's final match of 1994 was a 1–0 defeat at home to Carlisle United on New Year's Eve; Gillingham finished the year 18th in the table.[14][23] Although the team had only lost 3 of 10 league games at Priestfield up to this point in the season, their league position suffered from the fact that they had only won once and drawn twice in 11 games on their opponents' grounds, the worst away record in the division.[24][25]

January–May Edit

 
Gillingham's first league match of 1995 took place at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.

On 9 January, after nearly a decade of financial difficulties and with debts estimated at £2 million (equivalent to £4.1 million in 2021), the club was declared insolvent and placed in receivership. Administrators from accountants Kidsons Impey took over the day-to-day running of the club while searching for a buyer.[26][27] The first game after this announcement was away to Northampton Town and resulted in a 2–0 defeat for Gillingham, the team's third consecutive league defeat.[14] The next game, which did not take place until 4 February due to the postponement of two scheduled matches,[28] was a goalless draw at home to Lincoln City, the fourth consecutive league game in which the team had failed to score;[14] the result meant that Gillingham had again slipped to 20th in the table.[29] The team ended the goalless run with a 2–1 victory away to Doncaster Rovers in the first game of February, Pike scoring twice.[14] It was the first time Gillingham had won away from home in the Third Division since August.[14] The team's form away from home remained poor, however; they played three further away matches during February, against Chesterfield, Darlington and Mansfield Town, and lost all three without scoring a goal.[14]

On 28 February, three days after Gillingham lost to Mansfield, the administrators made Flanagan redundant as a cost-saving measure; Smillie was appointed player-manager for the remainder of the season.[30][31] His first game in charge resulted in a 3–1 defeat at home to Walsall.[14] Following this game, however, Gillingham did not lose for five games, their longest unbeaten run of the season.[14] The sequence began with a 0–0 draw away to Scarborough, only the second time in the last eight away games that Gillingham had not lost, and continued with a 2–2 draw at home to Scunthorpe United.[14] Gillingham then won 3–0 at home to Exeter City, another team struggling near the foot of the division,[32] before achieving draws away to Preston North End and at home to Bury.[14] In the game at Preston, defender Joe Dunne scored his only goal in over 130 games played for Gillingham between 1990 and 1996.[33] Steve Brown, newly signed from Colchester United in a player exchange deal under which Robbie Reinelt was transferred in the opposite direction,[34] made his debut against Bury in place of Pike and scored Gillingham's goal; Brown would start every game for the remainder of the season, paired with either Foster or Pike.[17] The unbeaten run ended with a defeat away to Carlisle United, which was followed three days later by another at home to Colchester.[14]

Gillingham beat Barnet 2–1 at Priestfield on 15 April to climb slightly to 18th in the table,[35] but two days later lost 1–0 away to Fulham.[14] On 22 April, Pike achieved the team's only hat-trick of the season, scoring three times in a 4–2 win over Doncaster Rovers.[36] The final home game of the season was a goalless draw with Hereford United; at the end of the game the Gillingham fans invaded the pitch to mark what many believed could be the last game ever played at Priestfield due to the club's still-unresolved financial issues.[37] Gillingham's last game of the season was away to Torquay United and resulted in a 3–1 defeat, which meant that Gillingham finished 19th in the 22-team Third Division.[38] Even if they had finished bottom (which would normally have resulted in relegation into non-League football) they would have retained their League status as Macclesfield Town, who won the fifth-tier Football Conference, were ineligible for promotion because their stadium did not meet the required standard.[39]

Match details Edit

Key
Results[14]
Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
13 August 1994 Hartlepool United (H) 0–0 2,959
20 August 1994 Wigan Athletic (A) 3–0 Foster, Reinelt, Watson 1,514
27 August 1994 Rochdale (H) 1–1 Butler 3,009
30 August 1994 Scunthorpe United (A) 0–3 2,098
3 September 1994 Exeter City (A) 0–3 2,241
10 September 1994 Scarborough (H) 3–1 Palmer, Ritchie, Baker 2,438
13 September 1994 Preston North End (H) 2–3 Smith, Baker 2,653
17 September 1994 Hartlepool United (A) 0–2 1,756
24 September 1994 Walsall (A) 1–2 Micklewhite 3,654
1 October 1994 Mansfield Town (H) 0–2 2,569
8 October 1994 Torquay United (H) 1–0 Pike 2,450
15 October 1994 Hereford United (A) 1–2 Arnott 2,470
22 October 1994 Bury (A) 2–3 Pike (2, 1 pen.) 2,976
29 October 1994 Darlington (H) 2–1 Pike, Smillie 2,841
5 November 1994 Colchester United (A) 2–2 Reinelt, Pike 3,817
19 November 1994 Chesterfield (H) 1–1 Reinelt 2,730
26 November 1994 Lincoln City (A) 1–1 Arnott 2,919
10 December 1994 Wigan Athletic (H) 0–1 2,257
17 December 1994 Rochdale (A) 1–2 Foster 1,665
26 December 1994 Fulham (H) 4–1 Reinelt, Micklewhite, Foster (2) 4,737
27 December 1994 Barnet (A) 0–1 2,074
31 December 1994 Carlisle United (H) 0–1 3,709
14 January 1995 Northampton Town (A) 0–2 5,529
4 February 1995 Lincoln City (H) 0–0 4,191
7 February 1995 Doncaster Rovers (A) 2–1 Pike (2) 1,740
11 February 1995 Chesterfield (A) 0–2 3,070
18 February 1995 Northampton Town (H) 3–1 Ramage, Green, Foster 4,072
21 February 1995 Darlington (A) 0–2 1,548
25 February 1995 Mansfield Town (A) 0–4 3,182
4 March 1995 Walsall (H) 1–3 Foster 3,757
11 March 1995 Scarborough (A) 0–0 1,949
18 March 1995 Scunthorpe United (H) 2–2 Foster, Pike 2,501
25 March 1995 Exeter City (H) 3–0 Foster, Pike (pen.), Butler 3,364
1 April 1995 Preston North End (A) 1–1 Dunne 9,095
4 April 1995 Bury (H) 1–1 Brown 2,957
8 April 1995 Carlisle United (A) 0–2 6,786
11 April 1995 Colchester United (H) 1–3 Watson 3,404
15 April 1995 Barnet (H) 2–1 Brown, Pike 3,457
17 April 1995 Fulham (A) 0–1 3,612
22 April 1995 Doncaster Rovers (H) 4–2 Kirby (o.g.), Pike (3) 3,069
29 April 1995 Hereford United (H) 0–0 4,200
6 May 1995 Torquay United (A) 1–3 Stamps (o.g.) 2,638

Partial league table Edit

Main article: 1994–95 Football League § Third Division
Football League Third Division final table, bottom positions[38]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Northampton Town 42 10 14 18 45 67 −22 44
18 Hartlepool United 42 11 10 21 43 69 −26 43
19 Gillingham 42 10 11 21 46 64 −18 41
20 Darlington 42 11 8 23 43 57 −14 41
21 Scarborough 42 8 10 24 49 70 −21 34
22 Exeter City 42 8 10 24 36 70 −34 34

Cup matches Edit

FA Cup Edit

As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1994–95 FA Cup in the first round and were paired with Heybridge Swifts of the Isthmian League First Division, three levels lower in the English football league system. Heybridge had progressed through five qualifying rounds to reach this stage of the competition for the first time.[40][41] Due to Heybridge's stadium failing to meet the requirements for this stage of the competition, the match was played at Colchester United's Layer Road ground.[42] Gillingham defeated their semi-professional opponents 2–0.[42] In the second round, they played fellow Third Division team Fulham at Priestfield; the initial match finished 1–1, necessitating a replay at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium. The replay also finished 1–1 but the rules of the competition meant that on this occasion extra time was played; Reinelt scored the winning goal during the extra period.[43] In the third round, Gillingham played Sheffield Wednesday of the Premier League; the match drew a crowd of 10,425, the largest attendance recorded at Priestfield since 1987.[44] Sheffield Wednesday took a 2–0 lead in the first half and, despite having their starting goalkeeper, Kevin Pressman, sent off and Pike scoring from a penalty kick, the Premier League team held on for a 2–1 victory. David Hunn of the Sunday Times wrote that Gillingham "dashed incessantly at their mighty but depleted visitors" and "went hell for leather for the equaliser" but were thwarted by substitute goalkeeper Lance Key.[45]

Match details Edit

Key
Results[46]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
11 November 1994 First Heybridge Swifts (A)[a] 2–0 Reinelt, Pike 4,614
3 December 1994 Second Fulham (H) 1–1 Pike 6,253
13 December 1994 Second (replay) Fulham (A) 2–1 Pike, Reinelt 6,536
7 January 1995 Third Sheffield Wednesday (H) 1–2 Pike (pen.) 10,425

a. ^ The match was played at Colchester United's Layer Road ground, but remained officially a home game for Heybridge rather than being considered to have taken place at a neutral venue.[42]

Football League Cup Edit

As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1994–95 Football League Cup in the first round and were paired with Reading of the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football. Gillingham lost the first leg of the two-legged tie 1–0 and the second 3–0 and were eliminated from the competition by an aggregate score of 4–0.[47]

Match details Edit

Key
Results[47]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
16 August 1994 First (first leg) Reading (H) 0–1 2,556
23 August 1994 First (second leg) Reading (A) 0–3 3,436

Football League Trophy Edit

The 1994–95 Football League Trophy, a tournament exclusively for Second and Third Division teams, began with a round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three, contested on a round-robin basis. Gillingham were grouped with Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, both of the Second Division. Gillingham's first match was at home to Brighton and resulted in a 1–1 draw;[48] the game drew an attendance of only 963, the lowest crowd for a competitive match at Priestfield since 1973.[49] Gillingham's second group match was away to Brentford, who had already won their match against Brighton to top the group with maximum points from their two games.[50] Gillingham lost 3–1 and finished the group stage with one point, the same as Brighton, but Pike's goal meant that his team finished second and qualified for the next round as they had scored more goals in total than Brighton. Gillingham's opponents in the second round were Birmingham City, another Second Division team.[51] The game was played at Birmingham's St Andrew's stadium and drew a crowd of 17,028, by far the largest attendance for a match involving Gillingham during the season.[36] Birmingham won 3–0 to eliminate Gillingham from the competition.[51]

Match details Edit

Key
Results[52]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
27 September 1994 First (group) Brighton & Hove Albion (H) 1–1 Carpenter 963
8 November 1994 First (group) Brentford (A) 1–3 Pike 1,795
29 November 1994 Second Birmingham City (A) 0–3 17,028

Player details Edit

 
Darren Freeman (pictured in 2017) made his debut for the club in March.[53]

During the course of the season, 31 players played for Gillingham in competitive matches. Watson made the most appearances, playing in 47 of the team's 50 games. He missed the final three Third Division matches of 1994,[16] but played in every other league game as well as every game in the FA Cup, League Cup, and League Trophy. Four other players made over 40 appearances: Richard Green (44), Steve Banks and Gary Micklewhite (both 43), and Tony Butler (40). In contrast, both Jon Hooker and Abdul Kamara played only in one League Trophy match; in both cases it was the only appearance the player ever made for Gillingham.[54]

Seventeen players scored at least one goal for Gillingham during the season. Pike was the top scorer with 13 goals in the Third Division and 18 in total. Foster was the only other player to reach double figures, scoring 8 goals in Third Division matches and 10 in total.[36]

Player statistics[36]
Player Position Third Division FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Andy Arnott FW 28 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 36 2
Paul Baker FW 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2
Steve Banks GK 38 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 43 0
Scott Barrett GK 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8 0
Mick Bodley DF 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Steve Brown FW 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Tony Butler DF 33 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 40 2
Richard Carpenter MF 29 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 35 1
Joe Dunne DF 35 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 39 1
Adrian Foster FW 29 8 3 0 2 0 1 2 35 10
Darren Freeman FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Richard Green DF 37 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 44 1
Jon Hooker FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ian Hutchinson MF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
Abdul Kamara FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Andy Kennedy FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gareth Knott MF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scott Lindsey MF 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
Eliot Martin DF 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Gary Micklewhite MF 35 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 43 2
Lee Palmer DF 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 14 1
Chris Pike FW 27 13 4 4 0 0 2 1 33 18
Andy Ramage MF 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 1
Robbie Reinelt FW 27 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 36 6
Paul Ritchie FW 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
Neil Smillie MF 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
Neil Smith MF 33 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 39 1
Robin Trott DF 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Paul Watson DF 39 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 47 2
Grant Watts FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Paul Wilson FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender

Aftermath Edit

At the end of the 1994–95 season, with no rescue deal finalised, fans were unsure whether the club would still be in existence to start the next season;[55] one takeover bid had already collapsed when the leader of the consortium resigned after adverse publicity surrounding his financial status.[56][57] In early June, however, shareholders and creditors voted overwhelmingly to accept a takeover bid from Sevenoaks-based businessman Paul Scally, who paid a nominal fee to purchase the club.[58][59] The deal was finalised at the end of the month, one day before a deadline imposed on the club by the Football League to be out of receivership or face expulsion, and Scally was officially named as the club's new chairman.[60][61] Having signed many new players, Gillingham began the 1995–96 season strongly and remained in the top three positions in the Third Division for the entire season, finishing in second place.[62] The club thus gained promotion to the Second Division seven years after being relegated from the third tier.[63]

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During the 1994 95 English football season Gillingham F C competed in the Football League Third Division the fourth tier of the English football league system It was the 63rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League and the 45th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950 In January 1995 after several seasons spent near the bottom of the Football League and nearly a decade of financial difficulties the club was declared insolvent and placed in receivership Mike Flanagan was made redundant as the club s manager and replaced by player coach Neil Smillie for the remainder of the season Gillingham finished the season 19th in the Third Division but the club s continued existence remained in doubt until June when it was purchased by businessman Paul Scally Gillingham1994 95 seasonChairmanBernard Baker until 30 March 1 ManagerMike Flanagan until 28 February Neil Smillie from 28 February Third Division19thFA CupThird roundLeague CupFirst roundLeague TrophySecond roundTop goalscorerLeague Chris Pike 13 All Chris Pike 18 Highest home attendance10 425 vs Sheffield Wednesday 7 January 1995 Lowest home attendance963 vs Brighton amp Hove Albion 27 September 1994 Home coloursAway colours 1993 941995 96 In addition to the Football League Gillingham competed in three knock out competitions The team reached the third round of the FA Cup at which stage they lost to Sheffield Wednesday of the FA Premier League and the second round of the Football League Trophy but were eliminated at the earliest stage of the Football League Cup Gillingham played a total of 50 competitive matches winning 12 drawing 12 and losing 26 Chris Pike was the team s leading goalscorer with 18 goals Paul Watson made the most appearances playing 47 times The highest attendance recorded at the club s home ground Priestfield Stadium was 10 425 for the FA Cup game against Sheffield Wednesday The lowest attendance was 963 for a Football League Trophy game against Brighton amp Hove Albion which was the smallest crowd recorded for a competitive match at Priestfield for more than 20 years Contents 1 Background and pre season 2 Third Division 2 1 August December 2 2 January May 2 3 Match details 2 4 Partial league table 3 Cup matches 3 1 FA Cup 3 1 1 Match details 3 2 Football League Cup 3 2 1 Match details 3 3 Football League Trophy 3 3 1 Match details 4 Player details 5 Aftermath 6 References 6 1 Works citedBackground and pre season Edit nbsp The club staged a testimonial match for former long serving player Ron Hillyard pictured in 2001 The 1994 95 season was Gillingham s 63rd season playing in the Football League and the 45th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938 2 It was the club s sixth consecutive season in the English football league system s fourth tier which had been named the Football League Third Division since 1992 2 Since being relegated to the fourth tier in 1989 Gillingham had only once finished in the top half of the league table with a low point in the 1992 93 season when the team finished 21st out of 22 teams and narrowly avoided being relegated into non League football 2 In the 1993 94 season Gillingham had finished 16th 3 At the start of the 1994 95 season Mike Flanagan was the club s manager a position he had held since the summer of 1993 4 He was assisted by Neil Smillie who held the position of player coach 5 Adrian Foster a forward was the only new player to join the club before the start of the season arriving from Torquay United for a transfer fee of 60 000 equivalent to 130 000 in 2021 6 Gillingham lost their top goalscorer of the previous season however as Nicky Forster rejected the offer of a new contract and left to join Brentford of the Second Division for which Gillingham received a fee of 320 000 equivalent to 680 000 in 2021 7 The team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches including a testimonial match for Ron Hillyard who played for the club from 1974 until 1990 8 9 and a match to mark the club s centenary which had been celebrated during the preceding season Arsenal of the FA Premier League provided the opposition for the centenary match 10 the same club then known as Woolwich Arsenal had been the opposition in the first match contested by Gillingham then known as New Brompton in 1893 11 The previous season s kit was retained for a further year It had been designed to mark the club s centenary and added panels of black and white stripes to the usual blue shirts which were worn with white shorts and socks 12 the club s original shirts when it was founded in 1893 featured black and white stripes 13 The second choice kit to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition was all red with similar black and white panels on the shirts 12 Third Division EditAugust December Edit nbsp Gillingham won their first away game of the season at Wigan Athletic s Springfield Park pictured c 1982 but did not win another Third Division match away from home in 1994 Gillingham s first match was at home to Hartlepool United and resulted in a goalless draw 14 Foster made his debut but had to be substituted after injuring his ankle Although he was able to continue playing for two weeks the injury then recurred and kept him out of the team until November 6 He scored his first goal for the team in the second league match of the season a 3 0 victory away to Wigan Athletic this was Gillingham s biggest win away from home for more than three years 15 The team extended their unbeaten run from the start of the season to three games with a 1 1 draw at home to Rochdale but then lost away games against Scunthorpe United and Exeter City 14 In Foster s absence Andy Arnott was brought into the starting line up against Scunthorpe for the first time since the opening game of the season 16 Neither he nor fellow forward Paul Baker were able to score against Scunthorpe or Exeter however and Gillingham lost both games 3 0 17 In response to the lack of goals Flanagan signed Scottish forward Paul Ritchie on loan from Dundee 18 It was the second loan spell at Priestfield Stadium for Ritchie who had played six Third Division games for Gillingham in 1993 18 He scored on his second debut for Gillingham to help the team to a 3 1 win at home to Scarborough on 10 September 17 Gillingham then began a run of consecutive defeats losing at home to Preston North End and away to Hartlepool and Walsall 14 With Foster still out of action and Ritchie due to return to Dundee Flanagan signed experienced Welsh forward Chris Pike from Hereford United for 15 000 equivalent to 30 000 in 2021 19 he made his debut on 1 October at home to Mansfield Town 16 The match resulted in a fourth consecutive league defeat leaving Gillingham 20th in the table only two places off the bottom of the entire Football League 14 20 A week later Pike scored his first goal at home to Torquay United as Gillingham won 1 0 to end the run of defeats 17 He scored four more goals in the next four games which resulted in two defeats one win and one draw 14 after which Gillingham had risen to 17th in the table 21 Gillingham extended their unbeaten league run to four games with two more draws in the last two games of November but then began December with consecutive defeats at home to Wigan Athletic and away to Rochdale 14 Paul Watson the only player to have played in every game up to this point in the season 16 was sent off in the defeat to Wigan 22 Foster scored his first goal since August against Rochdale 14 Gillingham ended the year by playing three games in six days On Boxing Day the team won 4 1 at home to Fulham the first time Gillingham had scored four goals in a game for nearly two years The attendance of 4 737 would prove to be the largest of the season for a Third Division game at Priestfield 14 The following day Gillingham lost 1 0 away to Barnet The team s final match of 1994 was a 1 0 defeat at home to Carlisle United on New Year s Eve Gillingham finished the year 18th in the table 14 23 Although the team had only lost 3 of 10 league games at Priestfield up to this point in the season their league position suffered from the fact that they had only won once and drawn twice in 11 games on their opponents grounds the worst away record in the division 24 25 January May Edit nbsp Gillingham s first league match of 1995 took place at Northampton Town s Sixfields Stadium On 9 January after nearly a decade of financial difficulties and with debts estimated at 2 million equivalent to 4 1 million in 2021 the club was declared insolvent and placed in receivership Administrators from accountants Kidsons Impey took over the day to day running of the club while searching for a buyer 26 27 The first game after this announcement was away to Northampton Town and resulted in a 2 0 defeat for Gillingham the team s third consecutive league defeat 14 The next game which did not take place until 4 February due to the postponement of two scheduled matches 28 was a goalless draw at home to Lincoln City the fourth consecutive league game in which the team had failed to score 14 the result meant that Gillingham had again slipped to 20th in the table 29 The team ended the goalless run with a 2 1 victory away to Doncaster Rovers in the first game of February Pike scoring twice 14 It was the first time Gillingham had won away from home in the Third Division since August 14 The team s form away from home remained poor however they played three further away matches during February against Chesterfield Darlington and Mansfield Town and lost all three without scoring a goal 14 On 28 February three days after Gillingham lost to Mansfield the administrators made Flanagan redundant as a cost saving measure Smillie was appointed player manager for the remainder of the season 30 31 His first game in charge resulted in a 3 1 defeat at home to Walsall 14 Following this game however Gillingham did not lose for five games their longest unbeaten run of the season 14 The sequence began with a 0 0 draw away to Scarborough only the second time in the last eight away games that Gillingham had not lost and continued with a 2 2 draw at home to Scunthorpe United 14 Gillingham then won 3 0 at home to Exeter City another team struggling near the foot of the division 32 before achieving draws away to Preston North End and at home to Bury 14 In the game at Preston defender Joe Dunne scored his only goal in over 130 games played for Gillingham between 1990 and 1996 33 Steve Brown newly signed from Colchester United in a player exchange deal under which Robbie Reinelt was transferred in the opposite direction 34 made his debut against Bury in place of Pike and scored Gillingham s goal Brown would start every game for the remainder of the season paired with either Foster or Pike 17 The unbeaten run ended with a defeat away to Carlisle United which was followed three days later by another at home to Colchester 14 Gillingham beat Barnet 2 1 at Priestfield on 15 April to climb slightly to 18th in the table 35 but two days later lost 1 0 away to Fulham 14 On 22 April Pike achieved the team s only hat trick of the season scoring three times in a 4 2 win over Doncaster Rovers 36 The final home game of the season was a goalless draw with Hereford United at the end of the game the Gillingham fans invaded the pitch to mark what many believed could be the last game ever played at Priestfield due to the club s still unresolved financial issues 37 Gillingham s last game of the season was away to Torquay United and resulted in a 3 1 defeat which meant that Gillingham finished 19th in the 22 team Third Division 38 Even if they had finished bottom which would normally have resulted in relegation into non League football they would have retained their League status as Macclesfield Town who won the fifth tier Football Conference were ineligible for promotion because their stadium did not meet the required standard 39 Match details Edit KeyIn result column Gillingham s score shown first H Home match A Away match pen Penalty kick o g Own goal Results 14 Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance13 August 1994 Hartlepool United H 0 0 2 95920 August 1994 Wigan Athletic A 3 0 Foster Reinelt Watson 1 51427 August 1994 Rochdale H 1 1 Butler 3 00930 August 1994 Scunthorpe United A 0 3 2 0983 September 1994 Exeter City A 0 3 2 24110 September 1994 Scarborough H 3 1 Palmer Ritchie Baker 2 43813 September 1994 Preston North End H 2 3 Smith Baker 2 65317 September 1994 Hartlepool United A 0 2 1 75624 September 1994 Walsall A 1 2 Micklewhite 3 6541 October 1994 Mansfield Town H 0 2 2 5698 October 1994 Torquay United H 1 0 Pike 2 45015 October 1994 Hereford United A 1 2 Arnott 2 47022 October 1994 Bury A 2 3 Pike 2 1 pen 2 97629 October 1994 Darlington H 2 1 Pike Smillie 2 8415 November 1994 Colchester United A 2 2 Reinelt Pike 3 81719 November 1994 Chesterfield H 1 1 Reinelt 2 73026 November 1994 Lincoln City A 1 1 Arnott 2 91910 December 1994 Wigan Athletic H 0 1 2 25717 December 1994 Rochdale A 1 2 Foster 1 66526 December 1994 Fulham H 4 1 Reinelt Micklewhite Foster 2 4 73727 December 1994 Barnet A 0 1 2 07431 December 1994 Carlisle United H 0 1 3 70914 January 1995 Northampton Town A 0 2 5 5294 February 1995 Lincoln City H 0 0 4 1917 February 1995 Doncaster Rovers A 2 1 Pike 2 1 74011 February 1995 Chesterfield A 0 2 3 07018 February 1995 Northampton Town H 3 1 Ramage Green Foster 4 07221 February 1995 Darlington A 0 2 1 54825 February 1995 Mansfield Town A 0 4 3 1824 March 1995 Walsall H 1 3 Foster 3 75711 March 1995 Scarborough A 0 0 1 94918 March 1995 Scunthorpe United H 2 2 Foster Pike 2 50125 March 1995 Exeter City H 3 0 Foster Pike pen Butler 3 3641 April 1995 Preston North End A 1 1 Dunne 9 0954 April 1995 Bury H 1 1 Brown 2 9578 April 1995 Carlisle United A 0 2 6 78611 April 1995 Colchester United H 1 3 Watson 3 40415 April 1995 Barnet H 2 1 Brown Pike 3 45717 April 1995 Fulham A 0 1 3 61222 April 1995 Doncaster Rovers H 4 2 Kirby o g Pike 3 3 06929 April 1995 Hereford United H 0 0 4 2006 May 1995 Torquay United A 1 3 Stamps o g 2 638Partial league table Edit Main article 1994 95 Football League Third Division Football League Third Division final table bottom positions 38 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts17 Northampton Town 42 10 14 18 45 67 22 4418 Hartlepool United 42 11 10 21 43 69 26 4319 Gillingham 42 10 11 21 46 64 18 4120 Darlington 42 11 8 23 43 57 14 4121 Scarborough 42 8 10 24 49 70 21 3422 Exeter City 42 8 10 24 36 70 34 34Cup matches EditFA Cup Edit As a Third Division team Gillingham entered the 1994 95 FA Cup in the first round and were paired with Heybridge Swifts of the Isthmian League First Division three levels lower in the English football league system Heybridge had progressed through five qualifying rounds to reach this stage of the competition for the first time 40 41 Due to Heybridge s stadium failing to meet the requirements for this stage of the competition the match was played at Colchester United s Layer Road ground 42 Gillingham defeated their semi professional opponents 2 0 42 In the second round they played fellow Third Division team Fulham at Priestfield the initial match finished 1 1 necessitating a replay at Fulham s Craven Cottage stadium The replay also finished 1 1 but the rules of the competition meant that on this occasion extra time was played Reinelt scored the winning goal during the extra period 43 In the third round Gillingham played Sheffield Wednesday of the Premier League the match drew a crowd of 10 425 the largest attendance recorded at Priestfield since 1987 44 Sheffield Wednesday took a 2 0 lead in the first half and despite having their starting goalkeeper Kevin Pressman sent off and Pike scoring from a penalty kick the Premier League team held on for a 2 1 victory David Hunn of the Sunday Times wrote that Gillingham dashed incessantly at their mighty but depleted visitors and went hell for leather for the equaliser but were thwarted by substitute goalkeeper Lance Key 45 Match details Edit KeyIn result column Gillingham s score shown first H Home match A Away match pen Penalty kick o g Own goal Results 46 Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance11 November 1994 First Heybridge Swifts A a 2 0 Reinelt Pike 4 6143 December 1994 Second Fulham H 1 1 Pike 6 25313 December 1994 Second replay Fulham A 2 1 Pike Reinelt 6 5367 January 1995 Third Sheffield Wednesday H 1 2 Pike pen 10 425a The match was played at Colchester United s Layer Road ground but remained officially a home game for Heybridge rather than being considered to have taken place at a neutral venue 42 Football League Cup Edit As a Third Division team Gillingham entered the 1994 95 Football League Cup in the first round and were paired with Reading of the Football League First Division the second tier of English football Gillingham lost the first leg of the two legged tie 1 0 and the second 3 0 and were eliminated from the competition by an aggregate score of 4 0 47 Match details Edit KeyIn result column Gillingham s score shown first H Home match A Away match pen Penalty kick o g Own goal Results 47 Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance16 August 1994 First first leg Reading H 0 1 2 55623 August 1994 First second leg Reading A 0 3 3 436Football League Trophy Edit The 1994 95 Football League Trophy a tournament exclusively for Second and Third Division teams began with a round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three contested on a round robin basis Gillingham were grouped with Brentford and Brighton amp Hove Albion both of the Second Division Gillingham s first match was at home to Brighton and resulted in a 1 1 draw 48 the game drew an attendance of only 963 the lowest crowd for a competitive match at Priestfield since 1973 49 Gillingham s second group match was away to Brentford who had already won their match against Brighton to top the group with maximum points from their two games 50 Gillingham lost 3 1 and finished the group stage with one point the same as Brighton but Pike s goal meant that his team finished second and qualified for the next round as they had scored more goals in total than Brighton Gillingham s opponents in the second round were Birmingham City another Second Division team 51 The game was played at Birmingham s St Andrew s stadium and drew a crowd of 17 028 by far the largest attendance for a match involving Gillingham during the season 36 Birmingham won 3 0 to eliminate Gillingham from the competition 51 Match details Edit KeyIn result column Gillingham s score shown first H Home match A Away match pen Penalty kick o g Own goal Results 52 Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance27 September 1994 First group Brighton amp Hove Albion H 1 1 Carpenter 9638 November 1994 First group Brentford A 1 3 Pike 1 79529 November 1994 Second Birmingham City A 0 3 17 028Player details Edit nbsp Darren Freeman pictured in 2017 made his debut for the club in March 53 During the course of the season 31 players played for Gillingham in competitive matches Watson made the most appearances playing in 47 of the team s 50 games He missed the final three Third Division matches of 1994 16 but played in every other league game as well as every game in the FA Cup League Cup and League Trophy Four other players made over 40 appearances Richard Green 44 Steve Banks and Gary Micklewhite both 43 and Tony Butler 40 In contrast both Jon Hooker and Abdul Kamara played only in one League Trophy match in both cases it was the only appearance the player ever made for Gillingham 54 Seventeen players scored at least one goal for Gillingham during the season Pike was the top scorer with 13 goals in the Third Division and 18 in total Foster was the only other player to reach double figures scoring 8 goals in Third Division matches and 10 in total 36 Player statistics 36 Player Position Third Division FA Cup League Cup League Trophy TotalApps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAndy Arnott FW 28 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 36 2Paul Baker FW 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2Steve Banks GK 38 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 43 0Scott Barrett GK 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8 0Mick Bodley DF 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0Steve Brown FW 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2Tony Butler DF 33 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 40 2Richard Carpenter MF 29 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 35 1Joe Dunne DF 35 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 39 1Adrian Foster FW 29 8 3 0 2 0 1 2 35 10Darren Freeman FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Richard Green DF 37 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 44 1Jon Hooker FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0Ian Hutchinson MF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0Abdul Kamara FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0Andy Kennedy FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Gareth Knott MF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0Scott Lindsey MF 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0Eliot Martin DF 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0Gary Micklewhite MF 35 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 43 2Lee Palmer DF 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 14 1Chris Pike FW 27 13 4 4 0 0 2 1 33 18Andy Ramage MF 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 1Robbie Reinelt FW 27 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 36 6Paul Ritchie FW 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1Neil Smillie MF 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 1Neil Smith MF 33 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 39 1Robin Trott DF 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0Paul Watson DF 39 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 47 2Grant Watts FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0Paul Wilson FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0FW Forward MF Midfielder GK Goalkeeper DF DefenderAftermath EditAt the end of the 1994 95 season with no rescue deal finalised fans were unsure whether the club would still be in existence to start the next season 55 one takeover bid had already collapsed when the leader of the consortium resigned after adverse publicity surrounding his financial status 56 57 In early June however shareholders and creditors voted overwhelmingly to accept a takeover bid from Sevenoaks based businessman Paul Scally who paid a nominal fee to purchase the club 58 59 The deal was finalised at the end of the month one day before a deadline imposed on the club by the Football League to be out of receivership or face expulsion and Scally was officially named as the club s new chairman 60 61 Having signed many new players Gillingham began the 1995 96 season strongly and remained in the top three positions in the Third Division for the entire season finishing in second place 62 The club thus gained promotion to the Second Division seven years after being relegated from the third tier 63 References Edit Rollin 1995 p 23 a b c Rollin amp Rollin 1999 p 175 League Division 3 end of season table for 1993 94 season 11v11 AFS Enterprises Archived from the original on 2 December 2021 Retrieved 23 December 2021 Bateson 1994 p 13 Triggs 2001 p 299 a b Triggs 2001 p 123 Triggs 2001 p 122 Match Points Gillingham Vs Hartlepool United Matchday Programme 15 13 August 1994 Triggs 2001 p 158 Match Points Gillingham Vs Reading Matchday Programme 15 16 August 1994 Elligate 2009 p 135 a b Rollin 1995 p 167 Triggs 1999 p 12 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rollin 1995 p 168 Brown 2003 pp 101 104 a b c d Rollin 1995 p 169 a b c d Rollin 1995 pp 168 169 a b Triggs 2001 p 276 Triggs 2001 p 255 League Division 3 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