Gillingham F.C. records

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This page details Gillingham Football Club records.

1 Club records
2 Player records
3 References

[edit] Club records

[edit] Attendances

Highest home attendance: 23,002 v Queens Park Rangers, 10 January 1948.^[1]
Highest Football League attendance: 20,128 v Millwall, 2 September 1950.^[2]
Highest modern (all–seated) attendance: 11,418 v West Ham United, 20 September 2003.^[3]

[edit] Best performances

Highest position at season's end within the English football league system: 11th in Football League Division One (second level, now Football League Championship), 2002–03.^[4]
Best FA Cup run: 1999–2000, quarter–finals.^[4]
Best League Cup run: 1963–64, fourth round.^[4]
Most Football League points in a season (since introduction of three points for a win): 85, 1999–00.^[4]
Most Football League points in a season (prior to introduction of three points for a win): 62, 1973–74.^[4]

[edit] Wins

Biggest Football League win: 10–0 v Chesterfield, 5 September 1987.^[1]^[5]
Biggest win (all matches): 12–1 v Gloucester City, Southern League, 9 November 1946.^[6]^[7]
Most Football League wins in a season: 25 (out of 46 matches), 1973–74, 1984–85 and 1999–00.^[4]
Fewest Football League wins in a season: 8 (out of 42 matches), 1920–21.^[4]

[edit] Goals for and against

Most Football League goals scored in a season: 90 (in 46 matches), 1973–74.^[4]
Fewest Football League goals scored in a season: 34 (in 42 matches), 1920–21.^[4]
Fewest Football League goals conceded in a season: 20, 1995–96,^[4] a league record for a 46 game season.^[8]
Most Football League goals conceded in a season: 101 (in 46 matches), 1950–51.^[4]

[edit] Player records

Ron Hillyard holds the club record for the most appearances made in all competitions.

[edit] Appearances

Most appearances (League and Cup): Ron Hillyard, 657 (1974–1990).^[9]
Most appearances (Football League only): John Simpson, 571 (1957–1972).^[1]

[edit] Goals

Highest career goalscorer: Brian Yeo 135, 1963–1975.^[1]
Most goals in a season: 31, Brian Yeo (1973–74)^[10] and Ernie Morgan (1954–55).^[11]
Most goals in a Football League match: 6, Fred Cheesmur v Merthyr Town, 26 April 1930.^[12]
Most goals in any match: 9, Hughie Russell v Gloucester City, Southern League, 9 November 1946.^[7]

[edit] Caps

Most capped player (while playing for Gillingham): Andrew Crofts, 12 appearances for Wales as at 2008-06-01^[13]

[edit] Transfer fees

Largest transfer fee paid: £600,000 to Reading for Carl Asaba, July 1998.^[1]
Largest transfer fee received: £1,500,000 from Manchester City for Robert Taylor, November 1999.^[1]

[edit] Age

Oldest player: Andy Hessenthaler,^[14] 40 years and 115 days, v Port Vale, 10 December 2005^[15]
Oldest debutant: John Gorman, 37 years and 39 days old, v Oxford United, 24 September 1986^[16]
Youngest player: Luke Freeman, 15 years and 233 days old, v Barnet, 10 November 2007.^[17]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gillingham all time records. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
^ Gillingham F.C. History (1893– ). Gillingham F.C. (2007-09-09). Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
^ Gillingham. Football Ground Guide (2007-09-06). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gillingham. The Football Club History Database. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
^ results/fixtures. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
^ Gillingham FC History (1893– ). Gillingham F.C. (2007-09-09). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
^ ^a ^b Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984. Kent County Libraries, p16.
^ The official Football League website lists this achievement in second place on the overall list of teams who have conceded the fewest goals in a season, behind Liverpool, who conceded 16 in the 1978–79 season, however, as evidenced by the final 1978–79 First Division table, Liverpool played only 42 matches, giving Gillingham the record for a 46-match season.
^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, p158. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
^ Triggs. The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club, p344.
^ Triggs. The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club, p226.
^ Triggs. The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club, p349.
^ Crofts collects twelfth cap. Gillingham F.C. (2008-06-01). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
^ Andy's Colourful Career. Dover Athletic F.C. (2007-05-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
^ Players; Andy Hessenthaler. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
^ Bradley, Andy (19 September 1987). "Extra Time". Gillingham F.C. Official Matchday Magazine.
^ Freeman Makes History. Gillingham F.C.. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.

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