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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

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

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 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.

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

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
	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

See also

• Gillingham F.C. seasons

References

Specific:

General:

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