1963–64 Gillingham F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Gillingham 1963–64 Freddie Cox Clifford Grossmark Fourth Division 1st FA Cup First Round League Cup Fourth Round Brian Gibbs (17) Brian Gibbs (18) 17,421 vs Carlisle United (9 October 1963) 5,274 vs Chester (7 March 1964) _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _whitetop 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff 0000ff 1962–63 1964–65 During the 1963–64 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system. It was the 32nd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 14th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. Gillingham were undefeated in their first 13 games, the longest such run from the start of the season by any team in the Football League, and by the end of September were top of the league table, where they remained for much of the season, although some fans were unhappy with the team's defensive style of play. In April, the postponement of several games allowed other teams to overtake Gillingham and push them out of the promotion places, but they moved back up the table as they played the rescheduled games. Going into of the final match of the season, Gillingham were two points behind first-placed Carlisle United, who had already played their last game, meaning that a Gillingham victory would leave the two teams on the same points and the championship would be decided on goal average. Gillingham won their final game and won the Fourth Division championship as their goal average was fractionally better than Carlisle's. It was the club's first Football League divisional championship; Gillingham would not win another until 2013. Gillingham also competed in two knock-out competitions. The team were eliminated in the first round of the FA Cup but reached the fourth round of the Football League Cup, a feat which the club would not repeat until the 1990s. The team played 52 competitive matches, winning 26, drawing 15 and losing 11. Brian Gibbs was the club's top goalscorer with 17 goals in Fourth Division matches and 18 in all competitions. Mike Burgess and John Simpson made the most appearances; both played in every game of the season. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 17,421 for a game against Carlisle on 9 October 1963. Background and pre-season thumb|right|alt=Football ground Priestfield Stadium|Floodlights were installed for the first time at Priestfield Stadium.(photo 1986) The 1963–64 season was Gillingham's 32nd season playing in the Football League and the 14th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938.Rollin 1990 253 It was the club's sixth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division,Rollin 1990 253 which had been created in 1958 when the parallel Third Division South and Third Division North were merged and reorganised into two national divisions at the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system.Soar Tyler 1983 221 Freddie Cox was the team's manager, a position he had held since June 1962;Elligate 2009 105 in his first season in charge, Gillingham had finished 5th in the Fourth Division, a huge improvement over their 20th-place finish in the 1961–62 season.Soar Tyler 1983 110 Prior to the new season, the club signed Geoff Hudson, a 31-year-old full-back with well over a decade of Football League experience, from Crewe Alexandra.Triggs 2001 164 Cox also signed three young players from Portsmouth, all of whom he knew from his time managing that club until 1961: Rod Taylor, a half-back aged 19, 21-year-old full-back Jimmy White, and Brian Yeo, a forward also aged 19.Triggs 2001 114, 335, 344 Jimmy Boswell assisted Cox in the role of team trainer.Triggs 2001 62 The team wore Gillingham's traditional blue shirts and white shorts, the only change in design from the previous season being the style of collar and the placement of the club badge on the shirt.Triggs 1999 92–93 Redevelopment work took place at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, between seasons as floodlights were installed for the first time, at a cost of UK 14,000 1963 eq yes £ -4.Triggs 1999 95 The club had been one of the few in the Football League yet to install lights, which had become prevalent in English professional football since the mid-1950s, and when they were switched on for a game for the first time (September 1963) it made Gillingham the 89th out of 92 Football League clubs to play a home match under lights.Elligate 2009 149 Fourth Division August–December thumb|right|alt=Brunton Park football stadium in Carlisle|Gillingham's lengthy unbeaten league run came to an end at Brunton Park, home of Carlisle United.(photo 2011) Gillingham's first two matches of the season were both at home to teams from the city of Bradford. The first took place on 24 August against Bradford (Park Avenue); Gordon Pulley scored Gillingham's first goal of the season and Brian Gibbs added a second to give the team a 2–0 victory.Brown 2003 73 Four days later, the team drew 0–0 with Bradford City; Gillingham were the only team in the Football League to concede no goals in their first two games of the season. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924153 Liverpool Echo 24 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Southport Foiled by Gillingham Defence 31 August 1963 The game against Bradford City was the first of three consecutive draws for Gillingham in Fourth Division games as they were also held by Southport and Exeter City.Brown 2003 73 Following a win away to Bradford City and a draw away to Hartlepools United, Gillingham beat Lincoln City 1–0 on 18 September to go top of the league table on goal average.Brown 2003 73https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/18-September-1963/ League Division Four table after close of play on 18 September 1963 11v11 AFS Enterprises 6 July 2022 Hudson scored the winner, the only goal he scored in more than 300 Football League matches.Triggs 2001 165Elligate 2009 146 At this point Gillingham had conceded only one goal in seven Fourth Division games. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924178 The Guardian 25 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Manchester United must not relax Albert Barham 21 September 1963 The team concluded September with a victory over Darlington and a draw against Tranmere Rovers.Brown 2003 73 Gillingham began October with four consecutive victories, defeating Lincoln, Halifax Town, Carlisle United, and Doncaster Rovers. George Francis scored five goals in three games at the start of the month.Brown 2003 73 After 13 consecutive Fourth Division games without defeat, Gillingham lost for the first time on 15 October when they were beaten 3–1 by Carlisle; they were the final team in the Football League's four divisions to lose a game during the 1963–64 season.Elligate 2009 160 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51340624/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=e178b611 The Times 29 July 2022 Gale Everton Now Share Second Place in Table 16 October 1963 3 subscription The team won their next two matches without conceding a goal, but then lost two consecutive games without scoring one.Brown 2003 73 Despite the two defeats, Gillingham remained top of the Fourth Division at the end of October, one point ahead of Carlisle.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/31-October-1963/ League Division Four table after close of play on 31 October 1963 11v11 AFS Enterprises 25 July 2022 Gibbs was the team's top league goalscorer at this point in the season, his four goals in the month taking his total to eight.Brown 2003 73 Gillingham won three out of four matches in November and remained top of the division.Brown 2003 73https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/30-November-1963/ League Division Four table after close of play on 30 November 1963 11v11 AFS Enterprises 26 July 2022 Gibbs scored five goals in three games, including two in a 3–1 win at home to Workington, the first time the team had scored more than twice in a game at Priestfield during the season so far.Brown 2003 73 On 21 December the team topped this performance by winning 5–1 at home to Southport, their biggest win of the entire season. Ron Newman scored three times, the team's only hat-trick of the season.Brown 2003 73 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924203 The Daily Telegraph 29 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Decimals Split the Leaders 23 December 1963 Gillingham's final two matches of 1963 were both against Chesterfield. On 26 December Pulley scored twice as Gillingham won 3–0 at their opponents' Saltergate stadium, and two days later Gillingham won 1–0 at Priestfield with Gibbs scoring the only goal, his 14th Fourth Division goal of the season.Brown 2003 73 Gillingham finished the year top of the Fourth Division, one point ahead of second-placed Carlisle. They had conceded only 15 goals, the best defensive record in the division; only four other teams in the Fourth Division had conceded fewer than 30.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/31-December-1963/ League Division Four table after close of play on 31 December 1963 11v11 AFS Enterprises 8 July 2022 January–May thumb|right|alt=The Goldstone Ground, Brighton|Gillingham's first defeat of 1964 came at the Goldstone Ground, home of Brighton & Hove Albion.(photo 1976) Gillingham's first two games of 1964 both resulted in goalless draws, at home to Rochdale and away to Exeter,Brown 2003 73 after which they were still top of the table, one point ahead of Carlisle, although Carlisle had played one fewer game.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/11-January-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 11 January 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 26 July 2022 On 18 January Gillingham won 2–0 at home to Hartlepools with two goals from Newman, the team's fifth consecutive game without conceding a goal.Brown 2003 73 After this the team underwent their longest run of the season without a win; they drew the first four games of February and then ended the month by losing 2–1 away to Brighton & Hove Albion, ending a run of ten games without defeat.Brown 2003 73 During the draw against Doncaster Rovers at Priestfield on 22 February, Cox was barracked by fans unhappy at the team's defensive style of play; he responded by throwing a bucket of water over them, and later told the press "They deserved it. Some people here know nothing about football."Elligate 2009 38 Despite the winless run, Gillingham remained top of the table at the end of February.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/29-February-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 29 February 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 26 July 2022 Gillingham beat Chester 2–1 in their first match of March, the team's first win since 18 January. The attendance of 5,274 was the lowest recorded at Priestfield during the season.Brown 2003 73 The team's next two scheduled games were both postponed, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51078768/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=bd687bad The Times 23 July 2022 Gale Association Football Results 16 March 1964 3 subscription https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68642423/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0bc474d8 The Times 23 July 2022 Gale Saturday's Football Results 23 March 1964 4 subscription allowing Carlisle to overtake them and top the table at the end of March.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/31-March-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 31 March 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 27 July 2022 Gillingham's scheduled match against Oxford United on 4 April was also postponed, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67331718/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=b510b5ee The Times 22 July 2022 Gale Saturday's Football Results 6 April 1964 4 subscription and after the matches which did take place on that day the team had slipped to fifth in the table, outside the promotion places.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/04-April-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 4 April 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 27 July 2022 These postponements led to Gillingham being required to play eight games in just over three weeks at the end of the season, beginning with a 3–1 win at home to Barrow on 8 April.Brown 2003 73 The result took the team back up to second place in the table, one point behind Carlisle, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924730 Cheshire Observer 29 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Division IV 10 April 1964 but Gillingham then only won one of their next four games to slip to fourth, the lowest position which would result in promotion, although they did have the advantage of having more games still to play than all the other teams in the top half of the table.Brown 2003 73https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/22-April-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 22 April 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 28 July 2022 On 25 April, Gillingham lost 2–1 away to Rochdale, but Bradford City's defeat to York City later on the same day meant that Gillingham remained in fourth place, ahead of fifth-placed Bradford on goal average. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68118167/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=68fc581d The Times 29 July 2022 Gale Birmingham Beat Champions 23 April 1964 4 subscription https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-four/25-April-1964/ League Division Four table after close of play on 25 April 1964 11v11 AFS Enterprises 27 July 2022 As Bradford had now played their final game of the season, Gillingham were effectively promoted, as they could only drop below Bradford if they lost both their remaining games and conceded at least 17 goals in the process, an implausible scenario.Elligate 2009 70 A 1–0 victory two days later away to York guaranteed that Gillingham would be promoted. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924752 Daily Herald 24 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Gillingham Near Title 28 April 1964 Gillingham's last match of the season was away to Newport County on 30 April. Before the match, Gillingham were two points behind league leaders Carlisle, who had already played their final game of the season. A win for Gillingham would mean that they would end the season level on points with Carlisle and the championship would go to the team with the better goal average. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928454 The Daily Telegraph 4 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Newman Lifts Gillingham 28 April 1964 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924772 Evening Standard 4 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Gillingham Hope for Title Win 29 April 1964 A goal from Francis gave Gillingham a 1–0 victory and meant that they won the Fourth Division championship as their goal average of 1.967 was superior to Carlisle's 1.948. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106924810 The Daily Telegraph 24 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Gillingham Become Champions 1 May 1964Elligate 2009 74 It was the first Football League divisional championship the club had won as well as the first time the club had won promotion to a higher division in 32 seasons in the League.Soar Tyler 1983 110 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsBrown 2003 73 DateOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance24 August 1963Bradford (Park Avenue) (H)2–0Pulley, Gibbs 8,56228 August 1963Bradford City (H)0–0 7,92331 August 1963Southport (A)1–1Farrall 4,1237 September 1963Exeter City (H)0–0 8,38111 September 1963Bradford City (A)2–0Gibbs, Godfrey 2,39914 September 1963Hartlepools United (A)0–0 3,02218 September 1963Lincoln City (H)1–0Hudson 6,94921 September 1963Darlington (H)2–1Gibbs, Newman 8,26927 September 1963Tranmere Rovers (A)0–0 10,2772 October 1963Lincoln City (A)3–0Francis (2), Gibbs 8,9685 October 1963Halifax Town (H)2–1Francis (2) 10,7459 October 1963Carlisle United (H)2–0Marsden (o.g.), Francis 17,42112 October 1963Doncaster Rovers (A)2–1Gibbs (2) 6,67015 October 1963Carlisle United (A)1–3Gibbs 11,90019 October 1963Brighton & Hove Albion (H)1–0White 13,45123 October 1963Torquay United (H)2–0Yeo, Gibbs 15,33826 October 1963Chester (A)0–1 8,39530 October 1963Torquay United (A)0–1 4,8922 November 1963York City (H)1–0Ballagher 9,5489 November 1963Barrow (A)3–0Gibbs (2), Pulley 3,60623 November 1963Oxford United (A)1–3Gibbs 8,56730 November 1963Workington (H)3–1Gibbs (2), Hunt 9,85214 December 1963Bradford (Park Avenue) (A)0–1 4,93021 December 1963Southport (H)5–1Newman (3), Yeo, Pulley 5,52926 December 1963Chesterfield (A)3–0Pulley (2), Newman 6,59028 December 1963Chesterfield (H)1–0Gibbs 10,7924 January 1964Rochdale (H)0–0 8,09911 January 1964Exeter City (A)0–0 10,91518 January 1964Hartlepools United (H)2–0Newman (2) 7,5361 February 1964Darlington (A)1–1Pulley 2,8148 February 1964Tranmere Rovers (H)2–2Newman, Francis 8,16615 February 1964Halifax Town (A)0–0 2,08022 February 1964Doncaster Rovers (H)1–1Gibbs 7,68129 February 1964Brighton & Hove Albion (A)1–2Ballagher 15,3497 March 1964Chester (H)2–1Ridley, Ballagher 5,27427 March 1964Aldershot (H)2–0Newman, Hunt 12,17128 March 1964Stockport County (A)0–2 2,64930 March 1964Aldershot (A)1–1Newman 7,1838 April 1964Barrow (H)3–1Hunt, Burgess, Ridley 11,58311 April 1964Workington (A)0–1 6,53615 April 1964Oxford United (H)2–0Gibbs, Ballagher 12,05118 April 1964Newport County (H)1–1Gibbs 9,58422 April 1964Stockport County (H)0–0 12,84625 April 1964Rochdale (A)1–2Godfrey 2,73727 April 1964York City (A)1–0Newman3,31730 April 1964Newport County (A)1–0Francis 3,229 Partial league table 1963–64 Football League#Fourth Division main WDL left auto Football League Fourth Division final table, leading positions yes 2 PR GIL Gillingham CAR Carlisle United WOR Workington EXE Exeter City BRA Bradford City 23 14 9 59 30 25 10 11 113 58 24 11 11 76 52 20 18 8 62 37 25 6 15 76 62 Division Champions, promoted CP Promoted P P P complete Soar Tyler 1983 227 Cup matches FA Cup As a Fourth Division club, Gillingham entered the 1963–64 FA Cup in the first round; they were beaten 4–1 by Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68511090/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=6a287870 The Times 8 July 2022 Gale Association Football Results and Tables 18 November 1963 4 subscription Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsBrown 2003 73 DateRoundOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance16 November 1963FirstQueens Park Rangers (A)1–4Arnott12,141 Football League Cup Gillingham entered the 1963–64 Football League Cup at the first round stage and were drawn to play Bristol City of the Third Division.http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1963-64.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220407122942/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1963-64.html 2022-04-07 Season 1963–64 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 23 July 2022 Peter Stringfellow scored twice, his only goals of the season, in a 4–2 win for Gillingham.Brown 2003 73 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928153 Daily Herald 28 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Young Frank is a Boy to Watch 5 September 1963 In the second round, Gillingham played at home to Bury of the Second Division; despite playing a team from two divisions higher, Gillingham won 3–0. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928213 The Daily Telegraph 28 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Gillingham Show Their Potential 26 September 1963 Their third round opponents were Bristol Rovers of the Third Division; the initial match at Eastville Stadium in Bristol ended in a 1–1 draw, necessitating a replay at Priestfield, which Gillingham won 3–1 to reach the fourth round (last 16) of the competition. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928310 Leicester Evening Mail 28 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription City Are Home to Gillingham in the League Cup 7 November 1963 Their opponents at this stage were Leicester City of the First Division, the highest level of English football. Playing at their opponents' Filbert Street stadium, Gillingham lost 4–1 and were eliminated from the competition. Although Leicester were missing five regular starters, the correspondent from the Daily Herald noted that they "made rings round Gillingham's defence". https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928355 Daily Herald 28 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Banks Holds Up Gillingham 28 November 1963 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsBrown 2003 73 DateRoundOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance4 September 1963FirstBristol City (H)4–2Stringfellow (2), Waldock, Gibbs5,94025 September 1963SecondBury (H)3–0Pulley (2), Eastham (o.g.)14,9794 November 1963ThirdBristol Rovers (A)1–1Ballagher10,1496 November 1963Third (replay)Bristol Rovers (H)3–1Newman (2), Pulley10,77127 November 1963FourthLeicester City (A)1–4Francis10,356 Players During the season, 22 players made at least one appearance for Gillingham. Mike Burgess and John Simpson made the most; both played in all 52 competitive matches. Alec Farrall and Gibbs both missed only one game and four other players made more than 40 appearances. Taylor was the sole player to make only one appearance; he played once in November, after which he did not feature in the first team for nearly 18 months.Brown 2003 73–74 Gibbs finished the season as the team's top scorer, with 18 goals in all competitions. His 17 goals scored in Fourth Division matches took his total number of Football League goals for Gillingham over 100, the first player to achieve this feat.Triggs 1999 95 Newman was the second-highest scorer with 11 goals in the Fourth Division and 13 in all competitions.Brown 2003 73 +Player statisticsBrown 2003 73PlayerPositionFourth DivisionFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsJohn Arnott English footballerHB 43 0 1 1 5 0 49 1John BallagherFW 17 4 1 0 1 1 19 5Mike Burgess footballerHB 46 1 1 0 5 0 52 1Don Campbell footballerFB 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0Alec FarrallHB 45 1 1 0 5 0 51 1George Francis footballerFW 16 7 0 0 3 1 19 8Brian GibbsFW 46 17 1 0 4 1 51 18Peter Godfrey footballer, born 1938FW 13 2 0 0 0 0 13 2Geoff HudsonFB 36 1 1 0 4 0 41 1Denis HuntFB 43 3 1 0 5 0 49 3John Meredith footballerFW 11 0 0 0 0 0 110Roy Moss footballerFW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Ron Newman footballerFW 37 11 1 0 4 2 42 13Gordon PulleyFW 31 6 1 0 5 3 37 9Bob RidleyFW 7 2 0 0 2 0 9 2John Simpson footballer born 1933GK46 0 1 0 5 0 52 0Terry Stacey footballerFB 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0Peter Stringfellow footballerFW 25 0 0 0 3 2 28 2Rod Taylor footballerHB 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Ronnie WaldockFW 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 1Jimmy White footballer, born 1942 FB11 1 1 0 2 0 14 1Brian YeoFW 11 2 0 0 0 0 11 2 FW = Forward, HB = Half-back, GK = Goalkeeper, FB = Full-back Aftermath With the Fourth Division championship not confirmed until the final match, Gillingham did not receive the trophy until June, when it was presented to club chairman Clifford Grossmark at a formal reception at the Cafe Royal in London.Conway 1980 41Triggs 1999 94 The club received a pay-out of UK 500 1964 eq yes £ -4 from the Football League for winning the title. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106928389 Daily Herald 25 July 2022 Newspapers.com subscription Francis goal clinches title 1 May 1964 In the team's first season in the Third Division, they finished in 7th place, four points off a second consecutive promotion.http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1964-65.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220407122942/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1964-65.html 2022-04-07 Season 1964–65 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 11 July 2022 Gillingham spent seven seasons in the Third Division before being relegated back to the Fourth in 1971.Soar Tyler 1983 110 The club did not reach the last 16 of the League Cup again until the 1996–97 season.Rollin 1997 173 The 1963–64 Fourth Division remained Gillingham's only Football League divisional championship win for nearly fifty years, until the club again won the championship of the fourth tier of English football (by now called Football League Two) in the 2012–13 season.https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/gillingham-manager-martin-allen--a53918/ Gillingham manager Martin Allen wants to save celebratory bus tour for promotion to the Championship Kent Online 15 April 2013 5 July 2022https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/gillingham-2-afc-wimbledon-2-a53688/ Gillingham 2 AFC Wimbledon 2 Kent Online 20 April 2013 5 July 2022 Luke Cawdell References Works cited Brown Tony The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record Soccerdata 2003 978-1-8994-6820-1 Nottingham The "Gills" Tony Conway 1980 978-0-9052-7026-5 Meresborough Books Gillingham Elligate David Gillingham FC On This Day Pitch Publishing 2009 978-1-9054-1145-0 Durrington Rollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 Queen Anne Press 1990 978-0-35617-911-7 London Rollin Glenda Rollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98 Headline Publishing Group 1997 978-0-74727-738-5 Rollin 1997 London Soar Phil Martin Tyler Encyclopedia of British Football 1983 Collins Willow 978-0-0021-8049-8 London Roger Triggs Images of England: Gillingham Football Club Tempus Publishing Ltd 1999 978-0-75241-567-3 Stroud Roger Triggs The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club Tempus Publishing Ltd 2001 978-0-75242-243-5 Stroud Category:Gillingham F.C. seasons Category:English football clubs 1963–64 season