1992–93 Gillingham F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 October 2022 Gillingham 1992–93 Damien Richardson (until 8 October 1992)Paul Clark (caretaker, 8 – 26 October 1992)Glenn Roeder (from 26 October 1992) Bernard Baker Third Division 21st FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round League Trophy First round Andy ArnottPaul BakerNicky Forster (6 each) David Crown (9) 7,488 vs Southampton (23 September 1992) 1,085 vs Fulham (8 December 1992) _whitesholderflashes 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _blackstripes ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 _black_stripes _black_stripes 1991–92 1993–94 During the 1992–93 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 61st season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 43rd since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. By October, the team were close to the bottom of the Third Division and Damien Richardson was dismissed from his job as the club's manager. Glenn Roeder was appointed as his replacement in a player-manager capacity. The team's performances remained poor and, with two games remaining, Gillingham still faced the possibility of finishing bottom of the league table and being relegated out of the Football League. Victory over Halifax Town in the penultimate match of the season, however, ensured that Gillingham would compete in the Third Division again in the following season. Roeder resigned as manager following the conclusion of the season after less than nine months in charge. Gillingham also competed in three knock-out competitions. The team reached the third round of the FA Cup and the second round of the Football League Cup but failed to progress beyond the initial group stage of the Football League Trophy. The team played a total of 53 competitive matches, winning 13, drawing 17, and losing 23. David Crown was the team's top goalscorer, with five goals in the Football League and a total of nine in all competitions, the lowest figure with which a player had finished a season as Gillingham's top scorer since the 1930s. Tony Butler made the most appearances, playing in 50 of the team's 53 competitive matches. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 7,488, for a game against Southampton of the FA Premier League in the second round of the Football League Cup. Background and pre-season thumb|right|upright|alt=Footballer Peter Beadle|Peter Beadle (pictured in 2020) left the club before the start of the new season for a record transfer fee. The 1992–93 season was Gillingham's 61st season playing in the Football League and the 43rd since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938.Rollin 1993 231 It was the club's fourth consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league system.Rollin 1993 231 Following the 1991–92 season, the teams in the Football League First Division, the highest level of the sport in England, broke away to form the new FA Premier League. As a result, the Football League was reduced from four divisions to three, placing Gillingham in the new Third Division rather than the old Fourth Division.Bateson Sewell 1992 5https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/199293-premier-league-first-season-sky-sports-man-utd-champions How the Premier League breakaway happened: The first season of 1992/93, as told by its heroes Andrew Murray FourFourTwo 19 April 2021 29 November 2021 Gillingham had finished 11th in the 22-team division in the 1991–92 season.Bateson Sewell 1992 56 At the start of the season, Damien Richardson was the club's manager, a post he had held since April1989.Bateson Sewell 1992 300 His assistant manager was Ron Hillyard, a fellow former Gillingham player.Triggs 2001 158 Paul Clark served as the team's captain.Gillingham Vs Northampton Town Matchday Programme Priestfield Profile: Paul Clark 15 August 1992 The management team signed five new players prior to the first game of the season. Gary Breen, a teenaged defender, and Liburd Henry, a forward, joined from Gillingham's Kent rivals, Maidstone United, also of the Third Division.Triggs 2001 65, 153 Maidstone were experiencing severe financial difficulties and almost all their players left after the 1991–92 season; after being unable to fulfil their first game of the new season, they resigned from the Football League.Rollin 1993 9 Veteran forward Trevor Aylott joined Gillingham from Birmingham City and Scott Barrett, a goalkeeper, arrived from Colchester United.Triggs 2001 46, 53 Richard Green, who had spent part of the previous season on loan to Gillingham from Swindon Town, re-joined the club on a permanent contract.Triggs 2001 139 Several players left the club, including previous captain Alan Walker. Forward Peter Beadle joined Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League for a transfer fee of UK 300,000 1992 eq yes £ -4, a new record for the highest fee received by Gillingham for a player.Rollin 1993 231Triggs 2001 326Triggs 2001 55 The team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches, one of which was a testimonial match for Bill "Buster" Collins, who had been with the club in a variety of roles since the early 1960s, including a long spell as youth team manager.Triggs 2001 94 Manchester United player Steve Bruce, who had started his professional career at Gillingham and credited Collins as a major influence,Ronay 2006 brought a team from his club to play against Gillingham in a match which drew a crowd of over 8,000 spectators.Elligate 2009 121 The club adopted a new kit design, adding white shoulder panels to the usual blue shirts; the away kit, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the home team, featured black and white stripes,Rollin 1993 235 the first-choice colours worn when the club was formed in 1893.Triggs 1999 12 Previewing the division, Keith Blackmore of The Times wrote that Gillingham were not among the bookmakers' favourites for promotion but nonetheless had a good chance, noting in particular the new signings from Maidstone and the fact that "no team containing [David] Crown and [Steve] Lovell is likely to go short of goals". https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A116296612/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=0cf70c2c The Times 18 January 2022 Gale Clubs prepared for struggle to survive; Football 13 August 1992 Keith Blackmore subscription Third Division August–December thumb|right|upright|alt=Footballer Ron Hillyard|Ron Hillyard (pictured in 2001), who had been with the club since 1974 as a player and subsequently assistant manager, was dismissed in October along with manager Damien Richardson. Gillingham's first match of the season was at their home ground, Priestfield Stadium, against Northampton Town; Lawrence Osborne gave Gillingham the lead in his only appearance of the season and indeed his final appearance for the club,Triggs 2001 240 but they ultimately lost 3–2.Rollin 1993 232 The team also lost the next game, away to Bury; goalkeeper Barrett was sent off, the first of three occasions during the season when he would be dismissed.Triggs 2001 53 Gillingham recorded their first league win of the season at the fourth attempt, beating Wrexham 4–1 on 1 September. Lovell scored the team's only hat-trick of the season in the win, which would prove to be Gillingham's only victory in the first thirteen Third Division games of the season.Rollin 1993 232 The team drew their next three games, leaving them 14th in the 22-team league table, but then lost six consecutive league matches.Rollin 1993 232 Defeat at home to Crewe Alexandra on 3 October left Gillingham 21st in the table, one place off the bottom of the entire Football League.Rollin 1993 232https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/03-october-1992/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 03 October 1992 11v11 AFS Enterprises 28 November 2021 Five days later, both Richardson and Hillyard were dismissed from their jobs by the club's board of directors.Elligate 2009 155 It meant the end of an 18-year association with the club for Hillyard, who had joined Gillingham as a player in 1974 before becoming assistant manager in 1989.Triggs 2001 158 Richardson attributed the team's poor performance to a combination of players' inexperience and the tactics he had employed, saying "I've lost my job on a matter of principle – teaching kids to play attractive football [...] I had to sell all the best players to get money in as the board wanted the kids to be pushed". https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19921009/462/0071 Evening Herald 18 January 2022 British Newspaper Archive Bob Hennessy Richardson pays for his principles 9 October 1992 subscription Paul Clark, the captain, served as caretaker manager until 26 October, when Glenn Roeder was appointed as the club's new player-manager. The former Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United defender had left third-tier Leyton Orient earlier in the year and was playing non-League football for Purfleet at the time of his appointment.Triggs 2001 278Elligate 2009 164 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A170977376/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=582bf816 The Guardian 6 December 2021 Gale Soccer: Roeder lands Gillingham job 27 October 1992 subscription His first game in charge resulted in a defeat at home to Torquay United.Rollin 1993 232 That game was the final Gillingham appearance for veteran forward Lovell, who had been with the club since 1987; as he did not feature in Roeder's plans he was sent out on loan to AFC Bournemouth for a short spell before leaving Gillingham altogether in December.Triggs 2001 204 Gillingham won a league game for the first time in more than two months on 3 November, defeating Hereford United, and two games later beat Darlington by the same score,Rollin 1993 232 but had by then fallen to the bottom of the table.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/21-November-1992/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 21 November 1992 11v11 AFS Enterprises 2 December 2021 The team's first two Third Division matches of December resulted in defeats to Shrewsbury Town and Colchester United; the latter game took place only two days after Gillingham had defeated the same opponents in the FA Cup.Rollin 1993 232, 659 Gillingham had originally been scheduled to play Maidstone on Boxing Day, but due to the latter team's withdrawal from the League, Gillingham instead re-arranged a game against Bury which had previously been scheduled for late January.Bateson Sewell 1992 23, 26 Gillingham lost 4–1 in a match in which their opponents wore Gillingham's second-choice kit in the second half after the referee decided that the two teams' colours were too similar.Elligate 2009 201 The team's final game of 1992 was away to Scunthorpe United and ended in a 2–2 draw; Roeder selected himself in the starting line-up for the first time and, having turned 37 two weeks earlier, became the oldest player to make his debut for Gillingham.Rollin 1993 232Elligate 2009 203 The year ended with Gillingham bottom of the Third Division.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/31-december-1992/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 31 December 1992 11v11 AFS Enterprises 28 November 2021 January–May Gillingham's first league game of 1993 was at home to Rochdale and resulted in a 4–2 victory for the home team, lifting them off the bottom of the table.Rollin 1993 232https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/08-January-1993/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 08 January 1993 11v11 AFS Enterprises 29 November 2021 Forward Paul Baker, signed from Motherwell days earlier, scored on his debut; he would start every game for the remainder of the season.Triggs 2001 49Rollin 1993 232–233 After that victory, however, Gillingham won only one of the next ten league games.Rollin 1993 232 Scottish forward Paul Ritchie, signed on loan from Dundee, made his debut on 6 February against Northampton and scored Gillingham's first goal in a 2–2 draw; seven days later he scored twice as the team defeated Scarborough, only their second victory of 1993. Fellow forward Crown, who had played intermittently in the first half of the season but not made any appearances since mid-December,Rollin 1993 232 came on as a substitute against Doncaster Rovers in the last game of February and scored an equalising goal in the final minute. Gillingham ended the month one point off the bottom of the league table.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/28-February-1993/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 28 February 1993 11v11 AFS Enterprises 6 December 2021 thumb|right|alt=The Plainmoor football stadium, Torquay|Gillingham lost the last game of the season at Plainmoor (pictured in 1981), home of Torquay United, to complete an entire league season without an away victory. Gillingham began March with two defeats, including a 2–0 loss away to Barnet in which both goals were own goals scored by Gillingham players.Elligate 2009 44 Gillingham defeated Carlisle United on 13 March, their first win for seven games; the victory took them up to 19th in the table. Two games later, the team achieved another victory, beating Lincoln City; Nicky Forster scored twice in a 3–1 win. Having not started a match since before Christmas, Forster had returned to the team in the win over Carlisle and would remain Baker's forward partner for the rest of the season.Rollin 1993 232–233 The first game of April resulted in a 4–1 defeat at home to York City, only the second time the team had conceded four goals in a game during the season,Rollin 1993 232 but Gillingham then beat Shrewsbury Town, who were sixth in the table and challenging for a place in the play-offs for promotion.Rollin 1993 589https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/05-april-1993/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 05 April 1993 11v11 AFS Enterprises 6 December 2021 A 3–0 defeat to Colchester on 16 April meant that with two games remaining, Gillingham were 20th in the Third Division and could still finish bottom, which would result in them being relegated out of the Football League.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/30-april-1993/ League Division 3 table after close of play on 30 April 1993 11v11 AFS Enterprises 29 November 2021 The remaining games were against Halifax Town and Torquay, the two teams below Gillingham in the table.Rollin 1993 232 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A115988851/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=7e075cd5 The Times 6 December 2021 Gale Gillingham fear curse could bring demotion David Powell 1 May 1993 subscription On 1 May, Gillingham defeated Halifax 2–0 at Priestfield with goals from Tony Eeles and Baker; the result meant that Gillingham could no longer finish below their opponents and were therefore safe from relegation.Elligate 2009 75 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A116996824/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=8a9b9990 Sunday Times 6 December 2021 Gale Safety first for the Gills; Football Vince Wright 2 May 1993 subscription The game drew a crowd of 7,151, the largest attendance of the season for a league match at Priestfield by a margin of more than 3,000.Rollin 1993 232 After the match, Roeder commented to the press that it had been the most important game in Gillingham's history, saying "All the emotion you can imagine. It was a Cup tie, wasn't it?"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-eeles-and-baker-leave-halifax-with-unequal-battle-for-league-survival-the-tale-of-two-teams-fearing-for-their-league-future-ended-happily-for-gillingham-yesterday-owen-slot-reports-2320403.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-eeles-and-baker-leave-halifax-with-unequal-battle-for-league-survival-the-tale-of-two-teams-fearing-for-their-league-future-ended-happily-for-gillingham-yesterday-owen-slot-reports-2320403.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Football: Eeles and Baker leave Halifax with unequal battle for League survival: The tale of two teams fearing for their League future ended happily for Gillingham yesterday Owen Slot The Independent 1 May 1993 18 December 2021 Gillingham lost to Torquay in the final match of the season and finished 21st, one place above Halifax, who lost their place in the Football League.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/31-may-1993/ League Division 3 end of season table for 1992–93 season 11v11 AFS Enterprises 19 November 2021https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-halifax-relegated-2321712.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-halifax-relegated-2321712.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Football: Halifax relegated The Independent 8 May 1993 23 November 2021 Niall Edworthy The defeat meant that, for the first time in the club's history, Gillingham had gone through an entire season without winning a league game away from home.Brown 2003 12–90, 115–116 Reviewing the season for the magazine When Saturday Comes ten years later, Chris Lynham characterised the team as poor in all areas, picking out Aylott's unsatisfactory performance as a replacement for Beadle up front and the regularity with which the defence conceded goals in injury time.https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/30-Clubs/2596-gillingham-1992-93 Gillingham 1992–93 Chris Lynham When Saturday Comes February 2003 18 January 2022 Contrary to Blackmore's prediction prior to the season, only four teams in the Third Division scored fewer goals than Gillingham.Rollin 1993 589 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsRollin 1993 232 DateOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance15 August 1992Northampton Town (H)2–3Osborne, O'Connor 3,86322 August 1992Bury (A)0–11,80629 August 1992Barnet (H)1–1Crown3,8741 September 1992Wrexham (H)4–1Lovell (3, 1 pen.), Aylott2,5035 September 1992Scarborough (A)1–1Aylott1,41212 September 1992Chesterfield (H)0–02,85315 September 1992Rochdale (A)1–1Henry1,87919 September 1992Cardiff City (A)1–3Forster6,35626 September 1992Walsall (H)0–12,8213 October 1992Crewe Alexandra (H)1–2Clark2,42010 October 1992Doncaster Rovers (A)0–12,47724 October 1992Halifax Town (A)0–21,21631 October 1992Torquay United (H)0–23,0673 November 1992Hereford United (H)3–1Forster (2), Arnott2,1437 November 1992Carlisle United (A)0–13,21321 November 1992Darlington (H)3–1Crown, Parkin (o.g.), Forster2,56328 November 1992Lincoln City (A)1–1Arnott3,17512 December 1992Shrewsbury Town (A)1–2Arnott2,44218 December 1992Colchester United (H)0–12,33126 December 1992Bury (H)1–4Smith3,63228 December 1992Scunthorpe United (A)2–2Arnott, Stephenson2,8358 January 1993Rochdale (H)4–2Arnott (2), Green, Baker3,05216 January 1993Walsall (A)1–1Smith3,25323 January 1993Cardiff City (H)0–14,0696 February 1993Northampton Town (A)2–2Baker, Ritchie3,81213 February 1993Scarborough (H)3–1Ritchie (2), Stephenson3,02216 February 1993Chesterfield (A)1–1Green2,72120 February 1993Wrexham (A)0–24,41527 February 1993Doncaster Rovers (H)1–1Crown2,9752 March 1993Barnet (A)0–23,4466 March 1993Crewe Alexandra (A)1–3Martin3,2159 March 1993York City (A)1–1Eeles3,32713 March 1993Carlisle United (H)1–0Smith3,30720 March 1993Hereford United (A)1–3Crown2,18823 March 1993Lincoln City (H)3–1Green, Forster (2)2,90627 March 1993Darlington (A)1–1Crane2,4042 April 1993York City (H)1–4Baker3,9126 April 1993Shrewsbury Town (H)1–0Crown3,08612 April 1993Scunthorpe United (H)1–1Baker3,85416 April 1993Colchester United (A)0–34,6951 May 1993Halifax Town (H)2–0Eeles, Baker7,1518 May 1993Torquay United (A)1–2Baker4,645 Partial league table 1992–93 Football League#Third Division main WDL left auto Football League Third Division final table, bottom positions PR 17 WRE Hereford United POR Carlisle United BRE Torquay United GIL Gillingham BUR Northampton Town CHE Halifax Town 10 15 17 47 60 11 11 20 51 65 12 7 23 45 67 11 8 23 48 74 9 13 20 48 64 9 9 24 45 68 Relegated to Football Conference PP complete Rollin 1993 589 Cup matches FA Cup As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1992–93 FA Cup in the first round and were paired with Kettering Town of the Football Conference, the fifth tier of English football, who had entered the competition in the fourth and final qualifying round.Rollin 1993 655 Kettering took the lead in the first half before Gillingham scored twice. Despite being forced to substitute their goalkeeper due to an injury before half-time, with former Gillingham midfielder Ian Docker taking over in goal, the Conference team levelled the scores in the second half and nearly held on for a draw. Forster scored a winner in the 85th minute, however, meaning that Gillingham progressed past the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in five seasons.Gillingham Vs Colchester United Matchday Programme Matchpoints 5 December 1992Brown 2003 98–102 In the second round their opponents were fellow Third Division team Colchester United. The initial match, at Priestfield, resulted in a 1–1 draw, necessitating a replay at Layer Road in Colchester.Rollin 1993 658 Gillingham won the replay 3–2 with goals from Forster, Andy Arnott and Henry.Rollin 1993 659 The Premier League and First Division teams entered the competition in the third round, but Gillingham were paired with Huddersfield Town of the Second Division. The initial match at Priestfield ended in a goalless draw, meaning another replay.Rollin 1993 660 Gillingham lost 2–1 in the replay at Leeds Road and were eliminated from the competition.Rollin 1993 662 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsRollin 1993 655–662 DateRoundOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance14 November 1992First Kettering Town (H)3–2Clark, Crown, Forster 3,9625 December 1992SecondColchester United (H)1–1Crown5,31916 December 1992Second (replay)Colchester United (A)3–2Forster, Arnott, Henry4,4402 January 1993ThirdHuddersfield Town (H)0–0 5,41313 January 1993Third (replay)Huddersfield Town (A)1–2Green (pen.) 5,144 Football League Cup As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1992–93 Football League Cup in the first round and were paired with Northampton Town; the first leg of the two-legged tie took place only three days after Gillingham had played Northampton in the first league match of the season. Gillingham won both legs, 2–0 at home and 2–1 away, and thus won the tie 4–1 on aggregate.Rollin 1993 616, 620 In the second round, they played Southampton of the Premier League. The first leg took place at Priestfield and drew a crowd of 7,488, the largest attendance recorded at the stadium during the season. Despite playing a team from three levels higher, Gillingham achieved a 0–0 draw.Rollin 1993 621 In the second leg at The Dell, however, the Premier League team won 3–0 to eliminate Gillingham from the competition.Rollin 1993 624 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsRollin 1993 616, 620, 621, 624 DateRoundOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance18 August 1992First (first leg)Northampton Town (H)2–1Crown, Lovell 2,24518 August 1992First (second leg)Northampton Town (A)2–0Crown, Aylott 2,39023 September 1992Second (first leg)Southampton (H)0–0 7,4887 October 1992Second (second leg)Southampton (A)0–3 6,764 Football League Trophy The 1992–93 Football League Trophy, a tournament exclusively for Second and Third Division teams, began with a first round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three, contested on a round-robin basis. Gillingham were grouped with Leyton Orient and Fulham, both of the Second Division. The first group game took place on 1 December and resulted in Orient defeating Gillingham 4–1. A week later, Gillingham played at home to Fulham and drew 3–3 in front of a crowd of 1,085, the lowest of the season at Priestfield. Fulham and Orient drew 2–2 in the final group game on 15 December, meaning that Gillingham finished bottom of the three-team group and were eliminated from the competition.Rollin 1993 636–637 Match details Key In result column, Gillingham's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal ResultsRollin 1993 636–637 DateRoundOpponentsResultGoalscorersAttendance1 December 1992FirstLeyton Orient (A)1–4Aylott 1,6678 December 1992FirstFulham (H)3–3Henry (2), O'Connor 1,085 Players thumb|right|upright|alt=Football Mark O'Connor|Mark O'Connor (pictured in 2013) made 32 appearances. Thirty-one players made at least one appearance for Gillingham during the season. Tony Butler made the most, playing in 50 of the team's 53 competitive matches. Four other players played over 40 times: Neil Smith (49), Green (48), Clark (44) and Barrett (42). Three players made only one appearance each: Kevin Hunt, Matt Joseph, and Osborne.Rollin 1993 233 Player-manager Roeder only included himself in the starting line-up on seven occasions out of a possible thirty-five,Brown 2003 102 mainly due to injury. Seventeen players scored at least one goal for the team. Crown was the highest scorer, with 5 goals in the Football League, 2 in the FA Cup, and 2 in the League Cup. His total of 9 goals was the lowest with which a player had finished a season as Gillingham's top scorer since the 1930s.Triggs 2001 348 Baker, Arnott and Forster were joint top scorers in Football League matches alone, each scoring 6 Third Division goals.Rollin 1993 233 +Player statisticsBrown 2003 102PlayerPositionThird DivisionFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Andy ArnottMF156512000227Trevor AylottFW102102121154Paul Baker footballerFW216000000216Scott Barrett footballerGK340403010420Gary BreenDF290404000370Tony Butler footballerDF410504000500Richard Carpenter footballerMF280302000330Paul Clark footballerDF351514000442Steve CraneFW7100000071David CrownFW205222200249Mark Dempsey Irish footballerMF160301020220Joe DunneDF4000100050Tony EelesMF142201000172Nicky ForsterFW236323000298Richard Green footballerDF393413020484Paul HagueDF1000002030Liburd HenryFW281314022374Scott HoughtonMF3000000030Kevin Hunt footballer, born 1975MF0000001010Matt JosephDF0000001010Harvey LimGK80101010110Steve Lovell Welsh footballerFW133004100174Eliot MartinDF221300000251Mark O'Connor English footballerMF211504021322Lawrence Osborne footballerMF1100000011Lee PalmerDF100301020160Paul Ritchie footballer, born 1969FW6300000063Glenn RoederDF6000001070Neil Smith footballerMF393404020493Paul Stephenson footballerMF122000020142Paul Watson footballer, born 1975DF1000002030 FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender Aftermath Top goalscorer Crown left the club at the end of the season and joined Dagenham & Redbridge of the Conference.Triggs 2001 99 Aylott, who had played only one game since Christmas, also moved on, as did midfielder Mark O'Connor.Triggs 2001 46, 237 In July, Roeder resigned as manager to take the equivalent role at Watford of the First Division, one of the clubs for which he had played. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F91FC7EE532FD14&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 Roeder appointed Watford manager – Football 12 December 2008 10 July 1993 The Times NewsBank Watford were later fined UK 10,000 1992 eq yes £ -4 by the Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, for making an illegal approach to Roeder.Bateson Sewell 1994 273 Mike Flanagan was promoted from reserves and youth coach to become Gillingham's new manager. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F91FC87ABAAB26C&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 Deane transfer causes split – Football 12 December 2008 13 July 1993 The Times Keith Pike NewsBank In the 1993–94 season, he led Gillingham to a 16th-place finish in the Third Division.https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/31-may-1994/ League Division 3 end of season table for 1993-94 season 11v11 AFS Enterprises 2 December 2021 References Works cited Bateson Bill Sewell Albert News of the World Football Annual 1992–93 Invincible Press 1992 978-0-85543-188-4 London Bateson Bill Sewell Albert News of the World Football Annual 1994–95 Invincible Press 1994 978-0-85543-223-2 London Brown Tony The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record Soccerdata 2003 978-1-89946-820-1 Nottingham Elligate David Gillingham FC On This Day Pitch Publishing 2009 978-1-9054-1145-0 Durrington Rollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94 Headline Publishing Group 1993 978-0-74727-895-5 London Ronay Barney Barney Ronay Studs!: The Greatest Retro Football Annual the World Has Ever Seen Ebury Press 2006 978-0-09191-364-9 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 Gillingham Fc Season, 1992-93