List of Gillingham F.C. players (25–49 appearances)

Irish defender Sean Clohessy played 46 times for Gillingham.

Gillingham F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Gillingham, Kent, playing in Football League One, the third level of the English football league system, as of the 2016–17 season. The club was formed in 1893 as New Brompton F.C.,^[1] a name which was retained until 1912, and has played home matches at Priestfield Stadium throughout its history.^[2] The club joined The Football League (now called the English Football League) in 1920, was voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end of the 1937–38 season,^[3] but returned to the league 12 years later after it was expanded from 88 to 92 clubs.^[4] Between 2000 and 2005, Gillingham played in the second tier of the English football league system for the only time in the club's history, achieving a highest league finish of eleventh place in 2002–03.^[4] The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and regionally organised competitions, and all players who have played between 25 and 49 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Gillingham career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in all senior competitive matches. Several players have contributed significantly to the history of the club, despite only playing between 24 and 49 games.^{[nb 1]} Deon Burton only spent one season at the club, but scored 13 goals, the second highest of any player that season,^[5] to help the club win the championship of Football League Two in the 2012–13 season.^[6] Dave Martin captained the Gills to promotion from the Football League Third Division in the 1995–96 season.^[7] Charlie McGibbon scored a hat-trick when New Brompton knocked Sunderland of the Football League First Division out of the FA Cup in the 1907–08 season, the club's first "giant-killing".^[8] Darius Henderson, Charlie Satterthwaite and Dick Edmed went on to play at the highest level of football in England following their time at Gillingham.^[9][10][11]

Key

• The list is ordered first by number of appearances, and then date of debut.
• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[12]
• Statistics are correct up to the end of the 2015–16 season.

Nationality

Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries for which he has played international football, or if the player has not played international football, his country of birth.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise all first team games in the English Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Third Division South Cup, Southern League, Southern League Cup, Kent League and Kent League Cup. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded, as are supplementary matches played in the Kent League and Thames & Medway Combination between 1895 and 1903, when the club's primary competition was the Southern League.

Players

Michael Harriman spent the 2013–14 season on loan to Gillingham from Queens Park Rangers.

Deon Burton spent the 2012–13 season with the Gills and helped the team win the League Two championship.

Chris Palmer played for the club from 2009 until 2011.

Patrick Agyemang scored 8 goals in 34 games for the Gills.

Darius Henderson (walking towards the camera) spent eighteen months with Gillingham, but his appearances were restricted by injuries.

Percy Barnfather played for New Brompton in the Southern League in the early twentieth century.

List of Gillingham F.C. players with between 25 and 49 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Gillingham career	Apps.	Goals	Notes[13]
Osborn, SimonSimon Osborn	England	MF	2001–2003	49	5
Foster, AdrianAdrian Foster	England	FW	1994–1996	49	11
Folds, BobbyBobby Folds	England	DF	1968–1971	49	2
Ballsom, GeorgeGeorge Ballsom	Wales	FB	1935–1938	49	0
Pickering, BillBill Pickering	England	FB	1926–1927	49	0
Livesey, CharlieCharlie Livesey	England	FW	1961–1963	48	17
McKie, JamesJames McKie	Scotland	FW	1904–1906	48	8
King, E.S.E.S. King	England	FB	1897–1899	48	0
Palmer, ChrisChris Palmer	England	DF	2009–2011	47	6	[14]
Stocks, DavidDavid Stocks	England	DF	1965–1966	47	0
Edgar, JohnnyJohnny Edgar	England	FW	1958–1959	47	24
Lucas, PaulPaul Lucas	England	FW	1956–1958	47	7
Jones, WilliamWilliam Jones	England	HB	1929–1932	47	2
Chance, GeorgeGeorge Chance	England	FW	1924–1925	47	4
Goldie, HughHugh Goldie	Scotland	HB	1902–1904	47	3
Garmston, BradleyBradley Garmston	England	DF	2015 2015–	46	2	[15]
Clohessy, SeanSean Clohessy	England	DF	2005–2009	46	1	[16]
Hales, DerekDerek Hales	England	FW	1984–1986	46	11
Rutherford, JackJack Rutherford	England	GK	1927–1931	46	0
Gladwell, A.P.A.P. Gladwell	unknown	FW	1894–1901	46	12
Gauden, AllanAllan Gauden	England	FW	1974–1976	45	3
Shearing, PeterPeter Shearing	England	GK	1971–1973	45	0
Ballagher, JohnJohn Ballagher	England	FW	1962–1964	45	12
Reid, JimmyJimmy Reid	Scotland	FW	1908–1910	45	17
Gage, LarryLarry Gage	England	GK	1950–1951	44	0
Rowley, HarryHarry Rowley	England	FW	1938–1939	44	41
Tadman, GeorgeGeorge Tadman	England	FW	1935–1936	44	19
Poxton, JimmyJimmy Poxton	England	FW	1928–1929	44	9
Burton, DeonDeon Burton	Jamaica	FW	2012–2013	43	13	[17]
Feely, PeterPeter Feely	England	FW	1974–1976	43	22
Bellotti, DerekDerek Bellotti	England	GK	1966–1970	43	0
Smith, PeterPeter Smith	England	HB	1958–1960	43	2
Henson, LenLen Henson	England	HB	1946–1951	43	0
Crawford, GeorgeGeorge Crawford	England	FB	1927–1929	43	1
North, JoeJoe North	England	FW	1923–1924	43	17
Barnfather, PercyPercy Barnfather	England	FW	1904–1906	43	4
Dunkley, AlbertAlbert Dunkley	England	FW	1901–1903	43	8
Leigh, TommyTommy Leigh	England	FW	1901–1903	43	19
Donnelly, RoryRory Donnelly	Northern Ireland	FW	2015–	42	10	[18]
Allen, CharlieCharlie Allen	England	MF	2012–2014	42	2	[19]
Albury, BillBill Albury	England	HB	1959–1960	42	15
Nekrews, TomTom Nekrews	England	FB	1953–1958	42	0
Hales, BillyBilly Hales	England	FW	1950–1952	42	16
Marshall, OwenOwen Marshall	England	FB	1921–1923	42	0
Gore, SydSyd Gore	England	FW	1918–1921 1929–1930	42	0
Whyman, AlfAlf Whyman	England	FW	1908–1909	42	8
Jackson, RyanRyan Jackson	England	DF	2015–	41	2	[20]
Simpson, TerryTerry Simpson	England	MF	1968–1969	41	4
Holmes, T.T. Holmes	unknown	GK	1910–1911	41	0
Boyle, P.P. Boyle	Scotland	FB	1908–1909	41	0
Travers, P.P. Travers	unknown	FW	1904–1906	41	3
Leigh, WalterWalter Leigh	England	FW	1903–1905	41	16
Gernon, IrvinIrvin Gernon	England	DF	1986–1988	40	1
Grewcock, NeilNeil Grewcock	England	FW	1981–1983	40	4
Wilson, BobBob Wilson	Scotland	HB	1960–1961	40	0
Payne, BrianBrian Payne	England	FW	1957–1960	40	5
Johnson, W.W. Johnson	England	FW	1938–1939	40	14
Tweed, GeorgeGeorge Tweed	England	FB	1937–1939	40	0
Millington, TommyTommy Millington	Wales	FW	1928–1929	40	2
McKee, RegReg McKee	England	FW	1925–1927	40	15
Cunliffe, DanDan Cunliffe	England	FW	1906–1907	40	15
Wallace, RodRod Wallace	England	FW	2002–2004	40	12	[21]
Davies, CallumCallum Davies	England	DF	2010–2015	39	0	[22]
Harris, NeilNeil Harris	England	FW	2005–2006	39	6	[23]
Berry, LesLes Berry	England	DF	1986–1988	39	0
Costello, RobertRobert Costello	Scotland	FB	1938–1939	39	0
Robinson, TommyTommy Robinson	England	FW	1936–1937	39	13
Scott, GeorgeGeorge Scott	England	FW	1930–1932	39	7
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	Scotland	GK	1921–1923	39	0
Boucher, TomTom Boucher	England	FW	1903–1905	39	7
Henderson, DariusDarius Henderson	England	FW	2003–2005	39	10	[24]
Lillis, JasonJason Lillis	England	FW	1987–1989	38	7
Funnell, TonyTony Funnell	England	FW	1978–1980	38	10
Coxhill, DaveDave Coxhill	Scotland	MF	1973–1975	38	1
Bickle, MikeMike Bickle	England	FW	1971–1973	38	7
Stringfellow, PeterPeter Stringfellow	England	FW	1962–1964	38	4
Morgan, WendellWendell Morgan	Wales	FW	1957–1958	38	4
Hutton, JoeJoe Hutton	Scotland	FW	1957–1958	38	7
Chapman, H.H. Chapman	unknown	HB	1945–1948	38	0
Bradley, PatrickPatrick Bradley	Scotland	FW	1926–1928	38	3
Palmer, BillBill Palmer	England	FW	1922–1923	38	5
Harriman, MichaelMichael Harriman	Ireland	DF	2013–2014	37	1	[25]
Payne, StefanStefan Payne	England	FW	2010–2012	37	2	[26]
Naylor, DominicDominic Naylor	England	DF	1995–1996	37	2
Martin, DaveDave Martin	England	DF	1995–1996	37	2
Eves, MelMel Eves	England	FW	1986–1988	37	9
Green, RodneyRodney Green	England	FW	1964–1965	37	17
Lambert, KenKen Lambert	England	FW	1952–1953	37	10
Veck, BobbyBobby Veck	England	FW	1950–1951	37	12
Trumper, S.S. Trumper	England	FW	1945–1950	37	22
Bradbury, T.T. Bradbury	unknown	FW	1938–1939	37	0
Loasby, HarryHarry Loasby	England	FW	1930–1931	37	22
Bull, A.A. Bull	England	HB	1904–1906	37	0
Harris, W.W. Harris	unknown	GK	1901–1903	37	0
Gascoigne, JimJim Gascoigne	unknown	GK	1895–1897	37	0
Ndumbu-Nsungu, GuylainGuylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	DR Congo	FW	2006–2007	36	5	[27]
Carr, DarrenDarren Carr	England	DF	1998–1999	36	2
Shipley, GeorgeGeorge Shipley	England	MF	1987–1989	36	3
Handford, PhilPhil Handford	England	MF	1982–1984	36	2
Chadwick, DaveDave Chadwick	England	FW	1974–1975	36	3
Johnston, TommyTommy Johnston	Scotland	FW	1961–1962	36	10
Mills, ArthurArthur Mills	England	FW	1933–1934	36	13
Forsyth, JimJim Forsyth	Scotland	HB	1928–1929	36	0
Wright, HarryHarry Wright	England	FW	1920–1921	36	0
McGibbon, CharlieCharlie McGibbon	England	FW	1907–1908	36	22
Fullerton, J.J. Fullerton	unknown	HB	1907–1908	36	0
Hartley, JimmyJimmy Hartley	Scotland	FW	1906–1908	36	15
Neame, S.R.S.R. Neame	unknown	HB	1900–1903	36	0
Easton, ClintClint Easton	England	MF	2006–2007	36	1	[28]
Hoyte, GavinGavin Hoyte	Trinidad and Tobago	DF	2014–2015	35	0	[29]
German, AntonioAntonio German	England	FW	2013–2015	35	3	[30]
Facey, DelroyDelroy Facey	England	FW	2007–2008	35	3	[31]
Hole, VicVic Hole	England	FW	1945–1948	35	36
Robinson, CharlieCharlie Robinson	England	HB	1933–1935	35	0
Amos, StanleyStanley Amos	England	FW	1926–1928	35	12
Morris, JackJack Morris	England	FW	1904–1905	35	9
Clutterbuck, HenryHenry Clutterbuck	England	GK	1903–1904	35	0
Jupp, DuncanDuncan Jupp	Scotland	DF	2006–2007	34	0	[32]
Agyemang, PatrickPatrick Agyemang	Ghana	FW	2003–2005	34	8	[33]
Young, CharlieCharlie Young	England	DF	1977–1982	34	2
Clark, RonnieRonnie Clark	Scotland	FW	1956–1958	34	8
Durkin, JohnJohn Durkin	Scotland	FW	1953–1955	34	6
Anstiss, HarryHarry Anstiss	England	FW	1934–1935	34	6
McMillan, StuartStuart McMillan	England	FW	1921–1922	34	2
Salter, H.J.H.J. Salter	unknown	FW	1907–1908	34	8
Satterthwaite, CharlieCharlie Satterthwaite	England	FW	1902–1903	34	14
Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith	England	FW	1902–1903	34	11
Swan, AndrewAndrew Swan	Scotland	FW	1899–1900	34	7
Buckland, HarryHarry Buckland	unknown	FW	1894–1896	34	10
Chapman, IanIan Chapman	England	DF	1996–1997	33	1
Campbell, DonDon Campbell	England	DF	1962–1964	33	0
Moore, SamSam Moore	England	FW	1958–1960	33	9
Taylor, JimJim Taylor	England	FW	1956–1958	33	16
Price, R.R. Price	unknown	HB	1945–1947	33	2
McGee, T.T. McGee	unknown	FW	1938–1939	33	11
Marsden, HarryHarry Marsden	England	FB	1934–1935	33	0
Robotham, HarryHarry Robotham	England	HB	1907–1908	33	0
Singleton, HarryHarry Singleton	England	FW	1903–1904	33	1
Evans, C.C. Evans	unknown	FW	1901–1906	33	0
Killean, TedTed Killean	England	FB	1901–1903	33	0
Blair, JamesJames Blair	unknown	HB	1901–1902	33	1
Humphrey, W.W. Humphrey	unknown	FB	1900–1902	33	0
Gallacher, HughHugh Gallacher	Scotland	FW	1897–1899	33	3
Gentle, AlecAlec Gentle	unknown	HB	1896–1898	33	0
Pike, ChrisChris Pike	Wales	FW	1994–1995	32	18
Bowman, RichieRichie Bowman	England	MF	1981–1983	32	7
Wilson, JoeJoe Wilson	England	FB	1928–1930	32	10
Legge, AlbertAlbert Legge	England	FW	1928–1929	32	5
Bruce, HarryHarry Bruce	England	FB	1928–1929	32	0
Bell, MarkMark Bell	Scotland	HB	1912–1913	32	0
Lockie, JamesJames Lockie	England	FB	1899–1900	32	0
Flitney, RossRoss Flitney	England	GK	2011–2013	31	0	[34]
Kuffour, JoJo Kuffour	Ghana	FW	2010–2012	31	9	[35]
Rattray, KevinKevin Rattray	England	MF	1995–1996	31	3
Fogarty, BillBill Fogarty	England	MF	1975–1977	31	0
Taylor, BobBob Taylor	England	HB	1956–1959	31	5
Fowler, ArthurArthur Fowler	England	FW	1935–1938	31	3
Taylor, FrankFrank Taylor	England	FW	1928–1929	31	8
Lissenden, A.J.A.J. Lissenden	unknown	FB	1912–1920	31	2
Walker, GeorgeGeorge Walker	unknown	HB	1906–1907	31	0
Watts, ErnieErnie Watts	England	HB	1904–1905	31	0
Turner, JoeJoe Turner	England	FW	1904–1905	31	10
Carter, JamesJames Carter	England	GK	1899–1900	31	0
Glover, JohnJohn Glover	England	FB	1899–1900	31	0
McDonald, DeanDean McDonald	England	FW	2006–2007	30	6	[36]
Thomas, GlenGlen Thomas	England	DF	1995–1998	30	0
Byrne, DavidDavid Byrne	England	FW	1985–1986	30	3
Gilbert, CarlCarl Gilbert	England	FW	1967–1970	30	11
Vaessen, LeonLeon Vaessen	England	MF	1961–1963	30	0
Armfield, BillyBilly Armfield	England	FW	1932–1933	30	7
Buckle, GeorgeGeorge Buckle	England	GK	1931–1932	30	0
Reddock, CharlieCharlie Reddock	Scotland	HB	1925–1926	30	0
Massey, GeorgeGeorge Massey	unknown	FW	1909–1912	30	2
Stevenson, JimJim Stevenson	unknown	FW	1903–1904	30	7
Thomas, W.E.W.E. Thomas	unknown	FW	1894–1897	30	3
Armstrong, CraigCraig Armstrong	England	DF	1996 2007–2008	29	1	[37]
Death, BillyBilly Death	England	FW	1930–1931	29	9
Hawkes, J.M.J.M. Hawkes	unknown	FB	1909–1912	29	0
Henderson, BillBill Henderson	Scotland	HB	1908–1909	29	0
Archer, ArthurArthur Archer	England	FB	1902–1903	29	0
Daw, TeddyTeddy Daw	England	GK	1902–1903	29	0
Bunyan, CharlieCharlie Bunyan	England	GK	1898–1899	29	0
Skea, DavidDavid Skea	Scotland	FW	1897–1898	29	12
Linganzi, AmineAmine Linganzi	Republic of the Congo	MF	2013–2015	28	1	[38]
Pritchard, JoshJosh Pritchard	England	MF	2014–2015	28	0	[39]
Hunt, PeterPeter Hunt	England	MF	1977–1978	28	0
Hilton, PatPat Hilton	England	FW	1975–1977	28	1
O'Donnell, NeilNeil O'Donnell	Scotland	MF	1974–1976	28	0
Scott, AllanAllan Scott	England	FW	1933–1934	28	12
Williams, HoraceHorace Williams	Wales	FW	1922–1923	28	11
Steel, AlexAlex Steel	Scotland	HB	1919–1920	28	1
Wolstenholme, ArthurArthur Wolstenholme	England	FW	1912–1913	28	7
Chorley, BenBen Chorley	England	MF	2006–2007	27	1	[40]
Fletcher, JimmyJimmy Fletcher	England	FW	1957–1958	27	13
Smith, DaveDave Smith	Scotland	GK	1929–1931	27	0
Hook, AlbertAlbert Hook	England	HB	1924–1925	27	0
Edmed, DickDick Edmed	England	FW	1923–1926	27	7
Fullarton, DavidDavid Fullarton	Scotland	HB	1908–1910	27	0
Pangbourne, TomTom Pangbourne	England	FW	1899–1900	27	8
Ford, BillBill Ford	Scotland	FW	1897–1898	27	10
Manning, F.F. Manning	unknown	HB	1894–1896	27	5
Statham, BrianBrian Statham	England	DF	1997–1998	26	0
Piper, LennyLenny Piper	England	MF	1996–1998	26	2
Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis	Wales	FW	1952–1955	26	2
Dodds, JimJim Dodds	Northern Ireland	FW	1936–1937	26	6
Hillier, StanStan Hillier	England	FW	1926–1928	26	4
Kelly, H.H. Kelly	unknown	FW	1919–1920	26	1
Cannon, F.F. Cannon	England	FW	1910–1911	26	6
Haywood, AdamAdam Haywood	England	FW	1900–1901	26	1
Samuel, DominicDominic Samuel	England	FW	2015–2016	25	7	[41]
Oshilaja, DejiDeji Oshilaja	England	DF	2015–2016 2016–	25	3	[42]
Aitken, GlennGlenn Aitken	England	DF	1972–1975	25	0
Payton, CliffCliff Payton	England	FW	1958–1960	25	5
Bartley, JimJim Bartley	England	FB	1926–1930	25	0
Richards, AlbertAlbert Richards	England	FW	1925–1926	25	4
Lee, HarryHarry Lee	England	FW	1919–1920	25	4
Hooper, BillBill Hooper	England	FW	1914–1915	25	1
Powell, BertBert Powell	England	FW	1908–1909	25	3
Cockrill, J.J. Cockrill	unknown	FB	1895–1897	25	1

See also

• List of Gillingham F.C. players, for those players with 50 or more appearances for the club
• List of Gillingham F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

Footnotes

References