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Deutsch1924–25 Gillingham F.C. season
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| 1924–25 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Jack Knight | |
| Manager | Harry Curtis | |
| Third Division South | 13th | |
| FA Cup | Sixth qualifying round | |
| Top goalscorer | League: tbc All: Fred Brown, Frank Marshall, Tommy Hall (10 each) | |
| Highest home attendance | tbc | |
| Lowest home attendance | tbc | |
| | ||
During the 1924–25 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the fifth season in which the club competed in the Football League.
Gillingham also competed in the FA Cup, reaching the sixth and final qualifying round; they were defeated by Barrow in a match which had to be replayed four times before either team was victorious.
Background and pre-season
[edit]The 1924–25 season was Gillingham's fifth season playing in the Football League. The club had been one of the founder members of the Third Division in 1920. A year later, the division was re-branded the Third Division South when a parallel Third Division North was created.[1] Gillingham had finished in 22nd and last place in the league table in their first season in the division,[2] but improved their final position each season since;[3] in the 1923–24 season, they had finished in 15th place.[4]
Harry Curtis was the team's manager for a second season.[5] He was the first Gillingham manager to be given full control of all team-related affairs; previously some of these matters had come under the remit of the club's secretary.[5] The club signed six new players before the season, including Frank Marshall, a forward, who joined the club from the Scottish team Shettleston.[6]
Third Division South
[edit]August–December
[edit]Gillingham's first match of the season was away to Luton Town;[7] Marshall, Davis, Hook, Chance, Brown and Wilkinson all made their club debuts[8] in a match that ended in a goalless draw.
At the end of 1924, Gillingham were in 15th place in the Third Division South league table.[9]
January–May
[edit]Gillingham finished the season in 13th place in the league table, meaning that they had improved their final position for a fourth consecutive season.[10]
FA Cup
[edit]Gillingham entered the 1924–25 FA Cup in the fifth qualifying round,[11] and were drawn to play Kettering Town of the Southern League.
Players
[edit]
During the season, 24 players made at least one appearance for Gillingham.
Aftermath
[edit]Gillingham improved their final position again in the 1925–26 season, ending the campaign in 10th place, the first time the team had finished in the top half of the league table since entering the Football League.[12] Curtis left the club at the end of that campaign to become manager of Brentford and the team's form declined; it would be a further seven seasons before Gillingham finished in the top half again.
References
[edit]- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, p. 110.
- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, p. 189.
- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, pp. 190–192.
- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, p. 193.
- ^ a b Elligate 2009, p. TBC.
- ^ "Gillingham's new men". Western Evening Herald and Western Evening News. 27 August 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brown 2003, p. 38.
- ^ Triggs 2001, p. 22, TBC, TBC, 14, TBC, TBC.
- ^ "Division Three (South) table after close of play on 31 December 1924". 11v11. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, p. 194.
- ^ Collett 2003, p. 307.
- ^ Soar & Tyler 1983, p. TBC.
Works cited
[edit]- Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 978-1-89946-820-1.
- Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of the FA Cup. SportsBooks Limited. ISBN 978-1-89980-719-2.
- Elligate, David (2009). Gillingham FC On This Day. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905411-45-0.
- Soar, Phil; Tyler, Martin (1983). Encyclopedia of British Football. CollinsWillow. ISBN 978-0-0021-8049-8.
- Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-75242-243-5.