1982–83 Gillingham F.C. season
Gillingham F.C. 1982–83 football season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the 1982–83 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 51st season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 33rd since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. Two months into the season, Gillingham were in third place in the Third Division league table, a position which at the end of the season would secure promotion to the Second Division, but the team then experienced a run of seven games with only one victory which left them in 12th place at the end of 1982. Their results did not improve in the new year, with only one victory in the first fourteen games of 1983, resulting in them slipping to 19th in the table, only two places above the positions which would result in relegation to the Fourth Division. Six wins in the final eleven games of the season, however, meant that Gillingham finished the campaign 13th out of 24 teams in the division.
1982–83 season | |||
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Chairman | Clifford Grossmark[1] | ||
Manager | Keith Peacock | ||
Third Division | 13th | ||
FA Cup | Second round | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Tony Cascarino (15) All: Tony Cascarino (19) | ||
Highest home attendance | 14,446 vs Tottenham Hotspur (9 November 1982) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,716 vs Bradford City (3 May 1983) | ||
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Gillingham also competed in two knock-out competitions. They lost in the second round of the FA Cup, but reached the third round of the Football League Cup for the first time in more than a decade, losing at that stage to Tottenham Hotspur of the First Division. The team played 54 competitive matches, winning 19, drawing 14, and losing 21. Tony Cascarino was the club's leading goalscorer, scoring 15 goals in the Third Division and a total of 19 in all competitions. Micky Adams and Mark Weatherly made the most appearances, both playing 51 times. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, during the season was 14,446 for the League Cup game against Tottenham.