1983–84 Gillingham F.C. season

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(3 September 1983)

During the

the Football League and the 34th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The team started the season poorly and were near the bottom of the league table after six games, but won five times in October to move into the top half, where they remained at the end of 1983. After only playing one league match in January, Gillingham were 10th in the 24-team table at the end of February but were in the advantageous position of having up to four games more to play than the teams above them. During March and April, however, they played 15 games and only won three times to fall out of contention for promotion to the Second Division
. After winning three out of four games in May, the team finished the season 8th in the table, missing out on promotion by five places.

Gillingham also competed in three

Football League Cup and the Associate Members' Cup but reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, at which stage they held Everton of the First Division, the highest level of English football, to two goalless draws before losing a second replay. The team played 55 competitive matches, winning 23, drawing 12, and losing 20. Dave Mehmet was the club's leading goalscorer, with 17 goals in all competitions. John Leslie made the most appearances, missing only one game. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium
, was 17,817 for the second of the two replays against Everton.

Background and pre-season

The 1983–84 season was Gillingham's 52nd season playing in the Football League and the 34th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's 10th consecutive season in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system, since the team gained promotion from the Fourth Division in 1974.[2] In the nine seasons since then, the team had achieved a best finish of fourth place, one position away from promotion to the Second Division, in the 1978–79 season.[3] The club had never reached the second level of English football in its history.[4]

transfer fee, the player chose to reject the move.[10] Players leaving Gillingham included Micky Adams, who was transferred to Coventry City of the First Division for a fee of £85,000, a new record for the highest transfer fee received by the club.[11][12]

The team's

national team of Japan
, a game attended by the Japanese ambassador as well as by Sir Stanley Rous, a former president of FIFA, the sport's global governing body.[14]

Third Division

August–December

Fellows Park football stadium
A lengthy unbeaten league run came to an end with defeat at Fellows Park, home of Walsall.

Gillingham's first match of the season was

loan from Luton Town, made his debut.[18] Gillingham conceded a goal in the first half and, although Leslie equalised with his first goal for the club shortly after the interval, ultimately lost 2–1.[15][19] Another loan player, Paul Garner, made his first appearance against Bolton Wanderers on 6 September in defence;[20] Forward Tony Cascarino, the team's leading goalscorer in the previous season,[21] made his first appearance of the campaign as a substitute for Garner.[13] Goals from Dave Mehmet and Mark Weatherly gave Gillingham their first win of the season.[15][22] Gillingham drew 1–1 with Plymouth Argyle on 10 September but then lost to both Oxford United and AFC Bournemouth.[15] Fry made his debut against Bournemouth, replacing Ron Hillyard, who had been the team's first-choice goalkeeper since 1974.[23][24] Steve Bruce, a defender who was only 22 years old but had already played nearly 200 games for Gillingham,[25][26] returned to the team for the same game after missing the start of the season due to a broken leg.[27][28] At the end of September, Gillingham were 22nd out of 24 teams in the Third Division league table.[29]

Having lost their last two league games of September, Gillingham won their first five matches of October.

Orient and at home to Millwall meant that at the end of the month Gillingham were 10th in the table.[15][38]

Gillingham won 2–0 at home to

sent off.[43] Although Rotherham scored twice after the interval, both Weatherly and Mehmet scored again and Gillingham won 4–2.[15] Russell Musker, a midfielder signed from Bristol City, made his debut in the game.[44] Gillingham began December with a 1–0 win away to Port Vale, Cochrane scoring the only goal of the game less than a minute from the start.[45] Hillyard played his first game since September in a 2–0 defeat away to Scunthorpe United on 17 December.[15] On Boxing Day, Gillingham achieved their biggest win of the season with a 5–1 victory at home to Southend United.[15][46] It was the first time the team had scored more than four goals in a game since February 1982 and left them 9th in the league table.[37][47] Gillingham ended 1983 with two defeats, losing 3–0 away to Bristol Rovers and 1–0 at home to Wimbledon on 31 December, the first time they had lost at Priestfield since mid-September.[27] John Sharpe, a defender who had been a regular in the team since 1978, was injured against Bristol Rovers and would not play again for nearly a year.[48][49] Cascarino, who had been out injured,[10] returned to the side against Wimbledon.[15] The result left Gillingham 11th in the table at the end of the calendar year.[50]

January–May

Footballer Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce scored twice in Gillingham's first league game of 1984.

Four of Gillingham's five league games originally scheduled for January were postponed, two of them because of the team's continuing involvement in the

Bradford City and 2–2 at home to Millwall, and they remained unbeaten in the Third Division in 1984 when two goals from Mehmet and one from Cascarino gave them a 3–0 victory at home to Wigan Athletic on 25 February.[15] At the end of the month, Gillingham were 10th in the table, seven points below the top three places which would result in promotion,[57] but still with the advantage of having played up to four fewer games than all the teams above them.[a][58]

Gillingham began March with a match against Exeter City, who were 24th in the league table,

Newport County, meaning that they had won only once in the last seven games.[15] Colin Clarke, a forward signed on loan from Peterborough United, made his debut against Burnley.[68] In the last game of March, goals from Leslie and Mehmet, neither of whom had scored for over a month, and Cascarino secured a 3–1 win over Orient;[15] despite the victory, Gillingham were again 13 points below third place.[69]

A goal from Cascarino gave Gillingham a second consecutive win as they beat Bolton Wanderers 1–0 on 7 April,

sent off.[15][78] Having gone six games without a victory, Gillingham won their first three games of May, beginning with a 2–1 defeat of Plymouth Argyle.[79] In the next game, at home to Newport County on 5 May, Musker scored inside the first minute and Cascarino added two more goals before ten minutes of the match had elapsed; Gillingham went on to win 4–1.[80] Two days later, Gillingham conceded a goal against second-placed Wimbledon just ten seconds after the start of the match, but came back to win 3–1.[81][82][83] Gillingham's final game of the season was at home to Scunthorpe United on 12 May. Mehmet scored his 16th league goal of the season in a 1–1 draw which meant that Gillingham finished the season 8th in the league table, 13 points below the promotion places.[84]

League match results

Key

Results[15]
Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
27 August 1983 Sheffield United (A) 0–4 10,405
3 September 1983
Hull City
(H) 		1–2 Leslie 3,019
6 September 1983 Bolton Wanderers (H) 2–0 Mehmet, Weatherly 3,087
10 September 1983 Plymouth Argyle (A) 1–1 Sitton 3,192
17 September 1983 Oxford United (H) 2–3 Johnson, Sitton 3,370
24 September 1983 AFC Bournemouth (A) 0–2 3,045
1 October 1983 Brentford (H) 4–2 Leslie (2), Mehmet (2) 3,268
8 October 1983 Preston North End (H) 2–0 Cochrane, Weatherly 3,725
15 October 1983 Burnley (A) 3–2 Cochrane, Cascarino, Mehmet 5,462
18 October 1983 Exeter City (H) 3–1 Bruce, Weatherly (2) 3,943
22 October 1983 Wigan Athletic (A) 2–1 Cochrane, Weatherly 4,189
24 October 1983
Orient
(A) 		1–1 Cascarino 4,013
29 October 1983 Millwall (H) 3–3 Leslie, Sage, Mehmet 6,226
5 November 1983 Lincoln City (H) 2–0 Johnson, Mehmet (pen.) 4,428
12 November 1983 Walsall (A) 1–3 Cascarino 4,639
26 November 1983 Rotherham United (H) 4–2 Weatherly (2), Mehmet (2) 4,052
3 December 1983 Port Vale (A) 1–0 Cochrane 3,086
17 December 1983 Scunthorpe United (A) 0–2 2,127
26 December 1983 Southend United (H) 5–1 Weatherly, Musker, Mehmet (2), Bruce 5,511
27 December 1983 Bristol Rovers (A) 0–3 5,996
31 December 1983 Wimbledon (H) 0–1 5,054
14 January 1984 Sheffield United (H) 4–2 Bruce (2), Weatherly, Cochrane 5,408
4 February 1984 Brentford (A) 3–2 Musker, Cascarino, Leslie 4,317
11 February 1984 AFC Bournemouth (H) 2–1 Mehmet, Leslie 4,891
14 February 1984
Bradford City
(H) 		0–0 4,390
19 February 1984 Millwall (A) 2–2 Cascarino, Cochrane 6,344
25 February 1984 Wigan Athletic (H) 3–0 Mehmet (2), Cascarino 4,013
3 March 1984 Exeter City (A) 0–0 2,801
7 March 1984 Lincoln City (A) 0–4 1,575
10 March 1984 Walsall (H) 1–3 Cascarino 4,544
14 March 1984 Oxford United (A) 1–0 Cavener 7,433
17 March 1984 Preston North End (A) 2–2 Musker, Sparrow 3,874
24 March 1984 Burnley (H) 0–1 4,319
27 March 1984
Newport County
(A) 		0–1 1,849
31 March 1984
Orient
(H) 		3–1 Leslie, Cascarino, Mehmet 3,090
7 April 1984 Bolton Wanderers (A) 1–0 Cascarino 4,815
11 April 1984
Bradford City
(A) 		2–3 Mehmet, Clarke 3,523
14 April 1984 Port Vale (H) 1–1 Leslie 3,323
17 April 1984
Hull City
(A) 		0–0 9,179
20 April 1984 Southend United (A) 1–3 Sage 3,218
23 April 1984 Bristol Rovers (H) 1–2 Musker 3,400
28 April 1984 Rotherham United (A) 0–3 3,198
1 May 1984 Plymouth Argyle (H) 2–1 Leslie, Shaw 3,103
5 May 1984
Newport County
(H) 		4–1 Musker, Cascarino (2), Bruce (pen.) 3,073
7 May 1984 Wimbledon (A) 3–1 Bruce, Cascarino, Sitton 6,009
12 May 1984 Scunthorpe United (H) 1–1 Mehmet 3,513

Partial league table

Main article: 1983–84 Football League § Third Division
Football League Third Division final table, leading positions[57]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Oxford United 46 28 11 7 91 50 +41 95 Division Champions, promoted
2 Wimbledon 46 26 9 11 97 76 +21 87 Promoted
3 Sheffield United 46 24 11 11 86 53 +33 83
4 Hull City 46 23 14 9 71 38 +33 83
5 Bristol Rovers 46 22 13 11 68 54 +14 79
6 Walsall 46 22 9 15 68 61 +7 75
7 Bradford City 46 20 11 15 73 65 +8 71
8 Gillingham 46 20 10 16 74 69 +5 70

FA Cup

Aerial view of Goodison Park football stadium
Gillingham achieved a goalless draw at Goodison Park (pictured in 2023), home of Everton of the First Division.

As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1983–84 FA Cup at the first round stage; their opponents were AP Leamington of the Southern League, who had progressed through four qualifying rounds to reach this stage of the competition.[85] A goal from Phil Handford gave Gillingham a 1–0 victory at Leamington's Windmill Gound and took them into the second round, where they faced another Southern League team, Chelmsford City, at Priestfield.[86] Although Gillingham were held to a 1–0 lead at half-time, they scored five times after the interval and won 6–1.[87] Gillingham's third round opponents were fellow Third Division team Brentford; with less than 15 minutes of the match at Priestfield remaining, Brentford were winning 3–1 and seemed set for victory, but Gillingham scored four goals in the final 11 minutes to secure a 5–3 win and reach the fourth round (last 32) of the competition for only the third time in the club's history.[3][88]

Gillingham's opponents in the fourth round were Everton of the First Division, the highest tier of English football. The match took place at Everton's ground, Goodison Park, and Gillingham held their higher-level opponents to a goalless draw, meaning that a replay at Priestfield was required.[89] The second match was also goalless at the end of the regulation 90 minutes and went into extra time. Shortly before the end of the additional period, a long clearance out of the Gillingham defence reached Cascarino, who found himself in the clear with only Everton's goalkeeper Neville Southall to beat, but the Gillingham forward hit a weak shot which was blocked by Southall and the final score was again 0–0.[90][91][92] In a review of Cascarino's autobiography, published sixteen years later, Dave Hill of the magazine When Saturday Comes described the moment as "one of the great misses [of all time]";[93] in the book Cascarino himself attributed it to a sudden attack of self-doubt at the crucial moment, writing "Panic was clouding my brain like a fog. [Southall] narrowed the angle and stood his ground. Impulsively I reached for the trigger and kicked an awful shot that almost dribbled into his hands".[92] As Gillingham won a coin toss to decide the venue of the second replay, it also took place at Priestfield.[91] The match resulted in a 3–0 victory for Everton, ending Gillingham's participation in the FA Cup for the season. The reporter for The Daily Telegraph wrote that Gillingham's decision after winning the coin toss for the choice of ends to play with a strong wind behind them in the first half backfired as it led to them relying too much on long-range shots which lacked accuracy.[94][95] The gate receipts of £35,070 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2023) for the second replay were a new club record.[96]

FA Cup match results

Key

Results[97]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
19 November 1983 First AP Leamington (A) 1–0 Handford 2,223
10 December 1983 Second Chelmsford City (H) 6–1 Shaw, Bruce, Sage, Weatherly, Mehmet, Leslie 4,812
7 January 1984 Third Brentford (H) 5–3 Cochrane, Musker, Weatherly, Leslie, Cascarino 6,509
28 January 1984 Fourth Everton (A) 0–0 22,380
31 January 1984 Fourth (replay) Everton (H) 0–0 (
a.e.t.
) 		15,339
6 February 1984 Fourth (second replay) Everton (H) 0–3 17,817

Football League Cup

As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the

aggregate score 6–1 and eliminating Gillingham from the competition.[100] Kerry Dixon scored all the goals in the second leg, making him the second player inside three weeks to score four times in a game against Gillingham.[17][101]

Football League Cup match results

Key

Results[102]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
30 August 2023 First (first leg) Chelsea (H) 1–2 Shaw 8,633
13 September 2023 First (second leg) Chelsea (A) 0–4 9,704

Associate Members' Cup

Gillingham entered the 1983–84 Associate Members' Cup, a new competition exclusively for Third and Fourth Division clubs,[103] at the first round stage and were paired with fellow Third Division side Millwall; the match took place nine days after the teams had drawn 2–2 in the league.[104] Both teams scored two goals in the first half and a third after half-time; with the scores level after 90 minutes the match went into extra time.[105] With three minutes of the additional period remaining, 17-year old Teddy Sheringham scored to give Millwall a 4–3 win, meaning that Gillingham were eliminated from the tournament.[106][107]

Associate Members' Cup match results

Key

Results[105]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
28 February 1984 First Millwall (A) 3–4 Cascarino (2), Sparrow 2,364

Player details

Head and shoulders shot of footballer Tony Cascarino
Tony Cascarino was the team's second-highest goalscorer.

During the season, 28 players made at least one appearance for Gillingham. Leslie made the most, playing in 54 of the team's 55 competitive matches. Mehmet and Sitton also played 50 or more times, and another six players made 40 or more appearances. Seven players made fewer than five appearances, four of whom played only once. Mehmet was the team's top goalscorer, scoring 16 times in the league and once in the FA Cup. Cascarino scored 15 goals and Weatherly and Leslie also reached double figures.

Player statistics[27]
Player Position
Third Division
 FA Cup Football League Cup Associate Members' Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gary Armstrong DF 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Richie Bowman MF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Steve Bruce DF 40 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 46 7
Tony Cascarino FW 37 12 5 1 1 0 1 2 44 15
Phil Cavener MF 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1
Colin Clarke FW 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Terry Cochrane MF 34 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 40 7
Paul Collins MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ray Daniel DF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Colin Duncan MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
David Fry GK 38 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Paul Garner DF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Phil Handford MF 20 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 24 1
Ron Hillyard GK 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11 0
Jeff Johnson MF 32 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 38 2
John Leslie FW 45 9 6 2 2 0 1 0 54 11
Dave Mehmet MF 43 16 6 1 2 0 0 0 51 17
Russell Musker MF 27 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 33 6
Mel Sage DF 40 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 47 3
Allen Scotting DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
John Sharpe DF 16 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 20 0
Peter Shaw DF 33 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 40 3
John Sitton DF 42 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 50 3
Brian Sparrow DF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 2
Wayne Stokes DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Tydeman MF 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Mark Weatherly DF 32 9 4 2 2 0 0 0 38 11
Andy Woodhead DF 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0

FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender

Aftermath

For the second consecutive season, Bruce was voted into the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year for the Third Division by his fellow professionals.[108] Having attracted the attention of several First Division clubs with his performances, the defender left Gillingham at the end of the season to join Norwich City for a fee of £135,000.[109] Shaw won the club's own Player of the Season award.[110] Writing in the matchday programme for the final game of the season, Peacock contended that injuries restricting the players available for selection had been the primary reason for the decline in the team's performances in the final months of the season and their inability to remain in contention for promotion. He added that the club was "close to developing a side with genuine promotion potential".[111] The following season, Gillingham matched their best performance since returning to the Third Division, finishing fourth and missing out on promotion by one place.[112] It would not be until 2000 that the club reached the second level of English football for the first time.[4]

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a. ^ As three points were awarded for winning a match,[113] Gillingham's four games in hand represented a potential advantage of up to 12 points over teams above them.

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