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The top two teams of the 1998–99 Football League Second Division season gained automatic promotion to the First Division, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-offs. Manchester City ended the season in third position while Gillingham were fourth.
The club had never reached the second level of English football in its history. [2] Gillingham had finished the previous season in 11th place in the league table, six points below the promotion play-off places. [3] Tony Pulis served as manager for a third season, having been appointed in 1995 after chairman Paul Scally purchased the club.
The next three games all resulted in draws, after which Gillingham were in 18th place in the 24-team league table. [16] The goalless draw against Bristol Rovers was marred by a brawl involving almost every player on the pitch, after which Gillingham's Barry Ashby and Adrian Pennock were both sent off , along with two Rovers players. [ 17 ]
The Gillingham team line up before their first ever Football League match in 1920, along with club officials and the local mayor Gillingham Football Club is an English association football club originally formed in 1893 under the name New Brompton F.C. The club adopted its present name in 1912, and played in the Southern League until 1920, when that league's top division was absorbed into the ...
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 ...
On the final day of the league season, Gillingham had the opportunity to finish in second place in the table and thereby clinch an automatic promotion place, but a 1–0 defeat away to Wrexham meant that Burnley were able to overtake them with a 2–1 win over Scunthorpe United. [2]
The first leg of the two-legged tie took place at the Withdean Stadium, Brighton's new home after a period spent sharing Priestfield Stadium, [74] and resulted in a 2–0 win for Gillingham. [75] The score was the same in the second leg, so Gillingham progressed to the second round with a 4–0 win on aggregate. [76]
The forward also scored Gillingham's only goal in each of the next three matches, which produced one win, one draw, and one defeat; after this run Gillingham were 14th in the 24-team league table. [18] On 15 October, Gillingham defeated Shrewsbury Town 2–1, but then began a run of five league games without a win. [16]