The Gills were on the bottom rung of the Football League ladder when the 1992-93 season kicked off, and after several indifferent seasons they achieved promotion to Division Two while the shadow of administration hung over Priestfield.

Things picked up, and in 1999 they reached the Division Two play-off final (losing to Manchester City on penalties) and the following season went one better, beating Wigan 3-2 in the final. Three mid-table seasons in Division One followed, but the Gills then had successive relegation battles and succumbed to the second of those. Another relegation followed last season to complete the slide back down the ladder.

Gillingham’s over-achieving peak was 2001-02, when they finished 12th in Division One and reached the FA Cup 5th round, but the decline since then has been steep.