Gillingham F.C. season 1973-74

Infobox Football club season
club = Gillingham
season = 1973–74
manager = Andy Nelson
chairman = Dr C.S. Grossmark
league = Football League Fourth Division
league result = 2nd
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = First Round
cup2 = League Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
league topscorer = Brian Yeo (31)
season topscorer = Brian Yeo (32)
highest attendance = 12,577 vs Peterborough United (3 April 1974)
lowest attendance =3,864 vs Doncaster Rovers (29 September 1973)The 1973–74 season was the forty-second season in which football club Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League, and the twenty-fourth since the club's return to the League in 1950. Gillingham finished the season as runners-up in the Football League Fourth Division, gaining promotion back to the Third Division three years after dropping down from it. Brian Yeo equalled the club record of 31 Football League goals in a season, set by Ernie Morgan 18 years earlier.

Football League

Manager Andy Nelson retained a largely unchanged squad from the previous season, making no new signings during the summer. The team began the season with a defeat to Crewe Alexandra, but then recorded four wins and three draws in the next nine games, including a 7–2 defeat of Scunthorpe United. After the 2–1 defeat to Exeter City on 6 October the team then went on a run of 20 games without defeat before losing 2–0 to Stockport County on 10 March. Two further defeats followed in March but the team hung on to finish the season in second place, three points behind Peterborough United, and gain promotion. Striker Brian Yeo scored his 31st league goal of the season in the 2–0 win over Lincoln City on 24 April, equalling the club record set by Ernie Morgan in the 1955–56 season.

Football League Cup

Gillingham entered the League Cup at the first round stage and defeated Colchester United, but were knocked out in the second round by Carlisle United.

quad statistics

Gillingham used only 19 players in total over the course of the season with two, George Jacks and Dick Tydeman, playing in all 49 competitive matches and five others making over 40 appearances.

ee also

*Gillingham F.C. seasons

References

*cite book
last = Brown
first = Tony
coauthors =
title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record
publisher = Soccerdata
year = 2003
isbn = 1-8994-6820-X
pages =
*cite book
last = Triggs
first = Roger
coauthors =
title = Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893–1984
publisher = Kent County Libraries
year = 1984
isbn =
*cite book
last = Bradley
first = Andy
coauthors = Roger Triggs
title = Home of the Shouting Men: Complete History of Gillingham Football Club 1893–1993
publisher = Gillingham F.C.
year = 1994
isbn = 0-9523-3610-3
pages =