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GILLINGHAM - Home (Amex), Falmer Years: = 0 no C'ship meetings from 2011 . . . '11 EFL Cup . . . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings. Gillingham formed: 1893 . ground: Priestfield 11.5k . . . nickname: Gills . . . shirt: blue. nostalgia: in 2027 it was 30 years since BHA survived as a Football League club. 2026 had been our 125th anniversary and coincided with 25 years since first promotion within the EFL at Withdean from 1999. Gillingham were equivalent of a League One club at turn of the century. There were 10 EFL meetings thru the Withdean era to 2011. We first met for fixtures in 2002. And last in 2010. see note at bottom of (A) scroll. Cup ties played in '99 & '11. G'ham EFL record from 11/12: 8 1 L2, 17 12 9 20 17 13 11 10 21 L1, 17 12 17 17 L2 @ 4/5/26. recent promo - '13 L2 . . rel - '22 L1. STATUS; been up & down the pecking order this century in the 3 EFL divs. Probably a third tier outfit by default. Falmer Years season7 (H) onwards - G'ham no meetings Championship to 2017 G'ham EFL record from 11/12: 8 1 L2, 17 12 9 20 L1 FY - BHA v G'ham FY record H&A: P0 W0 D0 L0 . W = 0% Falmer Years season1 (H) onwards - G'ham not C'ship nor s7+ Premier League. note: since Y2k Gillingham were a C'ship club during the noughties - see Gillingham in Clubs via Archive scroll. Season1 (H) 9/8/11 League Cup R1 - 1-0 ~ Barnes. This Carling Cup knockout tie was the first match to be played under floodlights at our super new American Express Community Stadium. Over 16000 turned up, with over 1300 in the away end. We had played Gillingham in the LCr1 during Aug 1999 at Withdean, also for the initial evening game. That was the year of our homecoming after spending two seasons at Priestfield as div3 tenants to the then very useful div2 outfit. How times change - Albion were now newly promoted to the Championship, whilst Gills resided in League2. We'd waited twelve years to get here and intended to savour significance of this moment. It was a gutter to the stars story. ** match report: For entertainment value the tie was actually quite drab, although Brighton fans kept up a level of support only dreamed about previously at the theatre of trees. Gus Poyet selected from his small 1st 11 squad and gave full debuts to Vincelot and Buckley. He employed a 4123 shape like before in League1 when Seagulls flew high. Wingers Noone and Buckley were high up vast expanses of the huge Amex pitch to assist lone striker Barnes. But it was all huff and puff until half time and visitors mighta snatched an early lead but for Greer clearing off the line. Well past the hour mark, with B'ton ahead only on stats, Ref gave us a soft penalty when Buckley got brought down on the burst. Barnes did the do (67min) and BHA pushed up to get into the hat for round2. Gills latterly put the boot in and Ankergren and Painter were booked from a lengthy melee after Vincelot got chopped. Seven visitors were yellow carded but that gave plenty of extra things for home fans to shout about. Ankergren, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Painter, Bridcutt, Vincelot, Dicker, Noone, Buckley, Barnes. * * * * * Gillingham Withdean era (H): Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5 - Championship . . Seasons 8 06/7, 9 07/8, 11 09/10 - League One Season1 11/8/99 - League Cup H & A. Withdean era (H&A): P10 . W6 D1 L3 . W = 60% EFL (H): Albion V Gills 2-4, 2-1, 1-0, 4-2, 2-0 . . . Y11 P5 . W = 4 D = 0 L = 1 . W = 80% 0-2 EFL Cup. memorable match: Season4 (H) - an early lesson to be learned at this higher level. results: best = 4-2 season9 . . worst = 2-4 season4 see: Season1 for stadium background . Season4 for Dick Knight. see: Seasons 8, 9, 11 for club & stadium info. Also Dean Wilkins & Russell Slade. G'HAM EFL from 99/00: 3 L1, 13 12 11 21 22 C, 14 16 22 L1, 5 L2 / 21 L1, 8 L2
GILLINGHAM - away, Falmer Years: no visits from 2011. Falmer Years season1 (A) onwards - G'ham not C'ship or Premier League. Priestfield note: since Y2k Gillingham were a C'ship club during the noughties - see Clubs in Archive scroll. * * * * * Gillingham Withdean Era (A) from1999 to 2011 - see Clubs scroll in Archive: Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5 - Championship . . Seasons 8 06/7, 9 07/8, 11 09/10 - League One . . Season1 - League Cup (H & A). Priestfield Withdean era (A): Gills V Albion 3-0, 0-1, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1 . . . Y11 P5 . W = 2 D = 1 L = 2 . W = 40% 2-0 EFL Cup. memorable match: Season6 (A) - a win there at C'ship level. results: best = 0-1 season6 . . worst = 3-0 season4 Noughties last there - 13/4/10 (A) L1 . The fifth visit to Priestfield for league fixtures, across two divs during that extended decade. 24/8/99 (A) LC R1/2 . see Season1 for stadiums background. An end of old century cup tie - from days when rounds were two legged. see: Seasons 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 for club & stadium info. Also Dean Wilkins & Gus Poyet. see: Season11 for WE managers background. note: see Dick Knight in Archive for Priestfield pre-Withdean info at very end of the 20th century when BHA were left homeless.
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Previous encounters (Gillingham )
GILLINGHAM - Home (Amex), Falmer Years: = 0 no C'ship meetings from 2011 . . . '11 EFL Cup . . . 17/18 onwards - Prem, no meetings. Gillingham formed: 1893 . ground: Priestfield 11.5k . . . nickname: Gills . . . shirt: blue. nostalgia: in 2027 it was 30 years since BHA survived as a Football League club. 2026 had been our 125th anniversary and coincided with 25 years since first promotion within the EFL at Withdean from 1999. Gillingham were equivalent of a League One club at turn of the century. There were 10 EFL meetings thru the Withdean era to 2011. We first met for fixtures in 2002. And last in 2010. see note at bottom of (A) scroll. Cup ties played in '99 & '11. G'ham EFL record from 11/12: 8 1 L2, 17 12 9 20 17 13 11 10 21 L1, 17 12 17 17 L2 @ 4/5/26. recent promo - '13 L2 . . rel - '22 L1. STATUS; been up & down the pecking order this century in the 3 EFL divs. Probably a third tier outfit by default. Falmer Years season7 (H) onwards - G'ham no meetings Championship to 2017 G'ham EFL record from 11/12: 8 1 L2, 17 12 9 20 L1 FY - BHA v G'ham FY record H&A: P0 W0 D0 L0 . W = 0% Falmer Years season1 (H) onwards - G'ham not C'ship nor s7+ Premier League. note: since Y2k Gillingham were a C'ship club during the noughties - see Gillingham in Clubs via Archive scroll. Season1 (H) 9/8/11 League Cup R1 - 1-0 ~ Barnes. This Carling Cup knockout tie was the first match to be played under floodlights at our super new American Express Community Stadium. Over 16000 turned up, with over 1300 in the away end. We had played Gillingham in the LCr1 during Aug 1999 at Withdean, also for the initial evening game. That was the year of our homecoming after spending two seasons at Priestfield as div3 tenants to the then very useful div2 outfit. How times change - Albion were now newly promoted to the Championship, whilst Gills resided in League2. We'd waited twelve years to get here and intended to savour significance of this moment. It was a gutter to the stars story. ** match report: For entertainment value the tie was actually quite drab, although Brighton fans kept up a level of support only dreamed about previously at the theatre of trees. Gus Poyet selected from his small 1st 11 squad and gave full debuts to Vincelot and Buckley. He employed a 4123 shape like before in League1 when Seagulls flew high. Wingers Noone and Buckley were high up vast expanses of the huge Amex pitch to assist lone striker Barnes. But it was all huff and puff until half time and visitors mighta snatched an early lead but for Greer clearing off the line. Well past the hour mark, with B'ton ahead only on stats, Ref gave us a soft penalty when Buckley got brought down on the burst. Barnes did the do (67min) and BHA pushed up to get into the hat for round2. Gills latterly put the boot in and Ankergren and Painter were booked from a lengthy melee after Vincelot got chopped. Seven visitors were yellow carded but that gave plenty of extra things for home fans to shout about. Ankergren, Calderon, Greer, Dunk, Painter, Bridcutt, Vincelot, Dicker, Noone, Buckley, Barnes. * * * * * Gillingham Withdean era (H): Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5 - Championship . . Seasons 8 06/7, 9 07/8, 11 09/10 - League One Season1 11/8/99 - League Cup H & A. Withdean era (H&A): P10 . W6 D1 L3 . W = 60% EFL (H): Albion V Gills 2-4, 2-1, 1-0, 4-2, 2-0 . . . Y11 P5 . W = 4 D = 0 L = 1 . W = 80% 0-2 EFL Cup. memorable match: Season4 (H) - an early lesson to be learned at this higher level. results: best = 4-2 season9 . . worst = 2-4 season4 see: Season1 for stadium background . Season4 for Dick Knight. see: Seasons 8, 9, 11 for club & stadium info. Also Dean Wilkins & Russell Slade. G'HAM EFL from 99/00: 3 L1, 13 12 11 21 22 C, 14 16 22 L1, 5 L2 / 21 L1, 8 L2
GILLINGHAM - away, Falmer Years: no visits from 2011. Falmer Years season1 (A) onwards - G'ham not C'ship or Premier League. Priestfield note: since Y2k Gillingham were a C'ship club during the noughties - see Clubs in Archive scroll. * * * * * Gillingham Withdean Era (A) from1999 to 2011 - see Clubs scroll in Archive: Seasons 4 02/3, 6 04/5 - Championship . . Seasons 8 06/7, 9 07/8, 11 09/10 - League One . . Season1 - League Cup (H & A). Priestfield Withdean era (A): Gills V Albion 3-0, 0-1, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1 . . . Y11 P5 . W = 2 D = 1 L = 2 . W = 40% 2-0 EFL Cup. memorable match: Season6 (A) - a win there at C'ship level. results: best = 0-1 season6 . . worst = 3-0 season4 Noughties last there - 13/4/10 (A) L1 . The fifth visit to Priestfield for league fixtures, across two divs during that extended decade. 24/8/99 (A) LC R1/2 . see Season1 for stadiums background. An end of old century cup tie - from days when rounds were two legged. see: Seasons 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 for club & stadium info. Also Dean Wilkins & Gus Poyet. see: Season11 for WE managers background. note: see Dick Knight in Archive for Priestfield pre-Withdean info at very end of the 20th century when BHA were left homeless.
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