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2010-11 Div 2
Position 8th (out of 24)
Andy Hessenthaler returned to Priestfield in the summer for his second stint as manager after Mark Stimson left the club. However his return didn't go too well to begin with as by the beginning of November the team were in the relegation zone and to make matters worse his old club Dover beat the Gills 2-0 at Priestfield in the FA Cup. Things had to improve and they did as they went on a 16 game unbeaten run to move into a play off postion. However they then lost 3 of their last 4 games to miss out on goal difference. Cody MacDonald who formed a profitable partnership with Adebayo Akinfenwa was the leading scorer with 25 goals.
Cody McDonald
2011-12 Div 2
Position 8th (out of 24)
Despite losing the strike partnership of MacDonald and Akinfenwa from the previous season the Gills still managed to finish as the leading scorers in the division. Unfortunately though once again they failed to make the play offs - this time by just 2 points. Danny Kedwell and Chris Whelpale both scored 12 each closely followed by Jo Kuffor on 9. While scoring goals wasn't a problem letting them in at the other end was. Earlier in the season they won 6-1 at Hereford and 5-2 at Torquay while in a crazy 6 week period after Christmas they lost 3 games by the same 4-3 scoreline while beating Hereford 5-4. It wasn't enough to keep Andy Hessenthaler's job though and in the summer he was replaced by Martin Allen.
Danny Kedwell
2012-13 Div 2
Position 1st (out of 24)
Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen wasted no time in assembling a squad ready to challenge for promotion - In came Stuart Nelson, Adam Barrett, Myles Weston, Deon Burton and his son Charlie Allen and the team didn't hang about either as after 8 games they were top of the table with 22 points. And that was pretty much where they stayed for most of the season apart from a slight blip in Janaury. Promotion was won with 4 games to go and when they drew the penultimate game of the season at home to AFC Wimbledon the Gills were confirmed as 2nd Division Champions. It was only the second time in the club's long football league history that they had won a divisional title.
Martin Allen
2013-14 Div1
Position 17th (out of 24)
Adebayo Akinfenwa and Cody MacDonald were brought together again in the hope that they could re-kindle their understanding from 3 years ago. However it was the defence that really needed strengthening and only Crewe managed to concede more goals over the course of the season. It was 10 games before the first victory of season and it was that start that eventually cost Martin Allen his job - 5 months after leading the club to the 2nd division title he was replaced by the ex-Gillingham manager Peter Taylor. Results didn't improve by much though and they were beaten by non-league Brackley Town in the FA Cup 1st Round. They did just enough to avoid relegation however, finishing in 17th place.
Adebayo Akinfenwa
2014-15 Div1
Position 12th (out of 24)
Despite several promising signings during the summer the team struggled up until Christmas and a 3-1 home defeat to Bristol City spelt the end for manager Peter Taylor. Andy Hessenthaler, Mark Patterson, Darren Hare and Steve Lovell affectionally known as the 'Gang of Four' looked after team affairs for the next few weeks and there were definite signs of improvement. After nearly 2 months Justin Edinburgh was enticed away from Newport to become the new manager and they eventually finished in 12th place after being in the bottom 4 in January.
Justin Edinburgh
2015-16 Div1
Position 9th (out of 24)
Promotion favourites Sheffield Utd were the first opponents at Priestfield on the opening day of the season but it was the Gills who took the plaudits winning the game 4-0. With both Bradley Dack and John Egan in fine form the Gills kept up the tremendous start to the season and by the end of January were in 1st place. Unfortunately both players were injured within a week of each other and subsequently performances and results began to suffer. By the time they both returned the momentum had been lost and automatic promotion seemed unlikely. The play offs should have been a formality after the excellent start to the season but a disappointing 3 points from the last 8 games saw them end up 9th. Bradley Dack was voted the 1st Division Footballer of the Year at the end of the season.
Bradley Dack
2016-17 Div1
Position 20th (out of 24)
After winning the first 3 games things went down hill fairly quickly and it soon became obvious that they were having trouble trying to reproduce the form from the start of the previous campaign. And after a particularly bad performance at home to Oxford in January Justin Edinburgh was sacked. His replacement was ex-Gill Adrian Pennock but he didn't find the task any easier and it wasnt until his 9th game in charge that they actually won a game. They did stay up but only just - had Port Vale won their last game instead of drawing then they would have been safe while the Gills would have been relegated. In the 3-2 home defeat of Scunthorpe in March Josh Wright became the 1st player to score a hat trick of penalties since Ken Barnes did the same for Man City in 1957.
Josh Wright
2017-18 Div1
Position 17th (out of 24)
After just avoiding relegation in the previous season Ade Pennock was given the managers job on a full time basis. However by the end of September and with just 1 win out of the first 9 League games he was sacked and replaced by the Director of Football Peter Taylor. Unfortunately he didnt fare any better and after just 4 games he stepped down to be replaced by Ex-Gill Steve Lovell who made an immediate impact winning his first game in charge 1-0 at Peterborough. Performances improved and over the next 5 months the team went from being relegation certainties to the fringe of the play offs. Sadly they couldnt keep it up and after an excellent 3-1 at Portsmouth they only managed to pick up just 4 points from the next 9 games. A 5-2 win over Plymouth in the final game of the season meant they would finish the season in 17th place. This was mainly due to a woeful home record of just 5 wins all season - the worst in the clubs history.
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Steve Lovell
2018-19 Div 1
Position 13th (out of 24)
Despite finishing a respectable 13th the season was largely spent just above the relegation zone and safety was only assured with 3 games to go. Yet again the excellent away record was overshadowed by the results and performances at home - 12 defeats was even worse than last season and it was this form that ultimately cost manager Steve Lovell his job as he was relieved of duties just before the last home game of the season. There were some highs though - Top of the table Portsmouth were beaten home and away, they made it to the 4th round of the FA Cup for the first time since 2004 after beating Premier side Cardiff 1-0 and Tom Eaves improved on the previous season by scoring 21 goals.
Tom Eaves
2019-20 Div 1
Position 10th (out of 23)
Ex Crawley, Rotherham and Peterborough boss Steve Evans was named as the controversial replacement for Steve Lovell at the beginning of June and many fans expressed their disappointment at the appointment. However after an indifferent start he began to win some of those fans round. Results began to pick up in November when Sunderland were beaten in the FA Cup and from the beginning of December the team went on an unbeaten run of 15 league games. They also reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup before losing 2-0 at home to West Ham. After a credible 2-2 draw at Sunderland on the 7th March the team were in 11th place with an outside chance of making the play offs when the season was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak which brought the country to a standstill. On the 9th June the EFL eventually decided to end the season with league positions decided on points per game.
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Steve Evans