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Gillingham Football Club plc

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Traditional Gillingham football shirt

The club was founded in 1893 and joined the Football League in 1920.
They were voted out of the league in favour of Ipswich Town at the end
of the 1937–38 season, but returned to it 12 years later after it was
expanded from 88 to 92 clubs.

The only Kent-based club in the Football League, The Gills play their home matches at the KRBS Priestfield Stadium (capacity:11,502).

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

4.956

-1.654

47.9

96

2006/07

4.122

-1.107

51.1

76

2005/06

5.114

-0.995

51.7

109

2004/05

7.483

-1.796

55.3

139

2003/04

8.481

-0.354

45.1

116

2002/03

7.930

-0.965

65.5

130

2001/02

8.756

0.558

53.2

103

2000/01

6.607

0.348

53.1

79

1999/00

4.393

1.009

59.4

68

1998/99

3.361

-0.216

57.4

60

1997/98

2.930

1.463

58.9

56

1996/97

2.686

0.028

50.2

59

1995/96

1.940

0.028

53.4

63

1994/95

1.246

-0.188

 

63

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