1981–82 Gillingham F.C. season

During the 1981–82 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 50th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 32nd since the club was voted back into the league in 1950.

Under newly-appointed manager Keith Peacock,[1] Gillingham finished the season 6th in the league table.[2][3] Ken Price and Dean White were joint top goalscorer, with 14 goals each.[4] Steve Bruce was voted the club's player of the year by supporters.[3] Bruce Beckett of the Kent Evening Post wrote at the end of the season that Peacock's appointment had brought fresh optimism to the club and that it would "soon be equipped to achieve a life-long ambition of Second Division soccer",[3] a level at which Gillingham had never played.[2]

References
  1. "Peacock is Gills' Boss - On the Wing!". Evening Standard. 14 July 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Soar & Tyler 1983, p. 110.
  3. Beckett, Bruce (20 May 1982). "New Era of Hope and Optimism". Kent Evening Post. p. 27.
  4. Brown 2003, p. 91.
Works cited
  • Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Nottingham: Soccerdata. ISBN 1-89946-820-X.
  • Soar, Phil; Tyler, Martin (1983). Encyclopedia of British Football. London: CollinsWillow. ISBN 978-0-0021-8049-8.
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