I’m a Gillingham fan & this really hacked me off seeing this. I was too young at the time to fully understand what happened. But I find Kent council showed they really didn’t care & that sucked. Gillingham have had similar issues when trying to get a new ground, but in truth, we don’t need to leave Priestfield yet. This was a huge warning to all teams, Gillingham nearly went in 95 & others like Bury, Rushden & Diamonds etc have all gone. Thankfully Maidstone have a team still but what happened to them was horrible.
I’m a Gillingham fan & this really hacked me off seeing this. I was too young at the time to fully understand what happened. But I find Kent council showed they really didn’t care & that sucked. Gillingham have had similar issues when trying to get a new ground, but in truth, we don’t need to leave Priestfield yet.
This was a huge warning to all teams, Gillingham nearly went in 95 & others like Bury, Rushden & Diamonds etc have all gone.
Thankfully Maidstone have a team still but what happened to them was horrible.
Aldershot went in March 1992 and Maidstone soon afterwards.
Very interesting article on Maidstone's demise in WHEN SATURDAY COMES that puts JIM Thompson's role in their fall into true perspective.
August 1992
there's only one mike smalling! shoutout to maidestone for developing this gent.