Gillingham started the decade 17^th in League one, just two points above the league one relegation zone and as they end the decade they find themselves chasing a possible League one playoff place.

Bad weather at the beginning of 2010 meant there were nearly three weeks between their last game of 2009 and their first game of 2010. Following a defeat to fellow strugglers Tranmere Rovers in early February the club dropped into the relegation zone for the first time that season.

The club’s first win of 2010 didn’t come till the 20^th February at home to Bristol Rovers which ended a winless run of 10 games. The club then went unbeaten at home for the rest of the season.

Successive wins at home to Leeds and Southampton meant The Gills headed into the final day three places and two points above the relegation zone and they needed just one point to secure safety. Alas a 3-0 defeat away to Wycombe coupled with the Tranmere, Exeter and Hartlepool results all going the wrong way meant The Gills were relegated to League Two on goal difference. The club’s away record was to prove costly as the Gills went the whole season without winning an away game.

Andy Hessenthaler replaced Mark Stimson as manager in the summer, top scorer Simeon Jackson was sold to Norwich and Cody McDonald came the other way on a season long loan.

Mcdonald ended up becoming an important player for The Gills over several spells. The Gills started the season only winning three of their opening fifteen league games and were then embarrassingly knocked out of the FA Cup in the first round at home to non-league Dover.

Charlie Lee and Chris Whelpdale arrived on loan from Peterborough but after four successive defeats the club found themselves in 22^nd, Gillingham’s lowest league position for 15 years and only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

Gillingham’s 18 month wait for an away win ended away at Oxford in November 2010 thanks to a solitary goal from Cody Mcdonald and they then made it two away wins in the space of four days away at Barnet before making it three away wins in a row at Macclesfield. The club ended the year in 9^th, two places and three points off the play offs.

The 2011/12 season also ended in disappointment with the club again narrowly missing out on the play offs, this time by two points but the Gills did get to the third round of the FA Cup eventually being knocked out by Premier League Stoke City.

Martin Allen was appointed as manager ahead of the 2012/13 season. Off the pitch, the club were celebrating 100 years of ‘Gillingham FC’ and brought out a centenary kit.

The Gills went the whole season without losing two on the bounce setting a new club record for away wins (11) and winning their first title since 1964. 

Gillingham’s return to League One didn’t get off to a good start, they went eight league games without a win at the start of the season and only won two of their first 12 in the league.

Peter Taylor replaced Martin Allen as manager in October 2013 and he managed to keep the Gills in League One as they finished 17^th. However, Taylor was sacked as manager on New Year’s Eve 2014 as the club were just one place and two points above the relegation zone.

A ‘Gang of four’ had a short spell in charge before Justin Edinburgh was appointed in February 2015. The Gills reached the Area final of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and finished 12^th, just 3 points off the play offs. 

Gillingham spent most of the 2015/16 in the top four of League One but ended up finishing 9th after a poor second half of the season partly due to injuries to key players. Bradley Dack picked up the League One player of the year award. 

Some big-name signings arrived at the club during the summer of 2016. Experienced former Premier League players Jamie O’Hara and Paul Konchesky along with Jay Emmanuel Thomas.

Gillingham won away at Watford in the second round of the League Cup and were rewarded with a trip to White Hart Lane but were beaten 5-0 by a strong Spurs side. In the FA Cup, Gillingham were knocked out by non-league Brackley Town.

Justin Edinburgh was sacked on 3^rd January 2017 with the club 17^th in the table and Ady Pennock was appointed the following day. The club only just survived relegation on the final day of the season, finishing just one place and one point above the relegation zone.

Ady Pennock’s side picked up just two points from their opening six matches of the 2017/18 season which left them in 23^rd. The club were bottom in September but won their first game of the season, after eight games, at home to Charlton.

Ady Pennock was sacked after defeat at Rochdale with the club 22^nd in the league one table. Peter Taylor was placed in temporary charge but he left the club after three games in charge with Steve Lovell appointed as caretaker manager.

Gillingham were 23^rd when Lovell took over and under his leadership the club climbed as high as 10^th with a run of just two defeats in 17. There were some impressive results on the road with several victories at promotion chasers including Peterborough, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Portsmouth and Charlton. The victory away to Charlton on New Years Day 2018 was the club’s first win at The Valley.

However whilst the away form was impresive the Gills only won four league games at home which hampered their progress.

The summer of 2018 saw the return of Barry Fuller to the club for a second spell and the Gills started the season well. However, several injuries and a dip in form meant the club started October in the relegation zone after six losses and two draws and were without a win in nearly two months.

After seeing off non-league sides Slough Town and Hartlepool United in the FA Cup, the Gills faced Premier League Cardiff City at Priestfield. The Gills defeated The Bluebirds 1-0 which was arguably the shock of the round.

Another Welsh side, in the form of Swansea, faced the Gills in the next round however a superior Swans side ended The Gills FA cup run.

The defeat at The Liberty was part of a five game winless run which saw the club drop once more into the relegation zone. However, the club were in the relegation zone for just one week as they won three in five games.

Gillingham eventually secured their League one status with three games to spare and finished 13^th however Steve Lovell left the club the day before the final home game of the season against Charlton.

Steve Evans was appointed as manager in the summer and has brought in several loan signings from top division clubs in both England and Scotland. Evans has improved results at home and his side is arguably tougher to beat than in recent years.

There have certainly been many highs and lows over the last decade for Gillingham and it is likely that there will be many more in the next decade.