Editing Gillingham F.C. (section)

==Stadium==
[[File:Priestfield Stadium Medway Stand.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|right|Exterior shot of Priestfield Stadium (Medway Stand)|alt=An external view of a sports stadium, with a large amount of blue detail on the facade.]]
The Gills have played at [[Priestfield Stadium]] throughout their existence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/grounds_history.sd?teamid=1098 |title=Ground history for Gillingham |access-date=3 October 2021 |publisher=[[Soccerbase]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127144542/http://www.soccerbase.com/grounds_history.sd?teamid=1098 |archive-date=27 November 2007 }}</ref>  The ground was originally purchased by the founders of the club through an issue of 1,500 £1 shares.{{sfn|Triggs|1984|p=8}} Sources differ on whether the ground was named after the road on which the land stood, Priestfield Road,{{sfn|Triggs|1984|p=8}} or whether the road was named after the ground;<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17909/18624-2.htm
 | title = Local history: Gillingham Football Club
| access-date = 3 October 2021
| publisher = Medway Council
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040619081207/http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17909/18624-2.htm
 | url-status = dead
 |archive-date = 19 June 2004}}</ref> if the latter is the case then the origin of the ground's name is unknown. The ground was extensively developed prior to the 1930s, but there was then little change until the late 1990s and the arrival of Paul Scally as chairman. Three of the four stands were demolished and rebuilt between 1995 and 2000. The fourth stand, known as the Town End, was demolished to make way for a new stand, to be named the Brian Moore Stand after television sports commentator [[Brian Moore (commentator)|Brian Moore]], who was a well-known Gills fan, but the club's financial situation has not allowed the new stand to be built.  A temporary stand was erected in 2003 and remains in place as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/PriestfieldStadium/0,,10416,00.html |publisher=Gillingham F.C. |title=The Changing Face of KRBS Priestfield |date=7 September 2007 |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215162033/http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/PriestfieldStadium/0%2C%2C10416%2C00.html |archive-date=15 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2020/november/gillingham-opposition/|title=Opposition: Gillingham|publisher=[[Southend United F.C.]]|date=26 November 2010|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003200119/https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2020/november/gillingham-opposition/|url-status=live}}</ref>  From 2007 until 2010 the stadium was officially named KRBS Priestfield Stadium as part of a sponsorship deal with the [[Kent Reliance Building Society]].<ref name="KRBS" />  In 2011 it was rebranded again, this time, to MEMS Priestfield Stadium under another such agreement.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 May 2011 |url=http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/PressReleases/0,,10416~2355939,00.html |title=New sponsor named..... |publisher=Gillingham F.C. |access-date=3 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616062914/http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/PressReleases/0%2C%2C10416~2355939%2C00.html |archive-date=16 June 2012 }}</ref>

At its peak in the 1940s the official capacity of the stadium was listed as "between 25,000 and 30,000"{{sfn|Triggs|1984|p=1}} but subsequent redevelopments, the removal of terraces and building of new facilities have seen this reduced to a current capacity of 11,582.<ref name="cap">{{cite web
| url = http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/aroundthegrounds/Gillingham---Priestfield-Stadium.2984470.jp
| title = Gillingham&nbsp;– Priestfield Stadium
| access-date = 3 October 2021
| publisher = Yorkshire Evening Post
| date = 27 June 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120616062914/http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/PressReleases/0%2C%2C10416~2355939%2C00.html
| archive-date = 16 June 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> In the [[2018–19 in English football|2018–19]] season, the most recent to be completed in full with full crowd capacity permitted, the average attendance at home matches was 5,128.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-league-one-2018-2019/1/
 |title         = League One 2018/2019 » Attendance » Home matches
 |access-date         = 3 October 2021
 |publisher         = worldfootball.net
 |archive-date         = 5 October 2021
 |archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20211005103728/https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-league-one-2018-2019/1/
 |url-status         = live
 }}</ref> The ground has also hosted home fixtures of the [[England women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4931222.stm
| title = Powell impressed with Kent crowd
| access-date = 3 October 2021
| date = 21 April 2006
| publisher = BBC
| archive-date = 28 September 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120928235140/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Attendance/0%2C%2C10794~200710416%2C00.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>  The club's training ground is Beechings Cross, in Grange Road, Gillingham. In 2012 the club was involved in a dispute with the local council, who alleged that Gillingham owed over £30,000 in unpaid bills relating to the training facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703824|title=Gillingham ordered to leave training ground by council|publisher=BBC|date=4 July 2012|access-date=3 October 2021|archive-date=7 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907004312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703824|url-status=live}}</ref>