Top 25 Cult Heroes 1954-1979

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Gills History Quiz – 1954-1979

So ladies and gentlemen, in the last twenty-five articles we have strolled down memory lane to meet the cult heroes of yesteryear, and relived with them some of the events ...
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1: Mike Burgess – ‘Ave im Spider!’

Standing outside the players entrance before one of his 109 appearances for the Gills, chatting and signing autographs, Mike Burgess looked like he could actually be the Queen's Equerry. A ...

2: Johnny Simpson – ‘The First Gentleman Of Gillingham’

Gills fans have always had a special relationship with their goalkeepers and three of them have achieved legendary cult status - Jim Stannard, celery-consuming custodian who in 1995/96 kept a ...

3: Charlie Livesey – ‘Everybody’s Darling’

Once upon a time, before Posh and Becks and ‘Footballers Wives’, footballers were just ordinary blokes living ordinary lives. As far as the Gillingham players were concerned, they were usually ...

4: Ken Price – ‘Fighter for the cause’

Ken! - clap, clap-clap, clap-clap - Price! - clap, clap-clap, clap-clap - Ken! - clap, clap-clap, clap-clap - Price! - clap, clap-clap, clap-clap (repeat until palms hurt). What a chant that ...

5: Alan Wilks – ‘King Arthur’

My dad pushed the paper straight into my face as soon as I got in from work. ‘Look, we’ve signed a hippie!’ What on earth was he on about? On ...

6: Damien Richardson – ‘Paddy The Magician’

For anyone who has supported Gills for less than 20 years, Damien Richardson was one of a string of poor managers in our slide to almost total oblivion, probably memorable ...

7: Brian Gibbs – ‘Mr. Reliable’

How much would you pay for a striker who can give you twenty goals a season, and be available to play almost every match? A bit more than the £4,000 ...

8: Freddie Cox – ‘Gillingham’s Greatest Manager’

In the chequered history of Gillingham Football Club, there have been some dark moments, and June 1962 was one of them. While the rest of football was following England's progress ...

9: Brian Yeo – ‘Goal-poaching Legend’

What can we do to get the passion back at Priestfield? Easy - install floodlights. The first floodlight matches at Priestfield coincided with Gills being unbeaten Fourth Division leaders, and ...

10: Roy Proverbs – ‘Chopper’

In the days when the only fashion statement footballers made was whether or not to wear Brylcreem, every team had a player or two who was really hard, and down ...

11: Gordon Pulley – ‘Thunderboots’

When Gills opened the 1958/59 season with a 2-1 home defeat by Millwall, many people thought they'd had a further laugh in the close season by unloading on us a ...

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