| LC control no. | nb2005019253 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Gillingham Football Club |
| Variant(s) | Gillingham F.C. (Soccer team) Gillingham Football Club Company Gills (Soccer team) |
| Beginning date | 1913 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Located | Gillingham (Kent, England) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | The definitive Gillingham F.C., 2003 The "Gills", 1980 BL auth. file, 5 Dec. 2005 (hdg.: Gillingham Football Club; ref.: Gills) Its website, viewed 18 August 2021 (Gillingham Football Club; The MEMS Priestfield Stadium, Redfern Avenue, Gillingham, Kent ME7 2PE) Wikipedia, viewed 18 August 2021 (Gillingham F.C.; Gillingham Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, England; nickname: The Gills; founded as New Brompton F.C. at a meeting held on 18 May 1893; the founders also purchased the plot of land which later became Priestfield Stadium; at a meeting in July 1913, the club's name was changed to Gillingham F.C; from 2007 until 2010 the stadium was officially named KRBS Priestfield Stadium as part of a sponsorship deal with the Kent Reliance Building Society; in 2011 it was rebranded to MEMS Priestfield Stadium under another such agreement, this time with MEMS Power Generation) Companies House Company Information Service website, viewed 18 August 2021: under Company number 00039175 (incorporated on 3 July 1893 as New Brompton Football Club Company Limited; [name changed in 1913 to Gillingham Football Club Company Limited]; re-registered as Gillingham Football Club PLC on 19 March 1999, then as Gillingham Football Club Ltd on 24 December 2009) |
| Associated language | eng |
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