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Gillingham matchday, fan first

Gillingham guide: official ticket route, Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham, food and drink options, hotel bases, supporter leads, videos, images and FanChants songbook hooks.

Image: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — via Wikimedia Commons; final site use needs attribution/licence sign-off.

The answer-first version

Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around Gillingham.

Founded1893-00-00
CapacityUse official stadium/club source for the live capacity shown to fans.
Official tickets firstUse the official ticket route first; membership, resale and ID rules can change by fixture.
Ground-area baseBuild the matchday route around Priestfield Stadium and Gillingham, then re-check live gates and transport.
Capacity needs live sourceCapacity and redevelopment claims must come from official or dated stadium sources.
Away allocation changesAway allocation and routes are safety-sensitive and fixture-dependent.
Family seating careFamily and accessibility copy should follow the official ticket map and access guidance.
Food and hotels are optionsFood, drink and hotel rows are option sets with live checks, not single ranked recommendations.

Club facts and honours

Gillingham profile uses official, Wikidata/Wikipedia and local map sources for stable facts, with live checks before publishing volatile ticket or venue details.

CompetitionResultYears / seasons
Second Division (level 3)play-off winners (1)2000
Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)champions (2)1963–64, 2012–13
Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)play-off winners (1)2009
Southern Leaguechampions (2)1946–47, 1948–49
Southern League Division Twochampions (1)1894–95
Kent Leaguechampions (1)1945–46
United Leaguechampions (1)1908–09
Thames & Medway Combinationchampions (2)1898–99, 1899–1900
Southern League Cupwinners (1)1946–47
Kent League Cupwinners (1)1945–46

Tickets and stadium map

Priestfield Stadium is the working matchday ground/ground-area for this guide; use live club and map sources for exact gates and routes.

AddressMEMS Priestfield Stadium, Gordon Road, Sally Port Gardens, Brompton, Gillingham, Medway, England, ME7 2NG, United Kingdom
Postcode
CapacityUse official stadium/club source for the live capacity shown to fans.
Google MapsOfficial ticketsOfficial stadium/access map

Use the official ticket route first; membership, loyalty, resale and ID rules can change by fixture. General sale is not assumed. Check the live fixture page before promising availability, delivery method or away allocation.

Ticketing rules to show clearly

  • Ballot or priority windows are fixture-dependent.
  • Use the delivery and ID rules shown on the official ticket page for the match.
  • Avoid informal resale. Use official ticketing and current supporter liaison or police guidance for away fixtures.
  • Use official resale or customer-service routes where the club provides them.
Official seating plan ↗
Priestfield Stadium — where to go N↑ PITCH Home endlower · upperBlocks Exact blocks by live ticket map.Away allocation (away)lower · upperBlocks Exact blocks by live ticket map.Opposite stand (mixed)Main stand (hospitality) HomeHospitalityMixedAway Find your stand, then your tier and block. Approximate areas — not seat-exact · capacity: official source.
FanChants stand map — find your stand, tier and block area; the away end is marked. Click to enlarge. For your exact seat use the official plan.
Stand / areaWhat to sayStatus
Home endhome atmospherepartly verified
Main standpremium and mixed seatingpartly verified
Opposite standmixed seatingpartly verified
Away allocationvisiting supporterspartly verified

Gillingham chants

46 chants in the FanChants catalogue.

Gillingham chants on FanChants [missing]

Top chants

  • Gills Away Aha Aha I Like It
  • You're Not Famous Anymore
  • When the Gills Go Marching In
  • We Love You Gillingham
  • We Hate Swindon
  • Hello Hello We Are the Gillingham Boys
  • We Are Staying Up
  • We Want Scally Out
  • The Football League Is Upside Down
  • Der De Der Gillingham
  • The Gills
  • He's Taking Us Down

Search hooks

  • Gillingham chants
  • Gillingham songs
  • Gillingham fan chants
  • Gillingham lyrics
  • Gillingham anthem
  • Gillingham player songs
  • Gills chants
  • KRBS Priestfield Stadium chants

Food, drink and nights out

Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.

near ground drink

Fleur-de-lis

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Fleur-de-lis

near ground food

Rowlands Bistro

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Rowlands Bistro

near ground food

A2 Grill and Takeaway

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: A2 Grill and Takeaway

near ground food

Little India

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Little India

near ground food

Gina's Cafe

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Gina's Cafe

near ground food

Anamika

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Anamika

near ground food

Ko Wah Chinese Takeaway

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Ko Wah Chinese Takeaway

near ground food

Ace of Spice

Gillingham · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Ace of Spice

Hotels

Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.

HotelFitWhy it belongsSource
Gillingham ground hotel mapnear groundMap option lead for a football trip; use as one option, not a ranking.
keep with caveat: Public map/source data gives this hotel as an option-set seed, not a ranked recommendation.		Gillingham ground hotel map public map search
Gillingham station hotel mapstation accessMap option lead for a football trip; use as one option, not a ranking.
keep with caveat: Public map/source data gives this hotel as an option-set seed, not a ranked recommendation.		Gillingham station hotel map public map search
Gillingham city centre hotel mapcity baseMap option lead for a football trip; use as one option, not a ranking.
keep with caveat: Public map/source data gives this hotel as an option-set seed, not a ranked recommendation.		Gillingham city centre hotel map public map search
Gillingham budget hotel mapbudgetMap option lead for a football trip; use as one option, not a ranking.
keep with caveat: Public map/source data gives this hotel as an option-set seed, not a ranked recommendation.		Gillingham budget hotel map public map search

Itineraries

Ground-first matchday

  1. Fleur-de-lis
  2. official gates/ticket map
  3. Priestfield Stadium

Food-first route

  1. Fleur-de-lis
  2. Rowlands Bistro
  3. A2 Grill and Takeaway

Night-out after football

  1. Little India
  2. Gina's Cafe
  3. Anamika

Football plus hotel

  1. Gillingham ground hotel map
  2. Fleur-de-lis
  3. Priestfield Stadium

Away or tourist safety route

  1. Rowlands Bistro
  2. official away guidance
  3. Priestfield Stadium

Supporters and fan media

GroupTypeGeographyPublic page
Gillingham official supporter informationofficial branchofficialPublic page
Gillingham fan media and supporter-group searchfan mediapublic webPublic page

Video leads

Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.

Social content seeds

stadium · qa_hold

Ground guide

Gillingham matchday starts with Priestfield Stadium and the surrounding Gillingham area.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: stadium, Google Maps route search

food · qa_hold

Food options

Build a Gillingham food card from several named options near the ground, not one ranked pick.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: Fleur-de-lis, Rowlands Bistro

night out · qa_hold

Night-out options

Use the city and stadium-area rows to split pre-match, post-match and late-night plans.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: A2 Grill and Takeaway, Little India

songbook · qa_hold

Songbook hook

Use the FanChants Gillingham songbook for chant-count, top-song and search hooks.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: FanChants team songbook

supporters · qa_hold

Supporter lead

Treat Gillingham supporter groups as public organisation leads, not private fan data.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: Public supporter/fan-media search lead

video · qa_hold

Video lead

Fan videos can help check chants, routes and food, but stay lead-only until permission is cleared.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: YouTube public video search lead

Image candidates and rights

ImageLicenceCreatorState
A football match at Priestfield Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 7399256.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0Marathoncandidate cc
Gillingham Football Ground Spotlights - geograph.org.uk - 2837492.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0David Anstisscandidate cc
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham - geograph.org.uk - 7399228.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0Marathoncandidate cc

QA holds before publishing

  • AI writing pass: page stays answer-first and avoids marketese.
  • Writing-for-the-web pass: short titles, scannable rows, numerals where facts are specific.
  • FanChants voice pass: no AI-isms, no inflated single-best recommendations.
  • Homegrown fact-checker pass: no stadium-recording claim, no absolute clearance claim, no tune/source-work leakage.
  • SIFT/CRAAP pass: stable facts are source-backed; volatile tickets, venues, hotels and routes require live re-check before production.
  • Recommendation QA: food, drink and hotel rows are options with caveats, not rankings.
  • Video QA: fan videos are lead-only until permission/embed/use terms are cleared.
  • Image QA: exact Commons file pages must carry licence, creator and attribution before use.

Sources

  1. Official club/team site or Wikidata official URL
  2. Wikidata entity
  3. Gillingham F.C. honours reference
  4. Google Maps route search
  5. OpenStreetMap/Nominatim ground or area result
  6. Official ticket route or club site
  7. Public supporter/fan-media search lead
  8. YouTube public video search lead
  9. Wikimedia Commons image manifest
  10. FanChants team songbook
  11. OpenStreetMap copyright and source policy
  12. Fleur-de-lis
  13. Rowlands Bistro
  14. A2 Grill and Takeaway
  15. Little India
  16. Gina's Cafe
  17. Anamika
  18. Ko Wah Chinese Takeaway
  19. Ace of Spice
  20. Gillingham ground hotel map public map search
  21. Gillingham station hotel map public map search
  22. Gillingham city centre hotel map public map search
  23. Gillingham budget hotel map public map search

FanChants is not affiliated with Gillingham. Songs are sent in by fans; FanChants does not claim to record inside stadiums.