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GILLINGHAM 1999-2000

SECOND DIVISION PLAY-OFF WINNERS

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
By Neil Fissler

GILLINGHAM could have been forgiven for dreading a return trip to Wembley’s Twin Towers so soon after the most heartbreaking defeat in their history.
May 30, 1999 had been a Sunday they would never forget as Carl Asaba and Robert Taylor struck twice in the last ten minutes to put them 2-0 up against Man City.
But Kevin Horlock and Paul Dickov forced the game into the extra time, before Guy Butters had a crucial penalty saved in a shoot-out by Nicky Weaver.
Fast forward almost exactly a year and they found thems...

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