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2022–23 Gillingham F.C. Season
The 2022–23 season was the 130th season in the existence of Gillingham F. C., Gillingham Football Club and the club's first season back in League Two since the 2012–13 Gillingham F.C. season, 2012–13 season following their relegation from EFL League One, League One the 2021–22 Gillingham F.C. season, season before. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy. Transfers In Out Loans in Loans out Pre-season and friendlies The Gills announced their first pre-season friendly with a trip to Folkestone Invicta F.C., Folkestone Invicta on 2 July. A week later, the club announced two further fixtures to their schedule with a trip to Dover Athletic F.C., Dover Athletic and a visit from Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth to Priestfield Stadium. A trip to Deal Town F.C., Deal Town was confirmed shortly afterwards. A Gills XI was soon announced to have a trip to Chatham Town and a trip to Ramsgate F.C., R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 In English Football
The 2022–23 season was the 143rd competitive association football season in England. The season began in July 2022 due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place from 20 November to 18 December 2022, the first time that an entire football season commenced a month earlier than normal since the 1945–46 in English football, 1945–46 season. National teams England national football team Results and fixtures = Friendlies = = UEFA Nations League = Group 3 = FIFA World Cup = Group B Knockout stage = UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying = Group C England women's national football team Results and fixtures = Friendlies = = UEFA Women's Euro = Group A Knockout stage ;Final = 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification = Group D =2023 Arnold Clark Cup= = 2023 Women's Finalissima = UEFA competitions UEFA Champions League Group stage = Group A = = Group D = = Group E = = Group G = Knocko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football Positions
In the sport of association football, each of the 11 players on a team is assigned to a particular position on the field of play. A team is made up of one goalkeeper and ten outfield players who fill various defensive, midfield, and attacking positions depending on the formation deployed. These positions describe both the player's main role and their area of operation on the pitch. In the early development of the game, formations were much more offensively aggressive, with the 1–2–7 being prominent in the late 1800s. In the latter part of the 19th century, the 2–3–5 formation became widely used and the position names became more refined to reflect this. In defence, there were full-backs, known as the left-back and right-back; in midfield, left-half, centre-half and right-half; and for the forward line there were outside-left (or left wing), inside-left, centre-forward, inside-right and outside-right (or right wing). As the game has evolved, tactics and team formations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 2002 by former supporters of Wimbledon F.C. after the Football Association allowed that club to Relocation of Wimbledon F.C. to Milton Keynes, relocate to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, about north of Wimbledon. Most of the Wimbledon supporters were very strongly opposed to moving the club so far away from Wimbledon, feeling that a club transplanted to a distant location would no longer represent Wimbledon or the club's historic legacy and tradition. Wimbledon moved in 2003 and formally changed the name of the club to Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons in 2004. When AFC Wimbledon was formed, it affiliated to both the London Football Association, London and Surrey County Football Association, Surrey Football Associations, and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheye Alexander
Cheye Christian Alexander (born 6 January 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Born in England, he plays for the Saint Lucia national team. A former West Ham United Academy graduate, he spent the 2013–14 season with Port Vale, though he only played first-team games during a loan spell at Ilkeston. He had brief spells with Concord Rangers and Bishop's Stortford before joining Aldershot Town, initially on a non-contract basis, in March 2015. He remained with the club for over three seasons, playing 146 games in league and cup competitions. He was signed by Barnet in June 2018 and spent two seasons with the club before he returned to the English Football League following a six-year absence after signing with AFC Wimbledon. He spent two seasons with Wimbledon and signed with Gillingham in July 2022. Club career Early career Alexander was born in Newham and supported his local team West Ham United as a child. He joined their academy in 2003, remaining the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Mandron
Mikael Yann Mathieu Mandron (born 11 October 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for club St Mirren. Mandron joined the Academy at Sunderland from the French lower leagues in the summer of 2011. He completed his two-year scholarship before making his Premier League debut in April 2013. He joined League Two side Fleetwood Town on loan in 2014 and spent time on loan at fellow League Two club Shrewsbury Town in 2015. He had a final loan at Hartlepool United in late 2015 before being released by Sunderland in summer 2016. He signed for National League side Eastleigh, where his performances earned the attention of Championship club Wigan Athletic, signing in January 2017. He then signed for League Two club Colchester United in July 2017. He made 95 appearances for Colchester before his release in summer 2019, then spent a season at Gillingham and two seasons at Crewe Alexandra. Club career Sunderland Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Mandron atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Wright (footballer)
William Robert Wright (born 12 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Swindon Town. Career Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, Wright played youth football for Luton Town, before playing in non-league football for Biggleswade United and Hitchin Town. He spent time on loan at Bedford Town and Barton Rovers, and went on trial with Norwich City. He then signed for Colchester United where he failed to make an appearance, before moving to Dagenham & Redbridge, initially on loan. He was made club captain in his final season with the club, and made just under 150 appearances in his four seasons at Victoria Road. He moved to League Two side Gillingham on a free transfer in June 2022. He made his debut for the Kent side in a 2–0 away loss to AFC Wimbledon on 30 July 2022. He signed for Crawley Town on 1 August 2023, for an undisclosed fee. Following promotion at the end of the 2023–24 season, Wright was offered a new contract by Crawley T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagenham & Redbridge F
Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest in the north to the River Thames in the south. Dagenham remained mostly undeveloped until 1921, when the London County Council began construction of the large Becontree housing estate. The population significantly increased as people moved to the new housing in the early 20th century, with the parish of Dagenham becoming Dagenham Urban District in 1926 and the Municipal Borough of Dagenham in 1938. In 1965 Dagenham became part of Greater London when most of the historic parish become part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham was chosen as a location for industrial activity and is perhaps most famous for being the location of the Ford Dagenham motor car plant where the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 took place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Williams (footballer)
Shaun Williams (born 19 October 1986) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is first-team coach at club Welling United. During his professional career he played for Drogheda United, Finn Harps, Sporting Fingal, MK Dons, Millwall, Portsmouth, Gillingham and ended his career with Eastbourne Borough. He represented the Republic of Ireland national team at various levels, gaining three caps for the senior team in 2018. Career Drogheda United Raised in Portmarnock in North Dublin, Williams signed for nearby League of Ireland club Drogheda United from schoolboy club Home Farm FC at the start of the 2005 season and played with the club's under 21 side for the year. After impressing for the under 21 side, Williams was offered a full-time professional contract with the club which he signed ahead of the 2006 season. Struggling to make his first team breakthrough that year, Drogheda looked to loan him out for the following year for experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth F
Portsmouth ( ) is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located south-east of Southampton, west of Brighton and Hove and south-west of London. With a population last recorded at 208,100, it is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth forms part of the South Hampshire urban area with Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Eastleigh and Southampton. Portsmouth's history can be traced to Roman times and has been a significant Royal Navy dockyard and base for centuries. Portsmouth was founded by Anglo-Norman merchant Jean de Gisors in the south-west area of Portsea Island, a location now known as Old Portsmouth. Around this time, de Gisors ordered the construction of a chapel dedicated to St Thomas Becket. This became a parish church by the 14th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Turner (footballer)
Jake Edward Turner (born 25 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gillingham. Early life Turner was born in Wilmslow, and grew up with older sister Millie, who is also a footballer. Club career Turner began his career as an outfield player, and was suggested by Rene Meulensteen — who was a personal friend with the Turner family — to try being a goalkeeper due to his size. He spent the next few weeks training as a goalkeeper with Meulensteen and when first playing the position in a Sunday league football match he was spotted by Bolton Wanderers scouts who were impressed with what they saw which lead to Bolton signing him for their academy. He moved on loan to Stalybridge Celtic in December 2017, but was recalled without making a first-team appearance. He then moved on loan to Frickley Athletic in March 2018. He returned on loan to Stalybridge in August 2018, making 11 league and 1 cup appearances. He moved on loan to Darlington i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle United F
Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in New South Wales, Australia, named after Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle, New Castle or New Cassel may also refer to: Places Australia * City of Newcastle, a local government area in New South Wales * County of Newcastle, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Division of Newcastle, a federal electoral division in New South Wales * Electoral district of Newcastle, an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Electoral district of Newcastle (South Australia) 1884–1902, 1915–1956 in the South Australian House of Assembly *Newcastle, New South Wales, a city in New South Wales * Newcastle Waters, a town and locality in the Northern Territory * Newcastle West, New South Wales, inner suburb of the city * Toodyay, Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kashket
Scott Connor Kashket (born 25 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Welling United. He has also played in his youth career for Spanish B side club Hércules, Wingate & Finchley, and Leyton Orient, and in his senior career for League Two Leyton Orient, National League South Welling United (on loan), Wycombe Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham and Sutton United. Early life Kashket was born in Chigwell, Essex, in England and is Jewish. His father Russell Kashket, and grandfather Bernard Kashket, are tailors and run Kashket & Partners, a UK company that traces its history back to being hatters at the court of the Russian Tsar in the early 1900s. His great-grandfather moved to London in the 1920s. Career Early career Kashket began his career playing futsal for Maccabi GB in the English National Futsal League. He played for the Team Maccabi Great Britain junior futsal team at the European Maccabiah Games in Vienna in 2009, winni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
