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{{short description|Association football club in England}}
{{Infobox Football club
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| clubname = Gedling Town|
{{distinguish|Gedling Miners Welfare F.C.}}
| image = [[Image:GedlingTown.gif|GedlingTown.gif]]
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| fullname = Gedling Town Football Club|
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{{Infobox football club
| founded = [[1989]]|
| chairman clubname = RolandGedling Ash|Town
| image = File:GedlingTownBadge.jpg
| manager = Lee Wilson|
| upright = 0.8
| ground = Riverside Ground<BR>[[Stoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire]]|
| fullname = Gedling Town Football Club
| capacity = 2000 (''500 seats'')|
| nickname = The Ferrymen
| league = [[Northern Counties East Football League Division One|NCEL Division One]]
| founded = {{nowrap|1985 (as R & R Scaffolding)}}
| season = 2006-07
| dissolved= 2011
| position = [[Northern Counties East Football League Division One|NCEL Division One]], 4th
| ground = Riverside Stadium<br />[[Stoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire]]
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'''Gedling Town Football Club''' was a [[Semi-professional sports#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|semi-professional]] [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Stoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire]], England. Founded in 1985 as '''R & R Scaffolding''', the [[Works team#Association football|works team]] of a construction firm from [[Netherfield, Nottinghamshire|Netherfield]], the club played its first four seasons in the [[Notts Amateur League]] before adopting the Gedling Town name in 1990. Gedling joined the [[English football league system|nationwide league system]] in 1992. At the time of its dissolution in 2011 due to [[Insolvency#United Kingdom|insolvency]], the team competed in the [[East Midlands Counties Football League]] (EMCFL) Premier Division at the tenth tier of the English football pyramid.
'''Gedling Town F.C.''' is a football club based in [[Gedling]], near [[Arnold, Nottinghamshire]], [[England]]. It was established in [[1989]] and joined the [[Central Midlands League]] Division One in [[1990]]. For the 2007-08 season, it is a member of the [[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One.
 
Gedling played its home matches at the Riverside Stadium from at least 1990. Before transferring to the EMCFL in 2008, the club competed in the [[Northern Counties East Football League]] (NCEL) Division One and three [[Central Midlands Football League]] (CML) divisions. At its height, Gedling played at the ninth tier between 2000 and 2004. National tournament records included reaching the third qualifying round of the [[FA Cup]] in [[2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Third qualifying round|2003–04]] and the fourth round of the [[FA Vase]] in [[2003–04 FA Vase|2003–04]], [[2004–05 FA Vase|2004–05]] and [[2005–06 FA Vase|2005–06]]. The team were nicknamed "The [[Ferry|Ferrymen]]", and their colours were primarily yellow and blue.
 
==History==
{{Northern Counties East One}}
===Notts Amateur League, 1985–1990===
[[File:Netherfield MMB 01 Meadow Road.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=View of Netherfield, where Gedling Town was formed|The club was founded in [[Netherfield, Nottinghamshire|Netherfield]] ''(pictured in 2013)''.]]
Gedling Town was founded in 1985 as R & R Scaffolding, the [[Works team#Association football|works team]] of a construction firm from [[Netherfield, Nottinghamshire|Netherfield]].<ref name="BNA24081985"/><ref>{{cite news |title=R & R Scaffolding Services Ltd. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19870825/013/0013 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=25 August 1987 |page=13 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref>{{efn|In August 1985, [[Nottingham]]'s ''[[Football Post (Nottingham)|Football Post]]'' reported that "Division Three welcomes five newcomers – Bilborough Colts, Celtic Athletic, R & R Scaffolding, Sporting Celtic and Stapleford Villa Reserves".<ref name="BNA24081985">{{cite news |title=Marcus After Title No.3 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19850824/017/0017 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=24 August 1985 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> The club stated that it was founded in 1983 or 1986,<ref name="GedHist31102010">{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?primary=theclub&secondary=history |title=History |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031032430/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?primary=theclub&secondary=history |archive-date=31 October 2010 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="SadTid"/> while the [[Northern Counties East Football League]] gave the year as 1989.<ref name="NCEL11102007">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.org.uk/clubinfo.php?team=27&page=1 |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011144605/http://www.ncel.org.uk/clubinfo.php?team=27&page=1 |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>}} Beginning in Division Three of the [[Notts Amateur League]], the team opened the 1985–86 season with a 5–1 win over SSR.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sorrell Socks It to 'Em! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19850914/017/0017 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=14 September 1985 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> Positive results were consistent throughout the campaign; according to [[Nottingham]]'s ''[[Football Post (Nottingham)|Football Post]]'', the team "thrashed" Celtic Athletic 9–1, while Santos "were no match" after losing to them 4–0.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lovett's So Lethal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19851130/016/0016 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=30 November 1985 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marcus Magic |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19851214/016/0016 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=14 December 1985 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> After being [[Promotion and relegation|promoted]] to Division Two, R & R Scaffolding reached the final of the league's Junior Cup in 1986–87.<ref>{{cite news |title=Non-League Football |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19860922/021/0021 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=22 September 1986 |page=21 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref><ref name="BNA24051987">{{cite news |title=Clifton Thriller |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19870425/019/0019 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=25 April 1987 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> The team lost on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] to Clifton Town after their opponents equalised with the last kick of the game to make it 3–3 after [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]].<ref name="BNA24051987"/>
 
Prowess in the cup was matched by success in the league, and the team delivered on their slim promotion hopes to ascend to Division One ahead of 1987–88.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sickener for Rivals |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19870314/017/0017 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=14 March 1987 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wollaton are High-Fliers |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19870904/046/0046 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=4 September 1987 |page=46 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> Despite prolific goal-scoring from individual players,<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve's Three Sink Holders |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19871031/016/0016 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=31 October 1987 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Potters Again – But They Get a Big Fright |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19871128/018/0018 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=28 November 1987 |page=18 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> the club was not promoted after its first campaign in the division.<ref>{{cite news |title=Results |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19881128/025/0025 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=28 November 1988 |page=25 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> In 1988–89, R & R Scaffolding contested the final of the league's Senior Cup but lost 1–0 to Pelican Reserves after enjoying most of the possession.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pelican Snatch Senior Cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19890429/017/0017 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=29 April 1989 |page=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref> The team were promoted as champions to the league's Premier Division ahead of 1989–90,{{efn|name="NALDiv1"|The Northern Counties East Football League erroneously credited Gedling with winning the [[Notts Amateur League]] Division One in 1989–90; the club competed in its Premier Division in this season.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="1–2–X"/>}} which proved to be their last season in amateur football.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="1–2–X">{{cite news |title=Your 1–2–X Guide |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19890904/024/0024 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=4 September 1989 |page=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 June 2023 }}</ref>
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===Central Midlands Football League, 1990–2000===
[[File:Watnall Road.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=View of Watnall Road, former home of Hucknall Town|Gedling suffered its biggest-ever competitive loss at [[Hucknall Town]] in 1998–99 ''(Hucknall's Watnall Road ground pictured in 2022)''.]]
For 1990–91, R & R Scaffolding changed its name to Gedling Town and entered the [[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] (CML) Division One.{{efn|Although the club was founded in [[Netherfield, Nottinghamshire|Netherfield]] and based in [[Stoke Bardolph]], both settlements have been located in the [[Borough of Gedling]] since 1974. The Borough is not to be confused with the village of [[Gedling]], which is also situated within its boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gedlingheritage.co.uk/villages/ |title=Villages |publisher=Gedling Borough Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930212248/https://gedlingheritage.co.uk/villages/ |archive-date=30 September 2024|access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>}} Becoming champions at the first attempt, Gedling then competed in the CML Premier Division (South) in 1991–92.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb">{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/GEDLINGT.HTM |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Football Club History Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808193820/https://www.fchd.info/GEDLINGT.HTM |archive-date=8 August 2020 |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref> The team led the league for much of the season before finishing runners-up to Slack & Parr.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Title Chasing Slacks Win Local Derby |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003304/19911220/023/0023 |work=Stapleford & Sandiacre News |date=20 December 1991 |page=23 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> However, the club was still promoted to the CML Supreme Division at the tenth level of the [[English football league system]].<ref name="GedFHDb"/>{{efn|name="CMLPrem"|During Gedling's membership of the [[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]], its Division One and Premier Division (South) were technically separate from the [[English football league system]], although they fed sequentially into its topmost Supreme Division, which sat at level ten.<ref name="GedCML">{{cite web |url=https://fchd.info/lghist/cml.htm |title=Central Midlands League |publisher=Football Club History Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911090956/https://fchd.info/lghist/cml.htm |archive-date=11 September 2023 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>}} During the campaign, Gedling enjoyed what would remain its biggest-ever victory with an 11–0 win against [[Radford F.C.|Radford]].<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> The 1992–93 season saw Gedling host [[Football League First Division]] club [[Notts County]] in a [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly]]. Staged in November "under gruelling conditions", the match ended with a 2–1 defeat for the home side.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stapleton |first=David |title=Smith Tonic for County |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19921123/020/0020 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=23 November 1992 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> Manager Mel Oliver stood down in February and was replaced by Dave Sands.<ref name="TopTeam">{{cite news |title=New Top Team for Gedling |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19930206/043/0043 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=6 February 1993 |page=43 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Town in Call to the Fans |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003714/19930304/035/0035 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=4 March 1993 |page=35 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> Gedling finished seventh in the league and captured the CML's Wakefield Floodlit Cup in May with a 2–0 win over Sheffield Aurora.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/>
 
Before 1993–94, Gedling again met Notts County in a friendly; they lost 8–0, with Notts [[Forward (association football)|forward]] [[Gary McSwegan]] netting four.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wilson in the Magpies' Hot Seat |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19930803/024/0024 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=3 August 1993 |page=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> A month later, the club entered the [[FA Vase]] for the first time, eventually losing 3–0 in a [[1993–94 FA Vase|preliminary round replay]] to [[Walsall Wood F.C.|Walsall Wood]].<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling's Booster |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19930719/019/0019 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=19 July 1993 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> By November, the team had lost just one of their nine previous league games and went on to top the table in the new year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Move into Top Four |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003714/19931125/063/0063 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=25 November 1993 |page=63 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling v Kimberley |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19940103/018/0018 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=3 January 1994 |page=18 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> Results slipped thereafter, and Gedling finished in fifth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Cling to Title Hope |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002477/19940428/202/0038 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=28 April 1994 |page=38 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> This season marked the arrival from [[Arnold Town F.C.|Arnold Town]] of [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|full-back]] Gary Ball, a player who later held the all-time club record for appearances with 216.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="Ball">{{cite news |title=Arnold Bid to End Losing Sequence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003714/19940106/042/0042 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=6 January 1994 |page=42 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> The 1994–95 campaign proved difficult; the team were eliminated from title contention by January, and manager Dave Sands was sacked to be replaced by Ray Sully.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sands Has Not Given up Hope |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19950107/068/0068 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=7 January 1995 |page=68 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sands' Time Has Run Out |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19950207/020/0020 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=7 February 1995 |page=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref> Gedling closed the season in tenth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/>
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Gedling lacked squad depth for 1995–96 but under Sully enjoyed a seven-match unbeaten run by December.<ref name="BNA02121995">{{cite news |title=Gedling in for a Derby Tussle |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19951202/085/0085 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=2 December 1995 |page=85 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> After falling out with his players,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sully Quits, but Takes Time Out |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19951208/049/0049 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=8 December 1995 |page=49 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=22 May 2024 }}</ref> Sully was replaced in the new year by his assistant, Jamie Brodie, who became [[Player-coach#Player-managers in association football|player-manager]].<ref name="BNA02121995" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Town in Rumpus |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19960424/079/0079 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=24 April 1996 |page=79 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> A mid-table finish in tenth followed.<ref name="GedFHDb"/> The club again reached the final of the Wakefield Floodlit Cup, but went down 3–1 to [[Harworth Colliery F.C.|Harworth Colliery]] in both fixtures of a [[two-legged tie]].<ref name="GedHist31102010"/> Under the joint management of Brodie and Andy Kirk, Gedling earned a positive 1–1 draw in a friendly against Notts County before 1996–97.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arkins Fired Up |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19960729/039/0039 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=29 July 1996 |page=39 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kirk Did Consider Hucknall Town Job |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19961005/075/0075 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=5 October 1996 |page=75 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> After what Brodie deemed a "shameful display" against [[Dunkirk F.C.|Dunkirk]] in March,<ref>{{cite news |title=Brodie Lets Rip after Thrashing |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970308/087/0087 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=8 March 1997 |page=87 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> the team found form by the following month, going on to finish in fourth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Central Midlands |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970402/072/0072 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=2 April 1997 |page=72 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> Gedling became champions of the CML Supreme Division in 1997–98 by finishing 16 points above the runners-up.<ref name="BNA09081998">{{cite news |title=Champions Are Aiming to Do It All Over Again |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19980808/075/0075 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=8 September 1998 |page=75 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref>{{efn|name="CMLSupreme"|The Northern Counties East Football League erroneously credited Gedling with winning the Central Midlands Football League Premier Division in 1997–98; the club competed in its Supreme Division in this season.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/>}} In the process, forward Robbie Orton set an unsurpassed club record for goals in a season with 42.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fisher Named as Top Player |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19980604/061/0061 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=4 June 1998 |page=61 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref>{{efn|The Northern Counties East Football League alternatively credited Orton with scoring 41.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> He also held the club record for most goals scored overall, with 98 from 124 appearances.<ref name="NCEL2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/gedlingtown.htm |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102223400/http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/gedlingtown.htm |archive-date=2 November 2004 |access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref>}}
 
Despite winning the division, the club was not promoted due to inadequate facilities.<ref name="BNA09081998"/> Brodie and new assistant Everton Marsh strengthened the squad in pre-season, recruiting former [[English Football League|Football League]] forward [[Gary Lund]].<ref name="BNA09081998"/> Although the club was aiming for back-to-back championships, 1998–99 saw Gedling knocked off the top of the table in October.<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Midlands Supreme Division |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19990116/083/0083 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=16 January 1999 |page=83 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> Poor results ensued; a 6–1 loss at [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]] would remain the club's biggest-ever competitive defeat.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> In March, Brodie and Marsh resigned to be replaced by [[Caretaker manager|caretaker]] player-managers John Flint and John Humphries for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brodie and Marsh to Play On |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19990417/083/0083 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=17 April 1999 |page=83 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> The club had a disappointing sixth-place finish.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> Paul Elrick and assistant Junior Glare were appointed managers for 1999–2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Town Go for Paul |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19990611/065/0065 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=11 June 1999 |page=65 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> Shortly after, the team "lost out narrowly" 2–1 to Football League First Division side [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in a pre-season friendly.<ref>{{cite news |title=So Close |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19990717/051/0051 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=17 July 1999 |page=51 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> Finding good league form in December but dogged by injuries,<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Midlands |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19991204/103/0104 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=4 December 1999 |page=104 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thanks, Bryan |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19991218/100/0101 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=18 December 1999 |page=101 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> Gedling finished in fourth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/> However, the club took the [[Central Midlands Alliance#League Challenge Cup|CML League Cup]] with a 3–2 win over [[South Normanton Athletic F.C.|South Normanton Athletic]].<ref name="GedHist31102010"/>
 
===Northern Counties East Football League, 2000–2008===
[[File:DevonWhite1988.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=In 2006–07, Devon White was the assistant manager of Gedling Town|[[Devon White (footballer)|Devon White]] ''(pictured in 1988)'' was assistant manager in [[2006–07 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2006–07]].]]
Gedling transferred to the [[Northern Counties East Football League]] (NCEL) Division One at tier nine for [[2000–01 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2000–01]], and the team finished fifth in their first season. Reaching the final of both the [[Nottinghamshire Senior Cup]] and the [[Northern Counties East Football League#League Cup|NCEL League Cup]], Gedling also made its inaugural appearance in the [[FA Cup]] before losing 3–0 to [[Hinckley United F.C.|Hinckley United]] in the [[2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds#First qualifying round|first qualifying round]].<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> The team won the league in [[2001–02 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2001–02]],<ref name="GedHist31102010"/> but as in 1997–98, promotion was not obtained after the NCEL deemed the club's ground inadequate.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref name="2002 Promote">{{cite web |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/6666315.pikes-drop-points-to-finish-in-fourth-place/ |title=Pikes Drop Points to Finish in Fourth Place|work=The Gazette & Herald |date=9 May 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930152055/https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/6666315.pikes-drop-points-to-finish-in-fourth-place/ |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> Gedling did, however, capture the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup by beating [[Southwell City F.C.|Southwell City]] 1–0 at [[Meadow Lane]].<ref name="NottSport">{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghamsport.com/index.php/bygones-notts-senior-cup-finals/ |title=Bygones – Notts Senior Cup Finals |work=The Nottingham Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824145648/https://www.nottinghamsport.com/index.php/bygones-notts-senior-cup-finals/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>{{efn|name="NSCup"|The Northern Counties East Football League erroneously credited Gedling with winning the [[Nottinghamshire Senior Cup]] in 2002–03; [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]] won the competition in this season.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="NottSport"/>}} [[Darren Davis (footballer)|Darren Davis]] and assistant Gary Haywood were appointed managers for [[2002–03 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2002–03]], presiding over a sixth-place finish.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref name="NCEL2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/ |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021125001613/http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk:80/ |archive-date=25 November 2002 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>
 
Haywood led Gedling into [[2003–04 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2003–04]] without Davis, only to be replaced in the new year by player-managers Mark Clarke, Paul Jepson and Craig Maddison.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/gedlingtown.htm |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030901054140/http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/gedlingtown.htm |archive-date=1 September 2003 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk/gedlingtown.htm |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040311162659/http://www.ncel.freeserve.co.uk:80/gedlingtown.htm |archive-date=11 March 2004 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Closing the season in fifth, the club enjoyed record runs in both national tournaments.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> A [[2003–04 FA Vase|fourth round]] tie in the FA Vase ended with a 3–2 defeat to [[Leighton Town F.C.|Leighton Town]], while Gedling bowed out 1–0 to [[Stalybridge Celtic F.C.|Stalybridge Celtic]] in the [[2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Third qualifying round|third qualifying round]] of the FA Cup.<ref name="GedFHDb"/> Additionally, in February, the club received a fee of [[Pound sterling|£]]5,000 for forward [[Steve Scoffham]], who joined Notts County of the [[Football League Second Division]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson|first=Jared|date=December 2004|url=https://issuu.com/leftlion/docs/leftlion_2_december_2004/16 |title=Scoffham of the Pies |work=LeftLion |number=2 |page=17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230824153423/https://issuu.com/leftlion/docs/leftlion_2_december_2004/16 |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>
 
During [[2004–05 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2004–05]], Gedling [[2004–05 FA Vase|matched]] its previous FA Vase run before losing 3–0 to [[Tipton Town F.C.|Tipton Town]].<ref name="GedFHDb"/> Tournaments hampered form in the league, however, and the club missed promotion by finishing in fifth.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> The same tension frustrated Jimmy Albans and Graham Harrod as joint-managers for [[2005–06 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2005–06]]; a 2–1 loss to [[Squires Gate F.C.|Squires Gate]] at the [[2005–06 FA Vase|same stage]] of the FA Vase accompanied a fourth-place finish, missing promotion by three points.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> Albans and Harrod resigned at the end of the season over the club's failure to provide funds to recruit players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2005/ |date=18 May 2006 |title=Gedling Management Duo Quit |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824154627/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2005/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Much of the team also departed.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/>
 
[[File:Lee Wilson 2007.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=In 2007–08, Lee Wilson was the manager of Gedling Town|[[Lee Wilson (footballer, born 1972)|Lee Wilson]] ''(pictured in 2007)'' was manager in [[2007–08 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2007–08]].]]
Gary Hayward and Andy Freeman led Gedling into [[2006–07 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2006–07]] before being dismissed on disciplinary grounds in December.<ref name="DuoGedling">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |date=30 July 2006 |title=Duo Sign for Gedling |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331014705/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="HaywardDeparture">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |date=12 December 2006 |title=More on Hayward Departure |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331014705/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Player-manager James Jepson and assistant [[Devon White (footballer)|Devon White]] subsequently took charge.<ref name="HaywardDeparture"/> The team recruited throughout the season, signing young prospects alongside former Football League [[midfielder]] [[Shaun Murray (footballer)|Shaun Murray]].<ref name="DuoGedling"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |date=19 July 2006 |title=Ex-Magpie Joins Gedling |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331014705/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Suffering from injury, Jepson was replaced in February by his father, Paul, as Gedling closed in fourteenth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |date=13 February 2007 |title=Jepson Snr Takes Over from Jepson Jnr |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331014705/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> [[Lee Wilson (footballer, born 1972)|Lee Wilson]] became manager for [[2007–08 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|2007–08]], with Jimmy Albans returning as assistant.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> Wilson and Albans oversaw a winning start to the campaign before leaving for [[Shepshed Dynamo F.C.|Shepshed Dynamo]] in November,<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="DuoUniBond">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |date=20 November 2007 |title=Gedling Management Duo Go to Unibond |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824161719/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> a move that saw John Humphries return to management for the rest of the season, joined by assistant Tony Cox.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |date=20 November 2007 |title=Gedling Appoint Humphries as Caretaker |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824161719/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |date=2 February 2008 |title=Thumbs up for Gedling Management Duo |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824161719/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Challenged by low attendances and a meagre transfer budget,<ref name="DuoUniBond"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |date=9 August 2007 |title=Gedling Issue 'Support Us' Plea |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824161719/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> a "disastrous [[wikt:run-in|run in]]" saw Gedling finish in sixth.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/>
 
===East Midlands Counties Football League, 2008–2011===
Gedling was a founder member of the tenth-tier [[East Midlands Counties Football League]] (EMCFL) and its sole Premier Division for [[2008–09 East Midlands Counties Football League|2008–09]].<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref name="GedEMCFL">{{cite web |url=https://eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com/archive449-club-info/24777 |title=Gedling Town |publisher=East Midlands Counties Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814114201/https://eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com/archive449-club-info/24777 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> Under the new management of Duncan Broad and Mark Allison, the club enjoyed a seven-match unbeaten run in the early part of the campaign before finishing in fourth.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> In the August of [[2009–10 East Midlands Counties Football League|2009–10]], chairman Roland Ash warned that Gedling could fold if not better supported by the community, citing low attendances exacerbated by the [[Great Recession in Europe#United Kingdom|Great Recession]] and the pull of nearby professional clubs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews |date=28 August 2009 |title=Town Could Fold |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914012141/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews |archive-date=14 September 2009 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> Broad and Allison stood down in January and were replaced by [[Mick Galloway]],<ref name="Peck201001">{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=97543 |date=24 January 2010 |title=Statement from the Chairman |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208221959/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=97543 |archive-date=8 February 2010 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=98928 |date=27 January 2010 |title=New Manager Arrives |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208221439/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=98928 |archive-date=8 February 2010 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> who oversaw an upturn in results despite an eventual ninth-place finish after a three-point deduction by the league.<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/> This season included participation in the [[East Midlands Counties Football League#League Cup|EMCFL League Cup]] final, in which Gedling beat Dunkirk 2–1 after extra time.<ref name="EMCFL Cup">{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghamsport.com/index.php/bygones-east-midlands-counties-league-titles/ |title=Bygones – East Midlands Counties League Titles|work=The Nottingham Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003145511/https://www.nottinghamsport.com/index.php/bygones-east-midlands-counties-league-titles/ |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
 
The club's future was jeopardised in October 2010 when Gedling issued a statement "confirming that the Club has folded with immediate effect and will be withdrawing from the East Midlands Counties League and associated competitions".<ref name="SadTid">{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=199203 |date=25 October 2010 |title=Sad Tidings |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030232159/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=199203 |archive-date=30 October 2010 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> Despite colleagues' attempts to persuade him otherwise, Ash decided to close Gedling for "personal reasons".<ref name="SadTid"/> Four days later, a deal was announced that saw Ash relinquish his chairmanship to Tony Griffith, allowing the club to postpone resignation from the [[Nottinghamshire County Football Association|Nottinghamshire Football Association]] and fulfil its fixtures until the end of [[2010–11 East Midlands Counties Football League|2010–11]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=201380 |date=29 October 2010 |title=Gedling Have Risen from the Ashes |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030232204/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews&news_id=201380 |archive-date=30 October 2010 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Broadhurst |first=Stevan |url=http://eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com/gedling-town-fc-3738 |date=21 November 2010 |title=New Club Officials Announced |publisher=East Midlands Counties Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331154733/http://eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com:80/gedling-town-fc-3738 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> Once again, three points were deducted by the EMCFL, and Gedling closed in eighteenth.<ref name="GedFHDb"/> The club withdrew from the league in June and afterwards ceased to exist.<ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref name="FSF">{{cite web |url=https://thefsa.org.uk/news/clubs-in-crisis/ |title=Clubs in Crisis |date=10 January 2012 |publisher=Football Supporters’ Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927204930/https://thefsa.org.uk/news/clubs-in-crisis/ |archive-date=27 September 2020 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> In January 2012, the [[Football Supporters' Federation]] listed Gedling among 13 English "clubs in crisis", with each threatened or collapsed by "[[Insolvency#United Kingdom|insolvency]] events".<ref name="FSF"/>
 
===Season-by-season record from 1990–91===
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center"
! Season !! Division !! [[English football league system|Level]] !! Position !! [[FA Cup]] !! [[FA Vase]] !! Post-season notes
|-bgcolor="#ACE1AF"
| 1990–91||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Division One||-{{efn|name="CMLPrem"}}||1st/13||-||-|| Promoted as champions
|-bgcolor="#ACE1AF"
| 1991–92||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Premier Division (South)||-||2nd/16||-||-|| Promoted as runners-up
|-
| 1992–93||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||7th/16||-||-||
|-
| 1993–94||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||5th/17||-||PR||
|-
| 1994–95||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||10th/17||-||1R||
|-
| 1995–96||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||9th/17||-||1QR||
|-
| 1996–97||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||4th/16||-||3R||
|-
| 1997–98||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||1st/16||-||2QR|| Promotion denied due to inadequate facilities
|-
| 1998–99||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||6th/19||-||1R||
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 1999–2000||[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]] Supreme Division||10||4th/19||-||2R|| Transferred to [[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One at level nine
|-
| 2000–01||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||9||[[2000–01 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|5th/16]]||[[2000–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds#First qualifying round|1QR]]||3R||
|-
| 2001–02||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||9||[[2001–02 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|1st/16]]||[[2001–02 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Preliminary round|PR]]||1R|| Promotion denied due to inadequate facilities
|-
| 2002–03||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||9||[[2002–03 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|6th/17]]||[[2002–03 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Extra preliminary round|EPR]]||3R||
|-
| 2003–04||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||9||[[2003–04 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|5th/18]]||[[2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Third qualifying round|3QR]]||4R|| Division dropped one level by default due to creation of [[National League North|Conference North]] at level six
|-
| 2004–05||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||10||[[2004–05 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|5th/16]]||[[2004–05 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Preliminary round|PR]]||4R||
|-
| 2005–06||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||10||[[2005–06 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|4th/16]]||[[2005–06 FA Cup qualifying rounds#First qualifying round|1QR]]||4R||
|-
| 2006–07||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||10||[[2006–07 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|14th/17]]||[[2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Second qualifying round|2QR]]||3R||
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 2007–08||[[Northern Counties East Football League]] Division One||10||[[2007–08 Northern Counties East Football League#Division One|6th/17]]||[[2007–08 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Second qualifying round|2QR]]||3R|| Transferred to [[East Midlands Counties Football League]] Premier Division at level ten
|-
| 2008–09||[[East Midlands Counties Football League]] Premier Division||10||[[2008–09 East Midlands Counties Football League#League table|4th/18]]||[[2008–09 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Preliminary round|PR]]||2QR||
|-
| 2009–10||[[East Midlands Counties Football League]] Premier Division||10||[[2009–10 East Midlands Counties Football League#League table|9th/20]]||[[2009–10 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Extra preliminary round|EPR]]||2R||
|-
| 2010–11||[[East Midlands Counties Football League]] Premier Division||10||[[2010–11 East Midlands Counties Football League#League table|18th/20]]||[[2010–11 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Extra preliminary round|EPR]]||2R|| Withdrew from League and disbanded
|-
|align=left colspan=7|Sources:<ref name="GedHist31102010"/><ref name="GedFHDb"/><ref name="GedCML"/><ref name="BNA09081998"/><ref name="2002 Promote"/><ref name="FSF"/><ref name="ConfNorth">{{cite web |url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/history.php |title=History |publisher=Football Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916192508/http://www.footballconference.co.uk/history.php |archive-date=16 September 2010 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|}
 
==Club identity==
[[File:GedlingTown.png|thumb|upright=3|alt=Gedling Town's previous club badge|The club [[Crest (sports)|badge]] used up to and including 2008]]
Gedling played in a [[Kit (association football)|home kit]] of yellow and blue. Between 2002 and 2010 at least,<ref name="NCEL2002"/><ref name="Peck201001"/> this comprised a yellow and blue (once specified as [[navy blue]]) shirt, yellow and blue shorts (or all blue or all navy blue) and yellow and blue socks (or all yellow or all blue).<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="GedInfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gedlingtownfc.com/club_info.htm|title=Gedling Town Club Information|publisher=Gedling Town F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509083842/http://www.gedlingtownfc.com/club_info.htm|archive-date=9 May 2008|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> The team's [[Away colours|away kit]] was all red between 2002 and 2005 at least,<ref name="NCEL2004"/><ref name="NCEL2002"/> after which it changed to red and white.<ref name="NCEL2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncel.org.uk/clubinfo.php?team=27&page=1 |title=Gedling Town |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026171304/http://www.ncel.org.uk/clubinfo.php?team=27&page=1 |archive-date=26 October 2005 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> In 2008, it comprised a red and white shirt, red and white shorts and red socks.<ref name="GedInfo"/>
 
The club's first [[Crest (sports)|badge]], used from 1997 at least,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hucknall's Christmas Goal Spree |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19971222/038/0038 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=22 December 1997 |page=38 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2023 }}</ref> was also yellow and blue and wrapped by the club name. It depicted a football that contained a crest featuring three [[Heraldic knot|heraldic knots]] above a tree.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> The club's next and final badge, introduced in or after 2008, depicted the club name, a football and a representation of Gedling's nickname{{emdash}}"The [[Ferry|Ferrymen]]".<ref name="SadTid"/><ref name="NCEL11102007"/> This moniker derived from the location of the team's home ground, the Riverside Stadium, which was situated behind The Ferry Boat Inn [[pub]].<ref name="NCEL2004"/><ref name="GedEMCFL"/> Prior to this rebranding, Gedling lacked a nickname altogether.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/> The club's principal local [[List of association football rivalries in the United Kingdom|rivalry]] was with Arnold Town, exchanging players and competing with varying frequency in league and tournament fixtures.<ref name="Ball"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Goal-Shy Arnold Must Play It Again |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19971124/050/0050 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=24 November 1997 |page=50 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2023 }}</ref> It also shared rivalries with Arnold Rovers and Pelican in the Notts Amateur League,<ref>{{cite news |title=Goal Rush |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19890325/016/0016 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=25 March 1989 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace in Goal Spree |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002497/19870131/016/0016 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=31 January 1987 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2023 }}</ref> Dunkirk and [[Carlton Town F.C.|Sneinton]] in the CML,<ref name="BNA02121995" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Town's Busy Spell|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970228/068/0068 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=28 February 1997 |page=68 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2023 }}</ref> and Radford in the EMCFL.<ref>{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Graham |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews |date=31 August 2009 |title=Radford Take Heavy Defeat on the Chin |publisher=Gedling Town F.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914012141/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/?section=clubnews |archive-date=14 September 2009 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref>
 
==Ground==
===Riverside Stadium===
[[File:The Ferry Boat, Stoke Bardolph - geograph.org.uk - 1461712.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|alt=Picture of The Ferry Boat Inn, Stoke Bardolph|The Ferry Boat Inn [[pub]] in [[Stoke Bardolph]] ''(pictured in 2009)'', behind which the club was based]]
From 1990 at least,<ref>{{cite news |title=Diary Dates|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19900522/027/0027 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=22 May 1990 |page=27 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref> Gedling competed at the Riverside Stadium behind The Ferry Boat Inn pub in [[Stoke Bardolph]].<ref name="GedEMCFL"/>{{efn|The Riverside Stadium was named the Riverside Ground until 2008 at least;<ref name="GedEMCFL"/><ref name="GedInfo"/> before then, the ''[[Nottingham Post|Nottingham Evening Post]]'' alternatively referred to it as both the "Ferry Ground" and the "Ferry Boat Inn ground".<ref>{{cite news |title=Towns Clash|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19921118/024/0024 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=18 November 1992 |page=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stapleton|first=David|title=Draper: Play Me if City Delay Move|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19940720/028/0028 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=20 July 1994 |page=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref>}} [[Floodlight#Association football|Floodlights]] were installed by 1993, and accidental damage to these in 1997 left the ground in darkness during a match against [[Heanor Town F.C.|Heanor Town]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Town in Call to the Fans|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003714/19930304/035/0035 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=4 March 1993 |page=35 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Drop First Points but Still Hold Prime Spot|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19971011/074/0074 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=11 October 1997 |page=74 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref> Another issue occurred a year earlier when the team were stopped from playing at home to [[Thoresby Colliery Welfare F.C.|Thoresby Colliery Welfare]] because of a mud-churned [[Glossary of association football terms#G|goalmouth]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gedling Move|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19960809/062/0062 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=9 August 1996 |page=62 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref> Later, in 2001, a match against [[Pickering Town F.C.|Pickering Town]] was cancelled due to Gedling's waterlogged [[Football pitch|pitch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/6668898.pikes-late-winner/ |title=Pikes' Late Winner|work=The Gazette & Herald |date=12 April 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930153406/https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/6668898.pikes-late-winner/ |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> From 2002 onwards, the ground's amenities included a clubhouse with a licensed bar serving hot and cold food and drink.<ref name="NCEL11102007"/><ref name="NCEL2002"/> The stadium initially had a capacity of 2,000 with no seating but overhead cover for 500.<ref name="NCEL2002"/> Some 500 seats were added in 2005,<ref name="NCEL2004"/><ref name="NCEL2005"/> but these were stripped back to 200 with overhead cover in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gedlingtownfc.com/the_ground.htm|title=Welcome to the Riverside Ground|publisher=Gedling Town F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102235210fw_/http://www.gedlingtownfc.com/the_ground.htm|archive-date=2 November 2007|access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
 
Gedling announced in July 2007 that it had received "an excellent report regarding our set-up" after visits by [[The Football Association]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |date=7 July 2007 |title=Gedling Preparations on Track |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824161719/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2007/ |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref> These facilities were used by Notts County for training purposes during its [[2008–09 Notts County F.C. season|2008–09]] campaign.<ref>{{cite book |title=Aerofilms Guide: Football Grounds |date=2008 |edition=16th |location=Hersham, Surrey |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |page=129 |isbn=978-0-71-103333-7}}</ref> In assessments made by local authorities after the club's collapse, the stadium comprised two pitches within 2.79 [[Hectare|hectares]] of land.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.gedling.gov.uk/media/gedlingboroughcouncil/documents/council/aboutus/policies/Gedling%20Playing%20Pitch%20Strategy%20%20Action%20Plan%20Final%20August%2016.docx|title=Playing Pitch Strategy – Strategy & Action Plan|date=August 2016|publisher=Gedling Borough Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103121955/https://www.gedling.gov.uk/media/gedlingboroughcouncil/documents/council/aboutus/policies/Gedling%20Playing%20Pitch%20Strategy%20%20Action%20Plan%20Final%20August%2016.docx|archive-date=3 January 2023|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.gnplan.org.uk/media/3375738/blue-green-infrastructure-strategy-final.pdf|title=Greater Nottingham Blue-Green Infrastructure Strategy|date=January 2022|publisher=Greater Nottingham Planning Partnership|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707001103/https://www.gnplan.org.uk/media/3375738/blue-green-infrastructure-strategy-final.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2023|page=222}}</ref> In August 2012, Real United, a Nottingham-based football team aiming to keep young people away from drugs and gang culture, took over the ground and renamed it the Inspire Stadium.<ref name="Real">{{cite news|title=Nottingham's Real United Move to Inspire Stadium|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19069451 |work=BBC News |date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022357/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19069451 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |access-date=5 September 2023 }}</ref>
 
===Proposed Victoria Park development===
By February 1995, the club, partnered with the Nottinghamshire Schools' Football Association and [[Borough of Gedling#Governance|Gedling Borough Council]], planned to build a new stadium near Victoria Park in Netherfield.<ref name="Ambitious">{{cite news|title=Ambitious Town for the Future |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19950225/072/0072 |work=Football Post |location=Nottingham |date=25 February 1995 |page=72 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> The intended site was formerly a [[Classification yard|marshalling yard]] owned by [[British Rail]].<ref name="Bid sports">{{cite news|title=Bid for Sports Ground Cash |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003715/19981112/019/0019 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=12 November 1998 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> Initially estimated to cost up to £2.3 million,<ref name="Ambitious"/> the proposed complex was to include a bar, clubhouse (with three changing rooms and a clubroom), [[Luxury box|executive boxes]], gym, indoor training equipment, kitchen, office, sports injury clinic and store room.<ref name="Soccer plan">{{cite news|title=Soccer Plan Considered |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19951017/016/0016 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=17 October 1995 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Ground 'yes'">{{cite news|title=Ground 'Yes' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19951020/019/0019 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=20 October 1995 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> A 100-seater [[Terrace (stadium)|terrace]] would have standing areas either side of it and overlook three floodlit pitches; one full-size, another for [[Five-a-side football|five-a-side]] and the last made [[Artificial turf|all-weather]] for alternative sports such as [[field hockey|hockey]].<ref name="Ambitious"/><ref name="Soccer plan"/> Borough councillors approved plans for the stadium in October 1995 and applied for £290,000 from the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] on the project's behalf.<ref name="Ground 'yes'"/><ref name="Sport cash">{{cite news|title=Sport Cash Bid |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970115/012/0012 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=15 November 1997 |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> However, the Lottery rejected the bid on the basis that it would duplicate other facilities in Nottingham.<ref name="Sport cash"/> The club's own bid for £225,000 was likewise unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stadium Is Hit by Lotto Blow |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19960817/015/0015 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=17 August 1996 |page=15 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref>
 
In response to these failures, the Borough Council scaled down its plans in January 1997. Now they would only provide for changing and social facilities, as well as the three pitches.<ref name="Sport cash"/> Seating and covered standing room for spectators could be added later.<ref name="Sport cash"/> Councillors again approved the initiative in April after consultations with the [[Environment Agency]], [[National Highways|Highways Agency]], [[Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust]] and [[Railtrack]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Jane|title=Victory for Gedling FC |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970421/007/0007 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=21 April 1997 |page=7 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> By then, the projected cost of the stadium was reduced to £600,000. The Borough Council pledged £190,000 to meet this total, while efforts were also made by the concerned parties to attract the remaining £410,000 from the [[Sport England|Sports Council]].<ref name="Bid sports"/>
 
Around 200,000 recycled bricks were set aside for the stadium in February 1999, the same month that the Borough Council launched its second National Lottery bid, hoping to secure 35% of the overall funds.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Great Save for Sports Centre |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003715/19990225/028/0028 |work=Nottingham Recorder |date=25 February 1999 |page=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Kristina|title=Lottery Cash for Super Centre? |url= https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003715/19990225/028/0028 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=25 February 1999 |page=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> The estimated cost had risen to £1 million by the time of a third application in June. Meanwhile, the Borough Council earmarked a further £24,000 and planned another approach to the Sports Council for £556,600.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jarvis|first=Edward|title=Council Is Pitching in for Sports |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19990603/031/0031 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=3 June 1999 |page=31 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2023 }}</ref> As late as March 2007, with the plans not realised, the club was attempting to re-establish its partnership with the Borough Council to again appeal to the Sports Council for assistance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |date=15 March 2007 |title=Manager Search Starts at Gedling |publisher=Northern Counties East Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331014705/http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/gedlingtown/news/2006/ |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> The project never materialised.<ref name="GedEMCFL"/>
 
==Honours==
{|class="wikitable collapsible"
! Honour !! Year(s)
|-
|'''[[Notts Amateur League]]'''<br />Division One champions
|1988–89{{efn|name="NALDiv1"}}
|-
|'''[[Central Midlands Alliance League|Central Midlands Football League]]'''<br />Division One champions
|1990–91<ref name="GedFHDb"/>
|-
|'''Central Midlands Football League'''<br />Wakefield Floodlit Cup winners
|1992–93<ref name="GedHist31102010"/>
|-
|'''Central Midlands Football League'''<br />Supreme Division champions
|1997–98{{efn|name="CMLSupreme"}}
|-
|'''Central Midlands Football League'''<br />League Cup winners
|1999–2000<ref name="GedHist31102010"/>
|-
|'''[[Northern Counties East Football League]]'''<br />Division One champions
|2001–02<ref name="GedFHDb"/>
|-
|'''[[Nottinghamshire Senior Cup]]'''<br />Winners
|2001–02{{efn|name="NSCup"}}
|-
|'''[[East Midlands Counties Football League]]'''<br />League Cup winners
|2009–10<ref name="EMCFL Cup"/>
|-
|}
 
==National tournament records==
{|class="wikitable collapsible"
! Record !! Year(s)
|-
|'''[[FA Cup]]'''<br />Third qualifying round
|[[2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Third qualifying round|2003–04]]<ref name="GedFHDb"/>
|-
|'''[[FA Vase]]'''<br />Fourth round
|[[2003–04 FA Vase|2003–04]], [[2004–05 FA Vase|2004–05]], [[2005–06 FA Vase|2005–06]]<ref name="GedFHDb"/>
|}
==Notes==
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==References==
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