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{{short description|Association football club in England}}
{{Infobox Football club
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{{Infobox football club
| nickname = The Ferrymen|
| clubname = Gedling Town
| founded = 1989|
| image = File:GedlingTownBadge.jpg
| chairman = Roland Ash|
| upright = 0.8
| manager = John Humphries (Caretaker)|
| fullname = Gedling Town Football Club
| ground = Riverside Ground<BR>[[Stoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire]]|
| nickname = The Ferrymen
| capacity = 2000 (''500 seats'')|
| founded = {{nowrap|1985 (as R & R Scaffolding)}}
| league = [[East Midlands Counties Football League]]
| dissolved= 2011
| season = 2010-11
| ground = Riverside Stadium<br />[[Stoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire]]
| position = [[East Midlands Counties Football League]], 18th
| capacity = 2,000
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'''Gedling Town F.C.Football Club''' iswas a [[associationSemi-professional sports#United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|semi-professional]] [[Association football|football]] club based in [[GedlingStoke Bardolph]], [[Nottinghamshire|Gedling]], nearEngland. Founded in 1985 as '''R & R Scaffolding''', the [[Arnold,Works Nottinghamshireteam#Association football|works team]], of a construction firm from [[EnglandNetherfield, Nottinghamshire|Netherfield]]., Itthe wasclub establishedplayed inits 1989first andfour joinedseasons in the [[CentralNotts MidlandsAmateur League]] Divisionbefore Oneadopting the Gedling Town name in 1990. ForGedling joined the 2007-08[[English season,football itleague wassystem|nationwide aleague membersystem]] ofin 1992. At the [[Northerntime Countiesof Eastits Footballdissolution League|Northernin Counties2011 Eastdue to League[[Insolvency#United Kingdom|insolvency]] Division One, butthe wereteam acompeted founder member ofin the new [[East Midlands Counties Football League]] for(EMCFL) Premier Division at the 2008/09tenth tier of the English football seasonpyramid.
 
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.
The club started the 2007-08 season with seven straight league wins as they stormed to the top of the league. However, in November 2007 manager Lee Wilson left to take up the vacant managerial position at [[Shepshed Dynamo F.C.|Shepshed Dynamo]].
 
==External linksHistory==
===Notts Amateur League, 1985–1990===
*[http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/gedlingtown/ Official website]
[[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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{{East===Central Midlands Counties 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)''.]]
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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>}}
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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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