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1986–87 Gillingham F.C. season

English football club season

During the 1986–87 English football season, Gillingham F.C.
competed in the Football League Third Division.
It was the 55th season in which the club competed in the Football League, and the 37th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950.
Gillingham began the season strongly and were top of the Third Division table shortly before the mid-point of the season.
The team's form declined in the second half of the season; to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Football League Second Division, the team needed to win their final game and both Bristol City and Notts County had to fail to win theirs.
A victory over Bolton Wanderers, combined with both the other teams being held to draws, meant that Gillingham finished in fifth place and qualified for the play-offs.

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