Danny Kedwell missed out on a proper Gillingham farewell but tonight's Kent Senior Cup final is an opportunity to leave Priestfield on a high.
Ten years on from scoring the crucial goals to send the Gills to the 2012-13 League 2 title, he’s returning to the ground he loves, this time as player-assistant manager at Chatham Town, who take on Margate for the prestigious county final.
Kedwell left the Gills 18 months after that title success, leaving midway the season and joining non-league Ebbsfleet United.
It was a low-key exit for a player who fulfilled a dream, playing and excelling for his boyhood club. Following his Gills exit he spent three and a half years at Ebbsfleet – winning promotion in the play-offs at the second attempt - had a spell at Havant & Waterlooville cut short when Covid stopped football and a brief period playing in the SCEFL Premier Division with Hollands & Blair before the pandemic halted play again.