Gillingham manager Neil Harris is looking towards a bright future for the club. The Gills beat top-seven side Salford on Monday and recently defeated the eventual champions of League 2 Leyton Orient.
Only Stockport County bettered their form in the second half of the season. More: “Conor love’s it here!” Harris’ side looked dead and buried in mid-January, six points adrift at the bottom of the table, with just two wins and a paltry six goals from their first 23 games.
However, fresh investment led to new signings and a remarkable turnaround. They ended the season just three points off mid-table.
He said: “We ended up three points off 12th but I still don’t see that as a success for the football club. “That is not where we want to be as a football club, that’s not where Brad (Galinson, the owner) wants to be. “The first half of the season was my most difficult spell in professional football.