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The 2008–09 season was the seventy-seventh season in which football club Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League and the fifty-ninth since the club’s return to the League in 1950. Gillingham finished the season in fifth place in Football League Two gaining promotion to League One through play-off victories over Rochdale (over two legs) and Shrewsbury Town.The club also reached the third round of the FA Cup before being defeated by Aston Villa.