Player Profile

Gilchrist signed for Swindon after an unhappy year at Portsmouth, whose fans didn't take kindly to the fact that he was a successful ex-Southampton player, having won the FA Cup with them in 1976.

Despite the fact that Bobby Smith was in charge of team affairs, it was General Manager (and ex-Town manager) Danny Williams who influenced the signing of Gilchrist in August 1978. Smith didn't take well to this, and within a month, he had bought Andy Rowland from Bury.

Because of this, Gilchrist found it difficult to break into the first team, even though his scoring record was good - he scored six goals from ten games. He was one of the players who made way after a home defeat by Plymouth in January that season - and he only made seven more substitute appearances for the club, before leaving for Hereford in March 1980.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Career details

Club	Details
Chelsfield Chelsfield	(youth)
Swanley Old Boys Swanley OB	(youth)
Crockenhill Crockenhill	(youth)
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	March 1968 (amateur) March 1968 (signed professional contract)
Cambridge United Cambridge United	January 1970 (loan)
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	September 1970 (loan)
Fulham Fulham	March 1971 (loan)
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	July 1971 ; transferred out (March 8th, 1972)
Southampton Southampton	March 8th, 1972 (transferred in , £30,000 )
Al-Ahli Saudi Al-Ahli	December 1976 (loan)
Portsmouth Portsmouth	March 1977 ; transferred out
Swindon Town Swindon	August 31st, 1978 (transferred in, free transfer)
Hereford United Hereford United	March 13th, 1980 ; retired (rptd August 7th, 1981)
Dunstable Dunstable