 Soon after the play @-@ off loss , Pulis was sacked for gross misconduct , with Peter Taylor replacing him as manager . In the 1999 – 00 season Gillingham went on a club record breaking FA Cup run , beating then @-@ Premiership teams Bradford City and Sheffield Wednesday before losing 5 – 0 to Chelsea in the quarter @-@ finals . The team also finished in third place in the league and thus qualified for the play @-@ offs again , facing Wigan Athletic at Wembley Stadium in the final . The game finished 1 – 1 after 90 minutes but thanks to goals in extra time from Gillingham substitutes Steve Butler and Andy Thomson the club was promoted to the second tier of the English league ( Division One ) for the first time . As Taylor had only signed a one @-@ year deal , Leicester City , then in the Premiership , approached him to be their new manager . 
