The following players all represented Gravesham schools. If you have any information about other ex-Gravesham players please complete the form at the bottom of this page. Thank you.



Ted Ditchburn (represented Northfleet Schools')
(24.10.1921 - 26.12.2005)
Northfleet United (statistics not known)
Tottenham Hotspur 1939 - 1958 (418 appearances)
Romford 1959 - 1965 (147 appearances)
International Honours: England (1948 - 1956 (6 appearances: England v Switzerland 2.12.1948, Sweden v England 13.05.1949, United States v England 08.06.1953, England v Wales 14.11.1956, England v Yugoslavia 28.11.1956, England v Denmark 5.12.1956)

Andy Hessenthaler
D.O.B. 17.08.1965
Thamesview School
Charlton 1983-84
Corinthian 1984-86
Dartford 1986-90
Redbridge 1990-91
Watford 1991-96 (195 appearances, 11 goals)
Gillingham 1996 - 2006 (303 appearances,  20 goals)
Hull (on loan) 2005 (10 appearances)
Barnet 2006-07 (40 appearances, 2 goals)
Dover Athletic 2007-10 (36 appearances, 4 goals)
International Honours with England National Game XI 1990 (1 appearance)
Andy was manager of Gillingham 2000-04, Dover Athletic 2007-10, Gillingham 2010-12, Gillingham (co-caretaker manager 2014), Leyton Orient (Assistant Manager) 2015-2016, Leyton Orient manager 2016, Eastleigh (Assistant Manager and Manager) 2017-18; Dover Athletic 2018 - 2023

Kelvin Arterton
D.O.B. 1.11.75
Gravesend Grammar School For Boys
Charlton Athletic U18s
Gravesend and Northfleet (renamed Ebbsfleet United)
International Honours with England Schools U18s

Jimmy Jackson
D.O.B. 10.07.76
Gravesend and Northfleet 1994-2003 (453 appearances)
Dagenham & Redbridge 2003-04 (19 appearances, 1 goal)
Dover Athletic (on loan) 2003-04 (4 appearances)
Gravesend and Northfleet 2004-06 (57 appearances, 7 goals)
Margate 2006-08 (78 appearances, 9 goals)
Folkestone Invicta 2008-2010 (93 appearances, 13 goals)

James Pinnock
D.O.B. 08.01.1978
Gillingham 1996 - 2000 (8 appearances)
Margate (on loan) 1999-2000 (4 appearances, 1 goal)
Dover (on loan) 2000 (13 appearances, 2 goals)
Chesham United(on loan) 2001 
Kingstonian 2001 - 2003  (58 appearances, 4 goals)
Gravesend & Northfleet 2003 -2005 (60 appearances, 11 goals
Welling United 2005 - 2006
Margate 2006 - 2008 (83 appearances, 40 goals)
Maidstone United 2008 - 2010 (62 appearances, 17 goals)
Margate 2010 - 11 (51 appearances, 12 goals)
Maidstone United 2011 - 12 (17 appearances, 2 goals)​
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Jon Wallis
D.O.B. 4.04.1986
St Georges Church of England
Gillingham 2004 -06 (17 appearances)
Hereford 2006-07 (2 appearances)
Dover 2007-11 (125 appearances)
Dartford 2011-13 (62 appearances)

Luke Moore
D.O.B. 27.04.1988
St. Georges
Ebbsfleet United 2006-09 (123 appearance, 20 goals) * part of the FA Trophy winning team
AFC Wimbledon 2009-14 (168 appearances, 30 goals) * scored a penalty in 2010-11 National Conference Play Off final to secure clubs promotion to the Football League. Scored AFC Wimbledon's first ever goal in the League Cup on 29.07.2011. Players' Player of the Year 2012/13
Margate 2014 -16
Billeracy Town 2016-17 (10 appearances)
Leatherhead (on loan) 2017 (8 appearances, 1 goal)
Dorking Wanderers 2017
International Honours with England C in 2008 (1 appearance, 1 goal)

Andrew Cave-Brown
D.O.B. 05.08.1988
Gravesend Grammar
Norwich City 2006-08
Kings Lynn (on loan) 2006-07 (8 appearances, 1 goal)
Leyton Orient 2008-10 (29 appearances)
Lowestoft Town 2010-2012 (45 appearances, 3 goals)
Beccles Town2012 -
International Honours with Scotland U19s 2007 (2 appearances) and Scotland U20s 2007 (3 appearances)

Andy Pugh
D.O.B. 28.01.1989
Gillingham 2007-10 (6 appearances)
Welling United (on loan) 2007 (6 appearances, 2 goals)
Maidstone United (on loan) 2008 (4 appearances, 2 goals)
Folkestone Invicta (on loan) 2008 (6 appearances, 3 goals)
Grays Athletic (on loan) 2009 (17 appearances, 7 goals)
Dover Athletic (on loan) 2009 (3 appearances, 1 goal)
Welling United (on loan) 2009 (13 appearances, 7 goals)
Histon (on loan) 2010 (6 appearances, 1 goal)
Welling United 2010-12 (61 appearances, 33 goals)
Cambridge United 2012-14 (52 appearances, 13 goals)
Ebbsfleet United (on loan) 2013 (2 appearances, 1 goal)
Dartford (on loan) 2013 (4 appearances, 2 goals)
Dartford 2014 -

John Akinde
D.O.B. 8.07.1989
St Georges
Gravesend and Northfleet 2006-07 (5 appearances, 2 goals)
Ebbsfleet United 2007-08 (23 appearances, 8 goals) * part of the FA Trophy winning team
Margate (on loan) 2007 (7 appearances)
Bristol City 2008-11 (16 appearances, 1 goal) * moved to Bristol City following the first ever transfer decided by a fans poll - members of 'MyFootballClub'
Wycombe Wanderers (on loan) 2009 (11 appearances, 7 goals)
Wycombe Wanderers (on loan) 2009-10 (6 appearances, 1 goal)
Brentford (on loan) 2010 (2 appearances)
Bristol Rovers (on loan) 2010-11 (14 appearances)
Dagenham & Redbridge (on loan) 2011 (9 appearances, 2 goals)
Crawley Town 2011-13 (31 appearances, 1 goal)
Dagenham & Redbridge (on loan) 2012 (5 appearances)
Portsmouth 2013 (11 appearances)
Alfreton Town 2013-14 (42 appearances, 18 goals)
Barnet 2014-18 (166 appearances, 87 goals)  *Barnet's highest ever League goalscorer
Lincoln City 2018 - 2020 (68 appearances, 20 goals)
​Gillingham 2020 - 2022 (69 appearances, 9 goals)
Colchester United 2022 - 
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Luke Freeman
D.O.B. 22.03.1992
St Johns
Gillingham 2007-08 (3 appearances)    * became youngest player to appear in the FA Cup  and the youngest ever Gillingham first team player aged 15 years 233 days v Barnet on 10.11.2007
Arsenal 2008-12
Yeovil (on loan) 2010 (13 appearances, 2 goals)
Stevenage (on loan) 2011-12 (7 appearances, 1 goal)]
Stevenage 2012-14 (109 appearances, 15 goals)
Bristol City 2014-2017 (105 appearances, 10 goals)
Queens Park Rangers 2017- 2019 (104 appearances, 14 goals)
​Sheffield United 2019 - present (24 appearances, 1 goal) - 11 appearances in the Premier League
Nottingham Forest (on loan) 2020 - 2021 (23 appearances, 1 goal)
Millwall (on loan) 2021 - 22 (1 appearance)
Luton Town (2022 - 
International Honours with England U16s 2008  (4 appearances, 1 goal) and England U17s 2008-09 (15 appearances, 4 goals)


Sam Akinde
D.O.B 14.04.93
Kettering Town 2012-13 (1 appearance)
Ebbsfleet United 2013 (0 appearances)
Alfreton Town 2013-14 (3 appearances)
Dover Athletic 2014 (0 appearances)
​Kingstonian 2014 (4 appearances, 2 goals)
Hereford United 2014
Welling United 2015 (3 appearances)
Basingstoke Town 2015 (5 appearances)
St. Albans City 2015 (2 appearances)
Barnet 2017 - 2018
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Ryan Loft
D.O.B. 14.09.1997
​St Georges and Northfleet Technology College
Tottenham Hotspur 2015 - 2018
Stevenage (on loan) 2017  (9 appearances)
Exeter City (on loan) 2018
​Leicester City 2018 -2020
​Carlisle United (on loan) 2019 - 2020 (26 appearances, 4 goals)
​Scunthorpe United 2020 - 22 (56 appearances, 12 goals)
Bristol Rovers 2022 - 23 (50 appearances, 5 goals)
​Port Vale 2023 -

Ben Francis
D.O.B. 30.04.1998
​St Georges
Dartford 2015 - 2017