Adrian Pennock is hoping he has done enough to keep his job at Gillingham after keeping them in League One.

The 0-0 draw at Northampton Town on Sunday afternoon ensured The Gills stay in football’s third tier for another season after Port Vale also drew 0-0 at Fleetwood Town.

The final day nerves kicked in for the former central defender and he was certainly emotional after the game, but admitted the work starts now and he’s determined to be a part of Gillingham’s future:

“I’ve got a project in place to show the chairman. We’ve got to start again; we need to get people in who care about this football club.”

“We need stability here. We should never have been in this position, it’s a fantastic club. I want people to run through walls for the shirt.”

Pennock though eluded to a “poison” in the Gillingham dressing room and admitted a number of players should be leaving the club to change the attitude around Priestfield.

With so much still in doubt, Pennock was just pleased his side had managed to secure their League One status:

“It’s an emotional day to be honest. I’m very happy for everybody at the club. This game is phenomenal; you can be so happy one minute and down the next. That’s why we love it so much.”

“I thought we played very well today and I thought we deserved the three points, so I’ve got to give the players a lot of credit. I’m very happy to have stayed in this league.”

“With everything that’s gone on over the last 12 weeks, I thought Port Vale were going to score [late on against Fleetwood]. We’ve been tested massively since I’ve been here, both in the changing room and off the pitch. Somebody said to me that I should write a book about the last few weeks, they’ve been unbelievably tough.”

“I was desperate for us to score today for the fans; they were fantastic. I also want to give credit to my staff, too, who have worked so hard.”

Pennock also confirmed that striker Rory Donnelly had been suspended by the club before the game for “non footballing reasons”.

With the season now over and the future still uncertain for Pennock and a number of players, the next few days could be interesting as Chairman, Paul Scally, considers his options with plenty of out of work managers likely to be vying for the job at Gillingham.

Former Millwall manager Kenny Jackett was just one of those at Northampton on Sunday and Ian Hendon has watched a lot of Gillingham games in recent weeks.