New Brompton suffered another heavy defeat in January, losing 7–1 to Brentford, and by late March had dropped to last place in the table.

In their final eight matches of the season, however, they secured six victories and finished the campaign in 18th place, safe from relegation to Division Two.

Gillingham also competed in the FA Cup, losing in the fourth qualifying round in a match which had to be replayed after being abandoned due to heavy rain.

The highest attendance recorded at New Brompton's home ground, Priestfield Road, was 7,000 for the game against Norwich City in April.

[1] New Brompton signed two new half-backs, Abel Lee and Tom Kelly, both of whom had previously played for Grimsby Town.

[1] Forwards joining the club included Dick Goffin from Clapton Orient and Edward Whiteside, formerly of Norwich City.

[6] The club's first match of the season was on 2 September at their own ground, Priestfield Road, against Luton Town;[7] Kelly, Goffin, and Whiteside all made their debuts.

[9] The Athletic News reported that New Brompton "were a very plucky side and never gave up trying", although the writer was critical of the performance of almost all their players.

A week later, New Brompton achieved their first win of the season; goals from Lee and Goffin gave them a 2–1 victory at home to Brentford.

On 23 September, however, they lost 3–0 to Queens Park Rangers,[10] beginning a run of 13 league games without a win.

[8] The first two games of the month both ended in goalless draws, away to West Ham United and at home to Bristol Rovers.

[12][13] On 21 October, New Brompton played away to the previous season's Southern League champions, Swindon Town, and lost 5–0.

On 11 November, the former Bristol Rovers forward Fred Corbett made his debut for New Brompton against Stoke.

[16] A week later, Plymouth Argyle won 1–0 at Priestfield Road; Taylor had a late chance to score an equaliser but his shot hit the goalpost.

On Christmas Day, a goal from Lee gave New Brompton a 1–0 win over Reading at Priestfield Road, their first victory for more than three months.

The Daily Telegraph reported that New Brompton would have won by a wider margin had it not been for the performance of Reading's goalkeeper.

New Brompton's final game of 1911 was away to Luton Town, who took the lead in the first half and scored twice more in the second period to win 3–0.

On 17 February, New Brompton won an away game for the first time during the season when a goal in the second half from Lee secured a 1–0 victory over Bristol Rovers.

Corbett scored twice the following day as New Brompton won 3–1 at home to Norwich City, whose players arrived late, delaying the start of the game by nearly 45 minutes.

The result meant that New Brompton ended the season in 18th place; they were level on points with Southampton and Bristol Rovers but finished below them based on goal average.