[2] During his time at Charlton he was loaned out briefly to several clubs, including Cambridge United and Fulham, but never played in their first teams.
[1] Southampton lost this game 6–2 and Gilchrist's place in the side had been taken by Ted MacDougall, who had recently signed from Norwich City.
[5] Gilchrist spent a brief, unhappy period at the end of 1976 on loan to Alahfi in Saudi Arabia, before moving to Portsmouth in March 1977.
Despite the fact that Bobby Smith was in charge of team affairs at 3rd Division Swindon, it was general manager Danny Williams who influenced the signing of Gilchrist in August 1978.
[1] At the start of the following season, in a pre-season friendly against Wolves, he suffered a broken cruciate ligament in his leg after a nasty tackle, and, despite a year of medical treatment, his football career was over.
[1] With his partner, he opened a fitness centre in Swindon, which he ran successfully for seven years before moving to Redhill, Surrey where he is employed as a service advisor at a BMW/MINI dealership.