Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...
NEWS...
1975 - Dave Galvin made his 200th appearance for Gills in the League Cup tie versus Reading
FIXTURES...
1923 - Gillingham 1-0 Bristol Rov. D3S
Joe North scored the only goal of the game
1928 - Gillingham 2-2 Fulham D3S Att: 9,457
Goals from Arthur Dominy and James Poxton earned a point
1934 - Gillingham 3-0 Torquay Utd D3S Att: 8,128
The Gills eased to victory thanks to a Sim Raleigh hat-trick
1945 - Gillingham 9-1 Sheppey Utd KL Att: 2513
The Islanders were thrashed as Vic Hole hit five while Alan Martin, Stan Trumper, Bob Price and Harry Lillis also struck
1951 - Bournemouth 3-3 Gillingham D3S Att: 12,573
Derek Lewis scored two and Dave Thomas the other as six goals were shared at Dean Court
1954 - Gillingham 1-0 Southampton D3S Att: 12,034
A Billy Evans penalty was enough to beat the Saints
1956 - Shrewsbury T 1-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 8,357
1962 - Crewe Alex. 2-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 6,416
Terry Matthews and George Francis were the scorers at Gresty Road
1965 - Gillingham 1-1 Exeter City D3 Att: 10,540
Brian Gibbs found the net against the Grecians
1969 - Stockport Co 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,880
1970 - Bristol C 2-1 Gills Res FC
The Reserves were beaten at Ashton Gate
1972 - Gillingham 1-3 Northampton T D4 Att: 3,544
Graham Knight's effort couldn't prevent a home defeat
1973 - Crewe Alex. 1-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,091
1975 - Gillingham 1-1 Reading LC1 2L Att: 5,016
The Gills won 2-1 on aggregate, Damien Richardson scoring at Priestfield
1979 - Gillingham 1-1 Millwall D3 Att: 8,769
Ken Price was on target for the Gills
1981 - Gravesend & Northfleet 1-5 Gills XI
Goals from Richie Bowman (2) and a treble from Micky Adams saw the Gills cruise to victory
1984 - Gillingham 1-1 Newport Co D3 Att: 3,422
A Tony Cascarino was only good enough to earn a point
1986 - Gillingham 1-0 Northampton T LC1 Att: 2,948
Mark Weatherly netted the only goal of the game
1990 - Gillingham 1-0 Darlington D4 Att: 3,718
A Steve Lovell penalty seperated the two sides
1993 - Brighton & HA 2-0 Gillingham LC1 2L Att: 4,410
2000 - Gillingham 1-1 Portsmouth D1 Att: 8,741
Andy Thomson put the Gills ahead but Pompey hit back to claim a point
2001 - Gillingham 3-0 Barnsley D1 Att: 8,292
Iffy Onuora opened the scoring before Marlon King added a second-half double
2003 - Gillingham 0-3 Burnley D1 Att: 7,645
2007 - Luton Town 3-1 Gillingham L1 Att: 6,178
Mark Bentley grabbed the consolation at Kenilworth Road
2009 - Gillingham 1-3 Blackburn Rov LC2 Att: 7,293
A Simeon Jackson spot-kick couldn't deny the Premier outfit victory
2012 - Dagenham & R 1-2 L2 Att: 2,251
Deon Burton and Myles Weston scored in the win at a soggy Victoria Road
2012 - Dagenham & R 1-2 L2 Att: 2,251
Deon Burton and Myles Weston scored in the win at a soggy Victoria Road
DEBUTS...
1923 - Charles Butler, Norman Jones, Joe North and Arthur Sinning all made their debuts against Bristol Rovers
1928 - Henry Bruce, Albert Legge and Alfred Young debuted in the Fulham game
1934 - Bill Baldwin, Wilf Crompton, Richard Doncaster, Albert Orr, Campbell Whyte and JA Wiggins were debutants versus Torquay
1945 - In the Sheppey game, JE Ling played his first game
1984 - Defenders Joe Hinnigan and Keith Oakes made their Gills bow against Newport
1986 - In the Northampton League Cup tie, Mel Eves made his debut
1990 - Joe Dunne played his first Gills game against Darlington
BIRTHS...
1923 - Jimmy Greenhalgh
Northerner Jimmy played for Hull City, Bury, and Wigan Athletic before arriving at Priestfield as player-coach under Archie Clark in July 1956
His debut came at Ipswich two months later, the first of 17 appearances in which he scored once in the home game with Newport.
After leaving Gillingham he has held various roles, trainer at Lincoln City, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, chief scout at Sunderland and manager at Darlington