A look back at the events on this day in Gillingham's history
Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES...
1962 - Tonbridge 4-6 Gillingham Fr
Ronnie Waldock scored four and John Ballagher (2) as Tonbridge were hit for six
1964 - Tonbridge 2-1 Gillingham Fr Att: 528
Brian Yeo was on the mark at the Angel Ground
1966 - Bedford Town 1-1 Gillingham Fr
The Gills scorer was Charlie Crickmore
1967 - Dartford 1-3 Gillingham Fr
Tony Thear, Carl Gilbert and Bob Moffatt were all on target at Watling Street
1970 - Cambridge Utd 1-1 Gillingham Fr Att: 2,918
Malcolm Thompson struck for the Gills
1978 - Crawley Town 1-3 Gillingham Fr
Two goals from Pat Walker, including a penalty, and Dean White found the net at Town Mead
1981 - Sittingbourne 1-4 Gillingham Fr
This game was abandoned after 68 minutes when a fan attacked the Brickies centre-half, Micky Adams, Dean White, Colin Duncan and Ken Price had all netted
1983 - Chatham Town 1-5 Gills XI Fr
Trialists John Teasdale (2), Steve Butler (2) and Steve Pugh struck for the Gills with Paul Gearing replying for the Chats
1984 - Gillingham 0-2 Brighton & HA Fr Att: 983
1985 - Thanet United 1-6 Gills XI Fr
The Gills cruised to victory with Darren Hare grabbing a hat-trick, Dave Shearer (2) and Derek Hales the other
1986 - Gills Youth 3-2 Southend Utd Fr
@ Garrison Ground
1987 - Welling United 0-0 Gills XI Fr
Republic of Ireland schoolboy international keeper Steve O'Brien was in outstanding for the Gills at Park View Road
1988 - Racing Club de Paris 0-0 Gillingham Fr
@ Racing's training ground
1989 - Gillingham 0-0 Wimbledon Fr Att: 1,828
1992 - Bromley 2-4 Gills XI Fr
Goals from Nicky Forster (2), Lee Palmer and Richard Carpenter saw the Gills ease to victory
1998 - Gillingham 0 - 1 Walsall D2 Att: 5,712
2000 - Brentford 4-1 Gills XI Fr
Rodney Rowe scored in this private training game
2006 - Brighton & HA 1 - 0 Gillingham L1 Att: 6,643
2009 - Gillingham 5 - 0 Swindon Town L1 Att: 6,852
The Robins were rocked by a Simeon Jackson hat-trick while Mark Bentley and Adam Miller also netted
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1998 - Darren Carr, John Hodge, Robert Taylor and Paul Williams against Walsall at home
2009 - Jacob Erskine, Josh Gowling and Rashid Yussuff versus Swindon
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BIRTHS…
1904 - James Shaw
There's not a lot known about James, he played 10 games for the Gills after arriving from Brentford in May 1931, making his debut at Southend United on the opening day of the following season.