News relevant to the club on this day previously
Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...NEWS…
1965 - Gills boss Freddie Cox walks out on the Gills to return to Bournemouth as manager
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FIXTURES...
1904 - Luton Town 1-0 New Brompton SLD1
1910 - New Brompton 0-3 Southampton SLD1
1921 - Gillingham 3-1 St Albans City FAC6Q
George Needham, Charlie Freeman and Fred Howard all netted as the Gills progressed
1927 - Torquay Utd 1-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 2,992
William Boswell scored to earn a point
1930 - Gillingham 2-2 Q.P.R D3S Att: 2,204
Billy Death and Henry Loasby were both on target
1932 - Gillingham 4-0 Bournemouth D3S Att: 4,843
Two goals apiece from Roy Bethell and George Nicol eased the Gills to victory
1938 - Barry Town 1-3 Gillingham SLD1
Tug Wilson, W Johnson and Harry Rowley all found the net in South Wales
1955 - Gillingham 1-2 Brentford D3S Att: 5,867
The Bees took the points despite an Ernie Morgan effort
1960 - Gillingham 3-0 Chester D4 Att: 4,902
Two goals from Gordon Pulley plus one from John Shepherd saw the Gills to a comfortable win
1966 - Gillingham 0-1 Scunthorpe Utd D3 Att: 5,468
1976 - Tranmere R 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,054
1977 - Gillingham 1-1 Peterborough U FAC2 Att: 10,181
Terry Nicholl was on target against the Posh
1983 - Scunthorpe Utd 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,127
Among the home players at the Old Show Ground that afternoon was England cricketing legend Ian Botham
1994 - Rochdale 2-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 1,665
Adrian Foster got on the scoresheet at Spotland
2005 - Bournemouth 2-1 Gillingham L1 Att: 6,177
Neil Harris put the Gills ahead but the Cherries struck back
2011 - Gillingham 4-1 Bristol R L2 Att: 7,750
Lewis Montrose and Danny Jackman added to Danny Kedwell's double to secure an emphatic win
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gills debuts in the above games...
1930 - Bill White versus QPR at home
1955 - Arthur Hughes against Brentford at Priestfield
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BIRTHS…
1933 - Keith Dibden
Keith, a forward, came through the ranks from junior to professional at Southampton, signing pro terms with the Saints in January 1952 but failed to make a first-team appearance during his time at the Dell.
Archie Clark brought him to Gillingham in July 1957 but an ankle problem kept him out until December 28 when ironically Southampton were the visitors. His only other appearance came in a Third Round FA Cup tie at Nottingham Forest.
Having been a regular in the Kent League side he was released in the summer and moved to Hastings United.
1959 - Alan Walker
The experienced centre-half cost £50,000 from Millwall in March 1988 and made his debut in an away game at Notts County shortly afterwards.
He was a rock solid member of the Gills rearguard over the next four seasons, scoring 16 times in his 172 games for the club and was named supporters Player-of-the-Year for 1989-90 and made the Division Four PFA Team-of-the-Year in 1991-92.
After ending his professional playing career at Barnet, Alan continued playing at various clubs including Sittingbourne where he was player-manager. Since then he has held managerial posts at Fisher Athletic, Tonbridge Angels and Maidstone United.
Back in 2007 Alan suffered a freak accident while attending a UEFA 'A' Licence course with the Northern Ireland Football Association when while participating in a coaching session he headed a crossed ball which left him unconscious. He had suffered damage to his spinal cord resulting in a broken neck.
'Walks' is the KCFA's Head of Coaching and it is this capacity that has seen him occasionally attending Gillingham home games.