News relevant to the club on this day
Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES…
1893 – New Brompton 1-2 Royal Ordnance FA Amateur Cup
1899 – Gravesend United 2-0 New Brompton SLD1
1905 – Watford 2-2 New Brompton SLD1
Bill Marriott and Jim Sheridan goals earned a point
1911 – Norwich City 1-0 New Brompton SLD1
1922 – London Caledonians 1-2 Gillingham FAC5Q
Two goals from Tommy Hall put the Gills through
1933 – Luton Town 4-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 5,447
Arthur Mills from the penalty and Sim Raleigh were the scorers
1944 – Lloyds Paper Mills 1-6 Gillingham KL
Two goals apiece from Tug Wilson and Vic Hole, one from Jones and a Harris own goal saw an easy win
1950 – Aldershot 2-4 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,253
Dave Thomas netted a hat-trick and Jackie Carr the other in this away triumph
1967 – Mansfield Town 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,403
Bill Brown scored the only goal at Field Mill
1986 – Bournemouth 0-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 7,756
The Gills won at Dean Court thanks to Martin Robinson and Howard Pritchard
1995 - Gillingham 3-0 Hitchin Town FAC2 Att: 7,142
Leo Fortune-West struck two and Simon Ratcliffe added another against the non-league outfit
1997 – Luton Town 2-2 Gillingham D2 Att: 5,255
Ade Akinbiyi hit both in this draw at Kenilworth Road
2000 - Gillingham 1-2 Birmingham City C Att: 9,247
A Marlon King goal wasn't enough against the Blues
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BIRTHS…
1960 - Dave Mehmet
Mehmet made over 130 league appearances for the Gills between 1983-86, and was still playing in the Kent League at the age of 40.
1984 - Adam Birchall
The striker signed for the Gills in July 2011 after impressing at Dover Athletic, but shortly after putting pen to paper he suffered a knee injury in a pre-season game against Welling.
He finally got to make his debut as a substitute against Bristol City in the Capital One Cup in August and netted his first goal in the FA Cup tie against Scunthorpe United having returned from a loan spell at Dartford.
Adam celebrates his 28th birthday today.