News relevant to Gillingham FC on this day...
Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...
NEWS…
1996 - Central defender Tony Butler joined Blackpool in a £225,000 deal
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FIXTURES...
1968 - Romford 3-3 Gillingham Fr
Tony Thear scored two and Terry Simpson the other at Brooklands
1969 - Folkestone Town 1-2 Gillingham Fr Att: 729
Carl Gilbert hit a double at Cheriton Road
1971 - Wimbledon 2-2 Gillingham Fr Att: 1,100
Goals from Tommy Watson and Graham Knight ensured a draw at Plough Lane
1974 - Gillingham 1-2 Charlton Athletic Fr
A Brian Yeo effort wasn't enough in a 'behind closed doors' game at Priestfield
1976 - Aldershot 1-1 Gillingham Att: 1,347
Damien Richardson scored for the Gills in a Kent Challenge Cup game
1977 - Whitstable T 2-2 Gills Youth Fr
Peter Hobday and Tony Bottiglieri were on target for the Gills
1979 - Herne Bay 0-3 Gills XI Fr
A young Gills side won at Winch's Field thanks to Tony Bottiglieri, David Young and Terry Jolley
1989 - Sittingbourne 1-0 Gills Youth Fr
1993 - Gillingham 1-1 Charlton Athletic Fr Att: 2,142
Richard Carpenter smacked a long-range equaliser after John Robinson had opened the scoring
1996 - Newport County 0-3 Gillingham Fr
Steve Butler, Richard Carpenter and Lenny Piper ensured the winning start to the tour continued
1997 - Whitstable Town 0-4 Gills XI Fr
Marcus Phillips, Steve Norman, Danny Bovis and Sam Tydeman were the marksmen at the Belmont Ground
1999 - Folkestone Invicta 1-2 Gillingham Fr
Steve Butler and John Hodge were the goalscorers at Cheriton Road
2000 - Dagenham & R 1-3 Gillingham Fr Att: 563
The Gills won in East London thanks to Paul Shaw, Chris Hope and Andy Thomson
2002 - Luton Town 1-0 Gillingham Fr
The Hatters were leading through Matthew Spring when the game was abandoned at half-time following a power failure caused by torrential rain
2007 - Gillingham 4-2 Colchester United Fr
A Delroy Facey double plus others from Aaron Brown and Gary Mulligan helped the Gills ease to victory
2011 - Croydon Athletic 0-0 Gills XI Fr Att: 343
A game of few chances on a testing pitch at Sittingbourne FC
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BIRTHS...
The following former Gillingham player was born on this day.....
1906 - Harry Randle
Harry joined the Gills from Southend United in the summer of 1934 and made his debut against Millwall at home in the second game of the campaign.
After two goals, which were both penalties in successive games, in 119 appearances for the club he joined Accrington Stanley at the end of the 1936-37 season.
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DEATHS...
1975 - Alfred Young
Alfred was signed by manager Albert Hoskins from Hartlepools United in August 1928.
He made his debut in the season curtain-opener, a 2-2 home draw with Fulham.
Just over a year after arriving he signed for Workington having made 19 appearances for the Gills.