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...
2007 - Former Gillingham loanee and trialist Mark Stimson is named as the new manager at Priestfield
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FIXTURES...
1899 - Woolwich Arsenal 0-0 New Brompton FAC3QR
1902 - New Brompton 2-0 Clapton FAC3Q
Thomas Leigh notched both goals
1913 - Gillingham 2-3 Swindon T SLD1
Two goals from P Glen weren't enough to prevent defeat
1919 - Portsmouth 4-0 Gillingham SLD1
1924 - Gillingham 2-0 Charlton Ath D3S
Fred Brown scored both to beat the Valiants
1930 -Gillingham 4-2 Watford D3S Att: 3,717
Thomas Brennan, Roy Bethell and two from Henry Loasby eased the Gills to victory
1952 - Gillingham 3-2 Leyton Orient D3S Att: 11,562
Jimmy Scarth scored a record-breaking hat-trick in just two minutes to blitz the O's
1958 - Gillingham 0-2 Port Vale D4 Att: 9,940
1969 - Bradford City 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 8,883
1972 - Gills Res 1-2 Luton T MWFL
1974 - Southend U 2-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,563
Peter Feely was on target and Damien Richardson added a penalty in a draw at Roots Hall
1975 - Aldershot 3-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,290
1980 - Walsall 3-3 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,060
Terry Nicholl, Danny Westwood and Ken Price all scored at Fellows Park but it was only good enough to earn a point
1986 - Gillingham 3-0 Chesterfield D3 Att: 4,373
Colin Greenall, Dave Shearer and Howard Pritchard earned the Gills a comfortable win
1997 - Gillingham 1-3 Millwall D2 Att: 8,378
Leo Fortune-West got the Gills consolation
2003 - Ipswich Town 3-4 Gillingham C Att: 24,788
A 90th minute Mark Saunders effort edged this seven goal thriller - Rod Wallace, Mamady Sidibe and Paul Shaw were the other scorers
2005 - Hartlepool U 3-1 Gillingham L1 Att: 4,522
Frannie Collin netted a 90th minute consolation
2008 - Macclesfield T 0-1 Gillingham L2 Att: 1,635
Adam Miller struck to earn the Gills an away win
2011 - Gills Yth 0-1 Hayes & Yeading FAYC1
Despite dominating for long periods the young Gills crashed out
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1924 - John Rutherford versus Charlton at Priestfield
1969 - Dave Galvin at Bradford
1997 - Mark Patterson against Millwall at home
2005 - Craig Stone away at Hartlepool
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BIRTHS...
1901 - Bill Pickering
The Birmingham born left-back joined the Gills from Merthyr Town in August 1926.
He made the first of his 49 appearances at home to QPR in the second game of the season.
In November 1927 he left the club for Huddersfield Town.
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DEATH...
1982 - William Baldwin
The centre-forward, previously with Chesterfield, Barrow and Oldham Athletic, arrived at Priestfield from Southport in the summer of 1934 and made his debut against Torquay United on the opening day of the season.
His first goal didn't come until a 2-2 home draw with Southend United in November but it proved to be the first of 28, including a hat-trick in an FA Cup tie at Exeter, in his 66 appearances.
In June 1936 he returned north, signing for Crewe Alexandra.
William died in Coventry on November 1 1982