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...NEWS...
1983 - Gillingham chairman Doctor Clifford Grossmark suffered a heart attack and died en route to the club's away game against Walsall at Fellows Park
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FIXTURES...
1898 - Bedminster 4-1 New Brompton SLD1
Jack Frettingham in this hefty defeat
1904 - New Brompton 0-1 Brighton & HA FAC4Q
1910 - Crystal Palace 3-2 New Brompton SLD1
John Taylor and Joe Satterthwaite scored in this South London loss
1921 - Gillingham 0-0 Swansea Town D3S
1927 - Gillingham 2-1 Brentford D3S Att: 3,293
A Jonah Wilcox double stung the Bees
1932 - Coventry City 4-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 11,691
The Gills scorers at Highfield Road were George Nicol and James Liddle
1949 - Guildford City 2-3 Gillingham FAC4Q Att: 7,227
Goals from Charlie Burtenshaw, Hughie Russell and Jackie Briggs put the Gills through
1955 - Gillingham 4-0 Swindon Town D3S Att: 9,412
Ernie Morgan scored twice while Errol Crossan and Billy Millar added others in this comfortable win.
1960 - Gillingham 1-1 Carlisle United D4 Att: 5,604
Pat Terry was on target against the Cumbrians
1960 - Dover 0-2 Gillingham 'A' Seanglian Lge
1966 - Gillingham 1-0 Swindon Town D3 Att: 7,286
Charlie Rackstraw got the only goal of the game
1977 - Gillingham 1-0 Exeter City D3 Att: 5,714
The winner here came from Ken Price
1980 - Reading 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,876
Billy Hughes got the winner at Elm Park
1983 - Walsall 3-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,639
Tony Cascarino netted the consolation
1988 - Bristol Rovers 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,826
1999 - Gillingham 4-1 Bournemouth D2 Att: 6,336
The Gills romped to victory in front of the TV cameras thanks to goals from Andy Hessenthaler, Andy Thomson and a Robert Taylor double
2000 - Gillingham 1-3 Nottm Forest C Att: 9,866
Iffy Onuora scored but it wasn't enough as Jack Lester struck a hat-trick
2005 - Walsall 2-0 Gillingham C Att: 4,785
2011 - AFC Bournemouth 3-3 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 4,282
The Gills fought back from 3-1 down to earn a replay at the Seward Stadium, as a Jack Payne cracker was added to by Danny Jackman and Danny Kedwell
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1927 - William Boswell versus Brentford at home
1955 - Fred Kingshott against Swindon at Priestfield
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BIRTHS...
1966 - Tim O'Shea
Having played as a schoolboy at Arsenal, Tim came through the ranks at Tottenham and had played for Leyton Orient before arriving at Priestfield in February 1989.
He made his debut against Brentford and went on to play 127 times for the Gills.
After a spell playing in Hong Kong, and then in non-league football back in England, he took up managing the likes of Grays Athletic, Croydon Athletic and Lewes - normally with ex-Gill Neil Smith as his assistant.
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DEATHS...
1943 - Joe Hodnett
The Wolverhampton born centre-half spent a season with the Gills having joined from Brentford in August 1927.
He made his debut on the opening day at Charlton and went on to play 17 times before returning to his native Midlands with Stafford Rangers.
Joe died in Willenhall on 12th November 1943.