News from the club previously on this day
Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES…
1911 - New Brompton 1-2 Croydon Common FAC4Q
A goal from AG Church couldn't prevent defeat
1913 - West Ham Utd 3-1 Gillingham SLD1 Att: 10,000
Tom Caldwell netted for the Gills
1924 - Reading 0-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 6,000
A Tommy Hall goal earned an away win
1930 - Fulham 1-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 9,067
Roy Bethell was on target for the Gills
1947 - Gillingham 3-2 Hereford Utd SLD1 Att: 6,270
Two goals from Wally Akers and one from Hughie Russell ensured a narrow victory
1952 - Wellington T 1-1 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 5,942
George Forrester was on target as the Gills earned a replay
1958 - Watford 2-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 10,369
John Edgar and Pat Terry were on target at Vicarage Road
1961 - Gillingham 6-3 German Navy XI Fr
Goals from Tom Johnston (2), Peter Godfrey, Bob Ridley and Gordon Pulley (2) saw the Gills victorious
1969 - Bournemouth 2-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,772
Dave Peach was the scorer at Dean Court
1975 - Weymouth 0-2 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 3,149
A Damien Richardson double put the Gills through
1980 - Gillingham 2-1 Dagenham FAC1 Att: 4,390
Goals from Ken Price and Andy Ford edged out the non-league side
1986 - Gillingham 3-1 Notts County D3 Att: 5,514
Dave Shearer scored twice and Tony Cascarino added one in a comfortable home win
1989 - Welling United 1-0 Gillingham FAC1R Att: 4,020
The Gills crashed to an embarrassing replay defeat at Park View Road
2003 - Coventry City 2-2 Gillingham C Att: 13,432
Tommy Johnson and Julian Joachim traded 'doubles' in a see-saw battle at Highfield Road
2005 - Gillingham 2-2 Wycombe W FLTSS2R Att: 2,111
Matt Jarvis put the Gills two-up before Wanderers hit back to eventually win on penalties following extra-time
2008 - Bury 4-0 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 2,068
Two goals each from Andy Bishop and Glynn Hurst sealed a convincing home win
2012 - Gillingham 3-2 AFC Bournemouth FAC1R Att: 4,033
Curtis Weston, Garry Richards and Stefan Payne were on target against the League One opponents
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DEBUTS...
The following player made his Gillingham debut in the above games...
2005 - Sean Clohessy against Wycombe at home
2012 - Dean Rance in the replay with Bournemouth
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BIRTHS...
1898 - Freddie Fox
The goalkeeper joined the Gills from Preston North End in August 1922 but had to wait until October before making his debut at Brighton & HA.
He went on to make 119 appearances for the club before making the short move to Millwall towards the end of the 1924-25 campaign just as he was selected to play for England against France in May 1925.
Freddie later went on to play for Halifax Town, Brentford and Truro City.
1967 - Richard Green
The Wolverhampton born defender came to Priestfield Stadium from Swindon Town in March 1992 and scored twice on his debut in a 3-2 win over Cardiff City at Ninian Park.
Richard, who had come through the ranks at Shrewsbury Town, went on to make 253 appearances for the Gills scoring 17 times.
After leaving Gillingham he played for Walsall, Rochdale and Northampton Town.