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...FIXTURES...
1894 - New Brompton 3-0 Chatham FAC2Q
Outside-left Joe Dickenson grabbed all three against the local rivals
1900 - Grays Utd 0-2 New Brompton FAC3Q
Goals from Jack Frettingham and John MacDonald ensured they progressed
1906 - West Ham Utd 1-1 New Brompton SLD1
The scorer against the Irons was Lunn
1923 - Gillingham 0-0 Q.P.R D3S
1928 - Gillingham 4-0 Norwich City D3S Att: 4,356
A hat-trick from Arthur Dominy plus one goal from Albert Legge made for a comfortable win
1934 - Gillingham 1-1 Aldershot D3S Att: 4,863
The Gills scorer was Sim Raleigh
1945 - Gillingham 3-9 Sutton Utd FAC4Q Att: 6,258
The Gills were thrashed despite goals from Tony Martin, Vic Hole and Tug Wilson
1951 - Shrewsbury T 2-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 8,267
Goals from Derek Lewis and Dave Thomas earned a point at Gay Meadow
1956 - Gillingham 1-1 Norwich City D3S Att: 8,253
Paul Lucas was on target against the Canaries
1962 - Andover Town 0-1 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 3,484
The only goal of the game came from Peter Godfrey
1964 - Scunthorpe Utd 2-3 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,290
Two goals from Rodney Green plus one from Brian Gibbs earned the Gills victory at the Old Show Ground
1973 - Reading 0-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 8,248
Brian Yeo scored the winner at Elm Park
1979 - Gillingham 1-1 Blackpool D3 Att: 6,517
Full-back John Sharpe netted for the Gills
1984 - York City 7-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,921
Despite the hammering it was Dave Shearer who got the goal of the game at a wet Bootham Crescent
1987 - Gillingham 0-1 Brentford D3 Att: 4,513
1990 - Doncaster R 1-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,500
Steve Lovell earned the Gills a point
1992 - Gillingham 3-1 Hereford Utd D3 Att: 2,043
Two goals from Nicky Forster and one from Andy Arnott proved too much for the Bulls
2001 - Manchester City 4-1 Gillingham D1 Att: 33,067
Marlon King was on target at Maine Road
2012 - Gillingham 4-0 Scunthorpe U FAC1 Att: 4,016
Adam Birchall got his first Gills goal as the League One side were routed at Priestfield, also on target were Deon Burton, Matt Fish and Danny Kedwell