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...
1982 - A record crowd of over 8,000 attend the Gills reserve game against Leyton Orient at Priestfield - it was nothing to do with any superstars being on show but because tickets for the League Cup clash with Spurs were on sale at the turnstiles.
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FIXTURES...
1893 - Sittingbourne 1-2 New Brompton FR
1899 - New Brompton 1-0 Portsmouth SLD1
Jack Frettingham got the winner here
1905 - Norwich City 4-1 New Brompton SLD1
AJ Burns was the scorer at Carrow Road
1911 - Brighton & HA 7-0 New Brompton SLD1
1922 - Gillingham 0-0 Swindon Town D3S
1933 - Clapton Orient 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,242
Alan Scott was on target in East London
1950 - Northampton T 4-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 10,785
Jackie Carr netted the Gills consolation
1961 - Coventry City 2-0 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 10,628
1963 - Bristol Rovers 1-1 Gillingham LC3 Att: 10,149
A John Ballagher goal earned a replay
1967 - Bury 3-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,004
The Gills lost at Gigg Lane despite a goal from Peter Hall and a Mel Machin (above) penalty
1972 - Cambridge Utd 3-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,656
Dave Galvin scored the Gills reply
1978 - Gillingham 2-0 Swansea City D3 Att: 11,329
Ken Price and John Crabbe from the penalty spot were more than enough against the star-studded Swans
1980 - Swindon Town 0-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,965
1986 - Gillingham 2-1 Blackpool D3 Att: 5,951
Goals from Dave Shearer and Mark Weatherly edged out the Tangerines
1989 - Gillingham 2-0 Scarborough D4 Att: 3,436
Billy Manuel got one while Paul Haylock scored his one and only goal for the club
1995 - Gillingham 0-0 Northampton T D3 Att: 7,206
1997 - Chesterfield 1-1 Gillingham D2 Att: 3,420
A goal from Ade Akinbiyi earned the Gills a point at Saltergate
2000 - Sheffield Utd 1-2 Gillingham D1 Att: 14,028
Paul Smith and Andy Thomson goals saw the Gills to victory at Bramall Lane
2003 - Gillingham 1-3 Sunderland C Att: 9,066
Paul Shaw had put Andy Hessenthaler's side ahead but the Mackems struck back to take the points
2006 - Gillingham 2-1 Chesterfield L1 Att: 5,856
Dean McDonald strikes one of the two 90th minute goals, Gary Mulligan got the other, which turned this game on its head
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1922 - Arthur Read and Raymond Ramsey versus Swindon at home
1933 - John Clark at Clapton Orient
1967 - Peter Hall up at Bury
1972 - Damien Richardson against Cambridge at the Abbey Stadium
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BIRTHS...
1888 - Jim Travers
The centre-forward joined the Gills from Norwich City in June 1921 but had to wait until mid-September until making his debut at home to Millwall.
After scoring once in ten games he departed Priestfield for Nuneaton Town
1929 - Maurice Moorcroft
The former England Youth international signed for Gillingham from Sheffield United in July 1952.
As understudy to goalkeeper Tommy Rigg he didn't feature until making his debut in April 1953 at Reading and played in the final eight games of the season before being released.
1930 - Ted West
After spells at Eastbourne United and Doncaster Rovers, Ted joined the Gills in July 1954 but had to wait two months before his debut came against Leyton Orient at Priestfield.
The left-back went on to make 100 appearances for the Gills before returning to his native Lancashire with Oldham Athletic in the summer of 1957.
He later played for Bankstown FC in New South Wales, Australia
1937 - Brian Payne
The outside-right was signed from Huddersfield Town in July 1957 and made his debut in the third game of the season at Southampton.
He made 40 appearances for the Gills, scoring five times, before going on to play for a number of non-league sides around Kent.