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...
1898 - New Brompton 5-2 Bedminster SLD1
Jack Frettingham (2), two penalties from John Watson plus a goal from Louis Campbell helped beat the West Country side.
1904 - Reading 3-1 New Brompton SLD1
A Joe Turner goal wasn't enough to take anything from Elm Park
1910 - New Brompton 1-0 Exeter City SLD1
Fred Cannon scored the only goal of the game
1921 - Gillingham 1-0 Southend Utd D3S
Former Chelsea forward Charles Freeman scored the only goal
1924 - Gillingham 1-0 Millwall D3S
A Tommy Hall goal was the difference between the two sides
1927 - Bournemouth 3-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 4,119
1932 - Gillingham 1-2 Exeter City D3S Att: 5,885
George Nicol was on target in this defeat
1938 - Plymouth A Res 4-0 Gillingham SLD1
1955 - Walsall 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 11,469
Ernie Morgan scored as the Gills lost at Fellows Park
1960 - Doncaster R 2-3 Gillingham D4 Att: 5,029
Pat Terry hit a hat-trick which saw the Gills triumph at Belle Vue
1960 - Folkestone 3-1 Gillingham 'A' Seanglian Lge
1966 - Darlington 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,819
Brian Gibbs was the scorer in this draw at Feethams
1974 - Preston NE 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 9,867
1977 - Gillingham 1-1 Carlisle Utd D3 Att: 7,022
Danny Westwood netted in the draw with the Cumbrians
1983 - Wigan Ath 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,189
The Gills scorers at Springfield Park were Terry Cochrane and Mark Weatherly
1985 - Gillingham 1-2 Derby Co D3 Att: 4,613
Dave Mehmet was on target but the Rams were the victors
1988 - Gillingham 3-4 Bury D3 Att: 2,702
Jason Lillis, Steve Lovell- a penalty and Mark Cooper all scored but the visitors still won
1994 - Bury 3-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,976
A Chris Pike double, including a penalty, wasn't enough at Gigg Lane
1996 - Coventry C 2-2 Gillingham CCC3R Att: 10,603
Goals from Iffy Onuora and Simon Ratcliffe earned the Gills a replay at Highfield Road
2005 - Bradford City 1-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 7,729
2011 - Gills Yth 2-1 Colchester Utd YALC
Goals from Bradley Dack and Mike Freiter saw the young Gills record a narrow win
2011 - Gillingham 1-0 Oxford Utd L2 Att: 5,819
Lewis Montrose fired home the winning goal
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DEBUTS…
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games…
1955 - Larry Baxter at Walsall
1977 - Phil Burrows versus Carlisle at Priestfield
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BIRTHS…
1898 - Enos Bromage
The outside-left arrived from Derby County in August 1927 and made his debut at Charlton Athletic. He scored the first of his six goals in a 7-4 defeat at Walsall.
After 22 appearances he joined WBA in March 1928.
1927 - Jack Hannaway
Jack arrived from Manchester City in June 1957 and made his debut two months later against Brighton & HA at home.
He was made captain of the Gills by boss Archie Clark and he went on to make a total of 135 appearances for the club before returning north, to Southport, in June 1960.
1971 - Scott Houghton
The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder joined the Gills on loan in December 1992 but after three games around the Christmas period a hamstring injury saw him return to White Hart Lane early.
Moves followed to five other football league teams before dropping into non-league circles with Wootton Blue Cross, Blackstones, St Neots and Arlesey Town, the latter two seeing him gain managerial experience.
He is now a policeman in the Peterborough area.
1986 - Rene Howe
A prolific scorer at both Bedford Town and Kettering Town, Rene signed for Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee in May 2007.
He went out on loan to Rochdale, Morecambe, Lincoln City, Rushden & Diamonds, Bristol Rovers and of course Gillingham whilst at London Road.
He arrived at Priestfield in January 2010, made his debut against Colchester United and scored twice (against Southend United and Southampton) in 18 appearances.
In July 2011, following his release by the Posh, he signed a two-year deal with Torquay United.