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...
1897 - New Brompton 6-2 Grays Utd FAC3Q
Goals from Bill Ford (2), Jack Frettingham (2), David Skea and Dave Hutcheson saw the Essex side knocked out
1909 - New Brompton 3-2 Swindon T SLD1
A Reid penalty plus further goals from Arthur Pickett and Albert Court proved just enough to see off the Robins
1920 - Gillingham 0-0 Millwall D3
1926 - Gillingham 2-3 Southend Utd D3S Att: 4,809
William Arblaster and Jabez Foster scored but United still scraped home
1937 - Gillingham 3-0 Walsall D3S Att: 4,328
Two goals from Jim Watson and another from Edwin Scott were too much for the Saddlers
1948 - Bath City 1-0 Gillingham SLD1
1954 - Gillingham 0-2 Aldershot D3S Att: 10,004
1963 - Torquay Utd 1-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,892
1965 - Gillingham 1-0 Brentford D3 Att: 8,235
Ron Newman was on target with the only goal of the game
1976 - Gillingham 1-1 Preston D3 Att: 5,070
The Gills goal came from Danny Westwood
1982 - Gillingham 1-3 Huddersfield T D3 Att: 5,919
The Terriers walked off with the points despite a Steve Bruce effort
1992 - Hastings 1-4 Gillingham Att: 700
Steve Lovell (penalty), David Crown, Peter Beadle and Andy Arnott were the scorers in this Testimonial
1993 - Gillingham 3-0 Colchester Utd D3 Att: 3,964
Richard Green, Nicky Forster and Robbie Reinelt all hit the target against the U's
1999 - Cheltenham T 1-1 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 3,188
A Nicky Southall goal earned the Gills a replay
2001 - Gillingham 2-2 Burnley D1 Att: 8,067
Simon Osborn and Guy Ipoua scored in this draw with the Clarets
2004 - Gillingham 1-0 Wolves C Att: 9,112
Matty Jarvis scored the 18th minute winner, six minutes after Ian Cox had been sent-off
2010 - Northampton T 2-1 Gillingham L2 Att: 4,573
Despite Chris Palmer firing the Gills ahead from a well-worked free-kick, the Cobblers struck back to take the points
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1920 - Joseph Griffiths versus Millwall at home
1937 Albert Braillisford against Walsall at Priestfield
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BIRTHS...
1912 - George Ballsom
The right-back was signed from Tunbridge Wells Rangers in May 1935 but had to wait until Christmas Day before making his debut at Clapton Orient.
After making 49 appearances he joined Cardiff City in the summer of 1938
1962 - Colin Clarke
Previously with Ipswich Town and Peterborough United, the centre-forward joined the Gills on loan in March 1984. He made his debut against Burnley at Priestfield and went on to score one goal in eight games.
Some big money moves came later in his career and he featured for Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup finals.
After a knee injury ended his playing days, Colin has coached in and around the United States and is currently head-coach at Carolina RailHawks.
1969 - Guy Butters
The former Tottenham Hotspur defender joined the Gills in a £225,000 deal from Portsmouth in October 1996. He made his debut against Preston at home just days later.
Guy scored 17 goals in 193 games for the club, including the two play-off finals against Manchester City and Wigan Athletic.
After a good spell at Brighton & HA, he later managed Wessex League Premier side Winchester City before recently becoming assistant to Richard Hill at Blue Square South Eastleigh.