Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...
FIXTURES...
1899 - Southampton 6-2 New Brompton SL
Jack Frettingham and John MacDonald were the scorers at the Dell
1905 - QPR 4-0 New Brompton SL
1908 - New Brompton 0-2 Northampton SL
1911 - New Brompton 0-0 Luton Town SL
1922 - Brentford 2-0 Gillingham D3S
1931 - Gillingham 1-1 Reading D3S Att: 5,553
John Renwick was on the scoresheet in this home draw
1933 - Gillingham 5-1 Reading D3S Att: 7,757
George Purcell scored two, George Nicol, Alan Scott and Sim Raleigh added one apiece in a comfortable win
1936 - Bournemouth 1-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,034
1939 - Worcester C 1-0 Gillingham SL
1950 - Gillingham 4-3 Millwall D3S Att: 20,128
Goals from Hughie Russell, Bobby Veck, Jackie Briggs and Charlie Burtenshaw gave the Gills a commanding four-goal half-time lead before the Lions stormed back strongly but fell just short
1961 - Gillingham 1-2 York City D4 Att: 5,233
Keith Wilson got on the scoresheet in this home defeat
1964 - Exeter City 2-0 Gillingham LC1 Att: 7,788
1967 - Gillingham 1-4 Southport D3 Att: 5,211
Charlie Crickmore scored the consolation at Priestfield
1970 - Chesterfield 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 8,442
1972 - Barnsley 1-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,891
Dave Galvin was on target at Oakwell
1978 - Gillingham 2-3 Watford D3 Att: 8,248
BBC's Match of the Day cameras were at Priestfield to see Elton John and Watford come to town, John Overton and Danny Westwood got the Gills goals
1980 - Gillingham 1-2 Blackburn Rov. LC2 2L Att: 6,315
Rovers won 2-1 on aggregate, Steve Bruce netting for Gills
1989 - Gillingham 0-3 Scunthorpe Utd D4 Att: 3,467
1995 - Gillingham 0-1 Colchester Utd D3 Att: 7,667
1997 - Brentford 2-0 Gillingham D2 Att: 4,903
2000 - Gillingham 1-0 Wolves D1 Att: 10,017
Junior Lewis's 4th minute diving header earned the Gills first victory in the second tier of English football
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1931 - Norman Burnett and Albert Rotherham versus Reading
1933 - Alan Scott against Reading
1936 - Tommy Robinson at Bournemouth
1950 - Joe Campbell in the game with Millwall
1989 - Peter Heritage and Mike Trusson against Scunthorpe at Priestfield