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 4-0 Uxbridge SL
Dave Hutcheson, Arthur Rule, Fred Manning and Harry Buckland were on target in a convincing win.
1900 - Millwall Ath. 3-1 New Brompton SL
George Seeley got the goal in this defeat in SE London
1906 - Reading 3-0 New Brompton SL
1923 - Swansea Town 3-1 Gillingham D3S
The Gills scorer in South Wales was Joe North
1934 - Gillingham 1-2 Watford D3S Att: 4,404
A Dick Doncaster penalty wasn't enough to stop the Hornets winning
1948 - Torquay Utd Res 1-2 Gillingham SL
Tug Wilson and Jackie Briggs netted in this victory on the English Riviera
1951 - Northampton T 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 12,853
Jackie Briggs was again the marksman but couldn't prevent a defeat
1956 - Torquay Utd 3-3 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,123
Charlie Marks from the penalty spot, a Smith own goal and James Taylor all scored away but it only earned the Gills a point.
1958 - Oldham Ath. 3-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,732
A consolation goal was scored by John Edgar at Boundary Park
1962 - Gillingham 0-1 Mansfield Town D4 Att: 11,503
1965 - Blackpool 5-2 Gillingham LC2 Att: 6,717
Brian Gibbs and Gordon Pulley scored but the Tangerines rocked the Gills
1973 - Hartlepool Utd 2-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 1,399
The Gills lost in the North-East, George Jacks was on target
1979 - Hull City 0-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,142
1984 - Gillingham 3-0 Walsall D3 Att: 4,102
A Tony Cascarino double and another from John Leslie were more than enough to beat the Saddlers
1987 - Stoke City 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 7,198
1990 - Gillingham 0-2 Maidstone Utd D4 Att: 8,004
2001 - Gillingham 2-1 Rotherham Utd D1 Att: 7,688
Goals from Chris Hope and Marlon King saw off the Millers
2007 - Nottm Forest 4-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 16,330
Junior Agogo netted a treble as Forest crushed the Gills
2012 - Port Vale 0-2 Gillingham L2 Att: 6,978
Deon Burton and Chris Whelpdale hit the target for the leaders at second-place Vale
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1956 - Paul Lucas at Torquay
1958 - Ed Tudor against Oldham at Boundary Park
1973 - Dave Coxhill up at Hartlepool
1990 - David Crown versus Maidstone at Priestfield
2007 - Chris Dickson and Derek Stillie against Forest at the City Ground
2012 - Robbie Findley at Vale Park
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BIRTHS...
1902 - Charles Davis
The centre-half arrived at Priestfield in May 1924 and made his debut at Luton at the start of the following season but made a total of just seven appearances.
He later returned to his native North-East when joining West Stanley.
1962 - Mark Miller
The former Newcastle United apprentice cost £3,500 when he came to Gillingham from Whitley Bay in October 1981.
The nippy winger had to wait until the following February for his debut which came at Chester City.
After 16 months at the club, in which he made 10 appearances, he returned to Whitley Bay but did later play league football with both Doncaster Rovers and Darlington.
In 1985 he moved to Malta where he has enjoyed a successful career both as a player and coach at the likes of Rabat Ajax, Floriana, Sliema Wanderers and Hibernians as well as the Maltese youth and under-21 squads.
Mark is currently coaching at Valletta FC.