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...
1903 - New Brompton 1-1 Millwall Ath. SLD1
Tom Boucher scored to ensure a point was taken from this derby fixture
1908 - Watford 2-1 New Brompton SLD1
A Reid penalty wasn't enough for a point
1914 - Gillingham 2-4 Luton Town SLD1
Tom Leslie from the spot and Harry Lee were on target but couldn't prevent defeat
1925 - Gillingham 4-1 Reading D3S Att: 6,211
Goals from Fred Brown, Bill Berry and Reg McKee (2) were sufficient to defeat the Royals
1931 - Exeter City 4-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 5,353
1934 - Gillingham 1-3 Luton Town D3SC1
Bert Williams goal couldn't stave off this loss to the Hatters
1936 - Gillingham 2-0 Crystal Palace D3S Att: 6,441
Jim Watson and Edwin Scott were on target to shatter the Glaziers
1953 - Northampton T 1-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 12,096
Ernie Morgan was on target at the County Ground
1956 - Gillingham 2-1 Brentford D3S Att: 7,903
A James Taylor double stung the Bees
1959 - Gillingham 4-1 Southport D4 Att: 7,265
Two goals apiece from Bill Albury, including a penalty, and Sammy Moore were more than enough for the Sandgrounders
1960 - York City 0-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 8,577
1962 - Gillingham 0-0 York City D4 Att: 6,240
1964 - Bristol City 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 11,556
Brian Gibbs and Alec Farrall netted in this win at Ashton Gate
1970 - Gillingham 2-2 Mansfield T D3 Att: 4,706
The Stags got a point despite goals from Brian Yeo and Mike Green
1970 - C.Palace 3-0 Gills Res FC
1972 - Gillingham 1-2 Cambridge U D4 Att: 2,173
George Jacks was on target as the U's won at Priestfield
1978 - Blackpool 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,772
1981 - Gillingham 2-3 Exeter City D3 Att: 4,158
Goals from Richie Bowman and Ken Price couldn't prevent a home defeat
1987 - Bristol City 3-3 Gillingham D3 Att: 10,080
Steve Lovell, David Smith and Karl Elsey all netted in this high-scoring away draw
1989 - Gillingham 5-0 Southend Utd D4 Att: 3,840
Goals from MikeTrusson, Tony Eeles, Billy Manuel and two more from Lovell, including a penalty, saw the Essex side rocked
1992 - Gillingham 0-1 Walsall D3 Att: 2,714
1998 - Preston NE 1-1 Gillingham D2 Att: 10,506
Carl Asaba scored for the Gills at Deepdale
2000 - Gillingham 2-4 Manchester C WC2-2L Att: 6,520
Andy Thomson got both Gills goals but it was City who went through after extra-time
2006 - Leyton Orient 3-3 Gillingham L1 Att: 3,978
Mark Bentley, Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu and Matt Jarvis put Gills 3-0 up but the O's hit back in the final 13 minutes with left-back Adam Lockwood hitting a hat-trick
2009 - Gillingham 1-1 Norwich City L1 Att: 7,550
Simeon Jackson scored from a 36th minute penalty which had seen City keeper Fraser Forster sent off. The Canaries however hit a last minute equaliser through Darel Russell
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
Roger Challis at York1960 -
Kenny Rogers versus Cambridge at home 1972 -
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BIRTHS...
1962 - Mark Morris
The experienced central defender, who had played for Wimbledon, Aldershot (loan), Watford, Sheffield United and Bournemouth, came in on a month's loan from the Cherries in September 1996 and made his debut at Stockport County.
Mark made a total of eight league and cup appearances for the Gills before joining Brighton & HA and he later spent a number of years with Dorchester Town in both playing and managerial roles.
1979 - David Perpetuini
The left-back graduated through the ranks at then Premier League Watford before a £100,000 deal saw him move to Priestfield in August 2001.
After making his debut as a substitute in the opening day thrashing of Preston David went on to make 98 appearances for the Gills before moving to Wycombe Wanderers in January 2001.
He has since played for quite a number of non-league clubs and was most recently at Arlesley Town.
1990 - Matt Fry
He’d played for his home-town club Gravesend & Northfleet before moving to Upton Park aged 11, and the central defender progressed through the ranks with the Hammers signing professional terms in the summer of 2009.
Matt arrived at Priestfield on loan from West Ham United in October 2009 and he made his debut at MK Dons, going on to make 13 appearances in his three-month spell.
Since leaving here he has played for both Charlton Athletic and Bradford City.
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DEATH...
1956 - Alex Smeaton
Alex came to Priestfield from Luton Town in June 1930 and made his debut against Brighton & HA on the opening day of the season but only made two further appearances for the club.
He died in Bristol on 26 September 1956