Richard Day reviews this day in the club's history
News relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES...
1894 - New Brompton 8-1 Rochester CCC
1900 - New Brompton 0-1 Gravesend U SLD1
1906 - New Brompton 2-0 Watford SLD1
John Campbell and Arthur Beardsworth were on target to secure the points
1923 - Gillingham 1-0 Southend Utd D3S
Horace Williams was the match winner
1928 - Exeter C 2-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 6,001
James Poxton and a Pool own goal saw the Gills take a point from St James Park
1934 - Aldershot T 0-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 2,832
Goals from Sim Raleigh and Arthur Mills helped the Gills to victory
1937 - Luton Town 5-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 13,386
Jim Watson and Syd Hartley found the net at Kenilworth Road but Town won emphatically
1939 - Bath City 2-1 Gillingham SLD1
The Gills won nine, drew one and lost just this one at Twerton Park in the run-in as they unsuccessfully chased the title. Harry Rowley was the scorer.
1947 - Guildford C 2-1 Gillingham SLD1 Att: 8,000
Title challengers City edged this one - T Hopper netting for the Gills
1948 - Gravesend & N 0-2 Gillingham SLD1
A Hughie Russell double won the points at Stonebridge Road
1950 - Gillingham 1-1 Weymouth SLD1 Att: 9,233
A Jackie Briggs goal earned a home point
1951 - Gillingham 1-4 Nott'm Forest D3S Att: 13,845
The consolation came from Dave Thomas
1956 - Northampton T 0-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 6,553
Goals from Larry Baxter and Dave Hawkins secured the points at the County Ground
1958 - Southend Utd 2-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 12,244
1962 - Hartlepools Utd 1-3 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,434
Gordon Pulley (2) and Alec Farrall netted in the Gills success at Victoria Park
1969 - Gillingham 2-0 Barrow D3 Att: 6,037
Carl Gilbert hit both as the Gills claimed the points
1979 - Carlisle Utd 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,093
1980 - Sheff Wed 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 22,920
1981 - Gillingham 0-0 Burnley D3 Att: 4,412
1984 - Bolton W 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,815
The Gills won at Burnden Park thanks to a Tony Cascarino goal
1986 - Derby Co 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 11,351
1990 - Gillingham 0-2 Torquay Utd D3 Att: 2,873
2000 - Reading 2-2 Gillingham D2 Att: 11,064
After going behind just before the break, Nicky Southall and substitute Iffy Onuora struck to put the Gills ahead before the Royals equalised
2001 - Gillingham 4-3 Norwich C C Att: 9,631
Onuora was on target again, with a hat-trick, and Chris Hope hit the other in a slender victory
2007 - Rotherham U 3-2 Gillingham L1 Att: 3,223
After Delroy Facey struck early for the Millers, goals from Felix Bastians and Andrew Crofts in a three minute spell put the Gills in front but they couldn't hang on.
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BIRTHS...
1903 - Jimmy Nicholl
Jimmy was signed from Glasgow Perthshire FC in May 1925 but had to wait until the trip to Norwich City in October that year before making his debut.
After scoring twice in 89 games for the Gills he moved to Portsmouth in November 1927.
1946 - George Ley
The experienced left-back had played for Hitchin Town, Arsenal as an amateur, Exeter City, Portsmouth, Brighton & HA, and N.A.L side Dallas Tornado before arriving at Gillingham under Len Ashurst in August 1974.
George made his debut against Aldershot the following month and in his two seasons with the club he scored twice in 89 appearances.
After leaving Priestfield he returned to the States and Tornado but later played for both the Wichita Wings and the Oklahoma City Slickers - he was also assistant-coach at the latter.
After a spell back in England as youth team coach at Luton Town he has worked as a coach for both youth, amateur and professional organizations in the USA with Austin Sockadilloes, River City Rangers and current club Crossfire in Round Rock.
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DEATHS...
1978 - Enos Bromage
Having previously played for Sheffield United and Derby County, the outside-left joined Gillingham from the Rams in August 1927.
He made his debut on the opening day of the season at Charlton Athletic, the first of 22 appearances before moving to West Bromwich Albion the following March and he later played at Nottingham Forest, Chester City and Wellington Town.
Enos died in Derby on this day in 1978.