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…
1898 - New Brompton 1-2 Swindon T SLD1
A Jack Frettingham goal wasn't enough to earn a point
1910 - Exeter City 3-2 New Brompton SLD1
Albert Court and John Taylor netted but couldn't prevent a defeat at St James Park
1921 - Gillingham 0-0 Norwich City D3
1927 - Aberdare Ath 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 2,038
Stanley Amos was on target in South Wales
1938 - Gillingham 2-0 Aldershot D3S Att: 3,138
Goals from Fred Herbert and Jim Watson gunned down the Shots
1949 - Gillingham 6-0 Torquay Utd Res SLD1 Att: 6,845
Hughie Russell scored five, including a penalty, and Johnny Warsap added the other in this rout
1955 - Leyton Orient 2-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 19,836
Ernie Morgan netted both to earn a point in East London
1972 - Newport Co 1-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 3,148
The Gills won thanks to goals from Dave Galvin and Brian Yeo
1977 - Northampton T 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,391
Ken Price and Damien Richardson , a penalty, found the net in this victory
1980 - Wimbledon 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,697
1994 - Preston NE 0-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,167
2000 - Oldham Ath 1-3 Gillingham D2 Att: 5,144
The scorers at Boundary Park were Ty Gooden, Barry Ashby and Rodney Rowe
2005 - Gillingham 0-0 Millwall C Att: 9,127
Matt Lawrence was amongst the Lions defenders that kept a clean sheet at Priestfield
2011 - Crewe Alex. 1-1 Gillingham L2 Att: 4,012
Curtis Weston levelled matters in the second-half after Tony Sinclair had earlier put through his own net