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...
1910 - New Brompton 2-1 Northampton T SLD1
Goals from J Hobson and Joe Satterthwaite were enough to take the points
1921 - Norwich City 2-1 Gillingham D3
Tommy Hall netted at Carrow Road
1927 - Gillingham 0-0 Luton Town D3S Att: 3,979
1938 - Millwall 5-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 17,358
1947 - Gillingham 4-1 Millwall Res SLD1
A hat-trick from Hughie Russell plus a Vic Hole effort was suffice for victory
1949 - Yeovil Town 3-1 Gillingham SLD1 Att: 4,000
Jackie Carr found the net at the Huish
1955 - Gillingham 1-1 Millwall D3S Att: 10,838
A Billy Millar goal earned a point with the Lions
1966 - Bournemouth 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,565
Bill Brown scored to earn a point at Dean Court
1972 - Gillingham 0-2 Colchester Utd D4 Att: 5,313
This game saw legendary goalkeeper John Simpson make the last of his 617 appearances for the Gills.
1973 - Southend U 4-0 Gills Res MWFL
1977 - Gillingham 1-1 Port Vale D3 Att: 5,084
Damien Richardson scored against the Valiants
1980 - Chatham Town 1-3 Gillingham Att: 3,500
Pat Walker, Nigel Donn and John Crabbe all found the net in a game to cover the official turning-on of the floodlights at Maidstone Road
1983 - Preston NE 0-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,475
1984 - Millwall 2-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,344
Goals from Tony Cascarino and Terry Cochrane saw the Gills take a point from the Den
1991 - Dover Ath 3-2 Gillingham KSC Att: 1,852
A Peter Beadle double wasn't enough in this semi-final at a very frosty Crabble
1994 - Scarborough 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 1,527
Paul Baker struck at the McCain Stadium
2005 - Wolverhampton W 2-2 Gillingham C Att: 24,949
The Gills led twice through Darius Henderson and Michael Flynn but let two points slip conceding a stoppage time equaliser
2011 - Gillingham 1-1 Bury L2 Att: 5,021
Curtis Weston put the Gills ahead but Ryan Lowe equalised for the Shakers in the second-half
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1927 - Albert Fairclough and John Kelly at home to Luton
1938 - Frank Donoghue at Millwall
1966 - Bill Brown on the trip to Bournemouth
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BIRTHS...
1982 - Adam Miller
The former Ipswich Town youngster played for a number of non-league sides, including Gravesend & Northfleet, before QPR boss Ian Holloway took him to Loftus Road in late 2004.
After spells at Peterborough United (loan) and Stevenage Borough he followed former boss Mark Stimson from Broadhall Way to Gillingham in November 2007 initially on loan and his debut came against Hartlepool United soon afterwards.
He went on to make 97 appearances for the Gills, scoring 13 times before leaving at the end of the 2009-10 campaign.
Adam joined Cambridge United on a three-year deal that summer but after just a handful of games he sustained a serious ankle injury in September 2010 which finally enforced his retirement from the game two years later.
1986 - Dean McDonald
The former Arsenal youngster, who had also played for Ipswich Town and Hartlepool United (loan), joined the Gills in May 2006.
Dean scored the winner on his debut in a 2-1 home win against Huddersfield Town on the opening day of the following season.
After the first year of his two-year deal had elapsed the diminutive forward was allowed to join Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
He returned to England at the start of the 2008-09 campaign and has since played for a number of non-league sides and is currently at Macclesfield Town.