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…
1900 - Chatham 1-2 New Brompton SLD1
Goals from T Gray and Dave Hutcheson won the Medway 'derby'
1906 - Northampton T 0-1 New Brompton SLD1
AJ Burns got the only goal of the game
1912 - Brentford 7-1 New Brompton SLD1
A Dick Goffin effort was scant consolation in West London
1923 - Gillingham 4-2 Portsmouth D3 (S)
Centre-half John Henderson grabbed a hat-trick and Charlie Freeman added the other against Pompey
1926 - Gillingham 3-1 Southend Utd D3 (S) Att: 3,493
Fred Brown, Albert Richards and Dick Edmed were the scorers against the Essex side
1934 - Gillingham 3-3 Watford D3 (S) Att: 4,614
Sim Raleigh netted twice and Arthur Mills also netted against the Hornets
1945 - Gillingham 2-1 Erith & Belvedere KSC3
Vic Hole and GH Jones were on target to put the Gills through
1951 - Walsall 2-1 Gillingham D3 (S) Att: 8,817
A Derek Lewis effort couldn't prevent a defeat at Fellows Park
1962 - Gillingham 5-1 Chesterfield D4 Att: 5,289
Doubles from Charlie Livesey and Ronnie Waldock plus a Harry Hughes penalty proved too much for the Spireites
1968 - Gillingham 1-1 Torquay Utd D3 Att: 5,863
A Mel Machin penalty helped the Gills gain a point
1973 - Gillingham 5-1 Barnsley D4 Att: 2,550
A brace from Dick Tydeman plus other efforts from George Jacks, Damien Richardson and Graham Knight saw the Tykes well beaten
1974 - Gillingham 3-0 Crewe Alex D4 Att: 11,478
Richardson with a penalty and Jacks both scored again while Brian Yeo also found the net as 'Sunday Soccer' came to Priestfield for the first time
1990 - Aldershot 1-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,592
1996 - Wigan Athletic 2-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,773
Richard Green was the marksman at Springfield Park
2001 - Crystal Palace 2-2 Gillingham C Att: 18,823
A Mark Saunders double helped the Gills get a point
2007 - Cheltenham T 1-1 Gillingham L1 Att: 3,598
Bas Savage gave the Gills an early lead but they were made to hang on for a point after Ian Cox's red card before the break
2009 - Port Vale 1-3 Gillingham L2 Att: 4,539
The Gills hit back from being a goal down at the break to win through Dennis Oli, Adam Miller and a Simeon Jackson penalty.
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DEBUTS...
The following player made his Gillingham debut in the above games...
1996 - Glen Thomas at Wigan
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BIRTHS...
1898 - Tom Gilbey
Tom, who hailed from the North East joined the Gills from Darlington in August 1920.
He made his debut against Southampton as the club embarked on their first season in the Football League.
The centre-forward scored eight goals in 14 games.
1932 - Eric Phoenix
Gillingham manager Archie Clark signed the former Manchester United junior from Hastings United in July 1954.
He had to wait until the following April before making his debut against Colchester United at Priestfield.
After scoring twice in 17 appearances for the Gills he joined Exeter City in the summer of 1956 but returned to Kent with Dover Athletic a year later.