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…
1894 - New Brompton 4-1 Highland Light Infantry Fr
1906 - New Brompton 0-1 Portsmouth SLD1
1912 - New Brompton 1-2 QPR SLD1
A penalty from A Lee wasn't enough against the Hoops
1923 - Portsmouth 6-1 Gillingham D3S
Scot William Oswald hit the consolation at Fratton Park
1962 - Darlington 1-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,706
Charlie Livesey was on the mark up in the North-East
1979 - Gillingham 0-0 Brentford D3 Att: 6,899
1984 - Bristol Rovers 3-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,996
1990 - Gillingham 0-0 Hartlepool Utd D4 Att: 3,690
2009 - Gillingham 1-2 Lincoln City L2 Att: 4,525
Simeon Jackson put the Gills ahead from the spot but the Imps hit back through a Geoff Horsfield stunner and Dany N'Guessan’s last minute winner..
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DEBUTS…
1979- Micky Barker v Brentford at home
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BIRTHS…
1962- Tony Butler
The former Hartlepool United schoolboy joined the Gills as a trainee in January 1990 and signed professional terms in May 1991.
This was a matter of days after making his first-team debut against Blackpool.
He went on to make 179 appearances, scoring seven times, before Blackpool paid £225,000 for the central defenders services in July 1996.
Tony later played for Port Vale, WBA and Bristol City before returning to Blackpool in February 2005.
After leaving Bloomfield Road a second time he dropped into non-league football playing for Forest Green Rovers, Newport County (loan), Hinckley Town and Alfreton Town.
1987 - Chris Whelpdale
Having played for Maldon Town and Billericay Town, Chris joined the Gills on a permanent basis from Peterborough United in the summer of 2011 having previously scored three times for Gillingham in four appearances during a loan spell.
He has since gone on to score more than 20 goals in 70-odd appearances for the club.
‘Whelps’ celebrates his 26th birthday today.