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...
1897 - New Brompton 2-0 Northfleet SLD1
Goals from J Cockrill and David Hutcheson earned the points
1907 - Watford 2-2 New Brompton SLD1
William Lee and Danny Cunliffe were on target at Vicarage Road
1909 - Crystal Palace 1-2 New Brompton SLD1
An Alf Whyman double secured the points at Selhurst Park
1915 - Gillingham 2-2 Croydon Common SLD1
P Glen and Ernie Pinkney were the scorers as the two struggling sides drew
1920 - Northampton T 1-0 Gillingham SLD1
1922 - Swindon T 0-0 Gillingham D3S
1926 - Gillingham 0-1 Aberdare Ath D3S Att: 4,689
1937 - Gillingham 1-0 Torquay Utd D3S Att: 5,723
Tommy Robinson proved to be the match winner
1948 - Hereford Utd 4-2 Gillingham SL
Goals from Hughie Russell and Jackie Briggs weren't enough at Edgar Street
1954 - Shrewsbury T 0-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,137
1961 - Yiewsley 1-1 Gillingham 'A' Seanglian Lge
1963 - Margate 2-1 Gillingham KSC3 Att: 2,189
1965 - Grimsby T 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,242
The Gills couldn't hang on despite Charlie Rackstraw putting them ahead
1971 - Gillingham 0-2 Plymouth Arg D3 Att: 4,162
Gills keeper John Simpson made his 600th appearance for the club in this game
1971 - Southampton 0-1 Gills Res FC
1976 - Colchester Utd 2-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,981
All four goals at Layer Road came after the break with Damien Richardson, a penalty, and Joe Durrell scoring for the Gills
1979 - Walsall 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,084
Danny Westwood netted the only goal of the game at Fellows Park
1982 - Swindon T 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,149
A Micky Adams effort won the points at the County Ground
1993 - Hereford Utd 3-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,138
David Crown hit the Gills goal at Edgar Street
1999 - Gillingham 4-0 Lincoln C D2 Att: 7,023
Doubles from Andy Hessenthaler and on-loan Kevin Lisbie saw the Imps outclassed
2001 - Gillingham 2-1 Tranmere R C Att: 8,233
Goals from Marlon King, a penalty, and Iffy Onuora secured the points
2004 - Gillingham 2-0 Rotherham U C Att: 8,047
Two goals in four first-half minutes from Barry Ashby and Mamady Sidibe proved too much for the Millers
2010 - Charlton Ath 2-2 Gillingham L1 Att: 20,024
A see-saw encounter at the Valley saw Andy Barcham and Dennis Oli net as 3,000+ travelling fans enjoyed their day out
2012 – Gillingham 0-1 Crawley T L2 Att: 5,204
A 50th minute side-foot finish from Dannie Bulman saw the Sussex side take the points at MEMS Priestfield
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DEBUTS…
The following player made his Gillingham debut in the above games…
1993 - Paul Watson at Hereford
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BIRTHS…
1933 - Tom Nekrews
The Chatham born centre-half played for Chelsea as an amateur before joining Gillingham in September 1953 although he had to wait until April 1954 before making his debut against QPR.
His first two seasons saw him make one appearance in each and it wasn't until towards the end of the 1955-56 campaign that he finally won a regular place and Tom had played in a total of 42 games by the time he moved to Bexleyheath & Welling in the summer of 1959.
Spells followed at Chelmsford City and Littlehampton before, later in life he emigrated to Australia.
1948 - Carl Gilbert
The forward bought himself out of the Army which enabled him to sign professional forms with the Gills in October 1965.
Having been a constant marksman for the reserves he scored on his first-team debut in a 2-1 win against Mansfield Town at home in April 1968.
Carl went on to score 11 goals in 30 appearances for the club before Basil Hayward allowed him to join Bristol Rovers in November 1969 in an exchange deal that saw fellow forward Ken Ronaldson arrive at Priestfield.
In March 1971 a £17,000 deal took him to Rotherham United where he enjoyed a prolific spell, netting 44 goals in 108 games.
Then in July 1974 a club record £2,500 fee saw Gilbert return to Kent when signing for Southern League Margate where he was to score 40 goals in 133 matches.
Next up for the Folkestone-born forward was a spell with his home town club, where he later became player-coach. He went to Canterbury City in February 1982 as a player before, following a brief spell as player-manager at Herne Bay, he took over as manager at Kingsmead in 1985 and later returned to Cheriton Road as boss.