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...
1894 - New Brompton 3-3 Tottenham H Fr
1898 - Millwall Ath 2-3 New Brompton SLD1
Efforts from Jack Frettingham, Hugh Gallacher and an own goal by Davis earned the points in South London
1904 - New Brompton 3-0 Brentford SLD1
Tom Boucher, Jim Stevenson and Jimmy Robertson all netted in a comfy home win
1910 - Brighton & HA 5-1 New Brompton SLD1
A George Massey goal was little consolation in this heavy loss
1921 - Grimsby T 2-0 Gillingham D3
1927 - Gillingham 0-1 Merthyr Town D3S Att: 3,213
1932 - Torquay Utd 1-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 3,038
1937 - Gillingham 2-0 Northampton T D3S Att: 9,426
Jim Watson and a penalty from Tommy Robinson saw off the Cobblers
1938 - Bournemouth 2-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 6,559
1948 - Barry Town 2-2 Gillingham SL
Tug Wilson and Jackie Briggs were the scorers in South Wales
1949 - Gillingham 3-1 Hereford Utd SL Att: 7,959
A Hughie Russell hat-trick helped defeat the Bulls
1951 - Southend Utd 4-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 14,500
1955 - Gillingham 4-2 Newport Co D3S Att: 7,784
A double from Ernie Morgan plus further goals from Jimmy Scarth and Billy Millar proved too much for the Welshmen
1960 - Gillingham 2-2 Oldham Ath D4 Att: 3,011
Pat Terry and Gordon Pulley both scored but the Latics took a point
1965 - Gillingham 2-0 Peterborough U D3 Att: 15,552
Mike Burgess opened the scoring and Ron Newman extended the lead after the break
1966 - Brighton & HA 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 7,875
Bill Brown notched the only goal of the game at the Goldstone Ground
1969 - Gillingham 1-0 Crewe Alex D3 Att: 5 072
Brian Yeo scored the only goal of the game
1974 - Barnsley 3-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 4 916
Damien Richardson struck for the Gills at Oakwell
1977 - Lincoln City 4-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 5 126
A poor midweek performance at Sincil Bank saw the Gills return pointless
1988 - Notts Co 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 6,478
A Steve Lovell effort halted the Magpies promotion charge
1994 - Gillingham 2-0 Carlisle Utd D3 Att: 2,627
Richard Carpenter converted a penalty which Nicky Forster added to in securing the points
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