Richard Day reviews this day in the clubs history
News relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES...
1899 - Grays Utd 0-2 New Brompton T&MC
1902 - New Brompton 3-0 Luton Town SLD1
Goals from Thomas Leigh, Alf Milward and Jack Frettingham proved too much for the visitors
1913 - Gillingham 2-2 West Ham Utd SLD1
Charles Hafekost and Tom Caldwell were both on target against the Irons
1924 - Millwall 5-0 Gillingham D3S
1930 - Bristol Rovers 3-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 5,011
1939 - Gillingham 1-2 Folkestone SLC2R
Tug Wilson scored but the Gills were edged out
1947 - Gillingham 4-1 Cheltenham T SLD1 Att: 5,930
Jackie Briggs hit a hat-trick and Hughie Russell added the other in a comfortable win
1952 - Gillingham 1-1 Leyton Orient D3S Att: 13,191
Another Hughie Russell effort wasn't enough to deny the O's a point
1958 - Gillingham 1-0 Norwich City D3S Att: 6,591
Ron Saunders notched the only goal of the game
1961 - Wrexham 0-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,913
1969 - Orient 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,988
Carl Gilbert netted to secure a point at Brisbane Road
1975 - Gillingham 2-1 Watford D3 Att: 7,281
Dave Galvin and Damien Richardson both struck to sting the Hornets
1980 - Gillingham 2-0 Mansfield Town D3 Att: 4,572
John Overton and Damien Richardson were the scorers against the Stags
1986 - Gillingham 2-2 Blackpool D3 Att: 4,537
Tony Cascarino and Martin Robinson found the net but the Tangerines took a point
1997 - Gillingham 3-1 Watford D2 Att: 7,385
Andy Hessenthaler and Steve Butler both scored against their former club and Iffy Onuora added a penalty in this home triumph
2008 - Hartlepool Utd 4-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 4,055
2011 - Southend Utd 2-2 Gillingham L2 Att: 5,771
Goals from Cody McDonald and Adebayo Akinfenwa inside the opening twenty minutes were only enough to earn a point
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1924 - Trevett Read at Millwall
1980 - Tony Bottiglieri versus Mansfield at home
2008 - Kevin Maher at Hartlepool
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BIRTHS...
1910 - Joe McAteer
The Glaswegian joined the Gills from Clapton Orient in August 1936 and scored the only goal of the game on his debut in the home game against Brighton & HA.
He made just 10 appearances, scoring three times, before moving to Irish club Brideville in the summer of 1937.