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...
1897 - New Brompton 0-2 Gravesend Utd SLD1
1898 - New Brompton 0-0 Reading SLD1
1904 - New Brompton 0-0 Swindon T SLD1
1910 - Southend Utd 2-2 New Brompton SLD1
E Westwood and Albert Court scored at Roots Hall
1919 - Swansea Town 1-1 Gillingham FAC6QR
Len Ramsell netted at the Vetch Field
1921 - Gillingham 2-2 Swindon T D3S
A brace from Stuart McMillan earned a point
1927 - Gillingham 3-0 Norwich City D3S Att: 4078
William Boswell, Sam Meston and Jonah Wilcox all scored against the Canaries
1932 - Newport Co 0-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 4113
George Purcell and Roy Bethell both netted in this victory at Somerton Park
1945 - Folkestone 1-8 Gillingham KL
The Gills cruised to victory thanks to goals from Vic Hole who scored four, Johnny Warsap (2), Stan Trumper and I Wilson
1949 - Gloucester City 3-1 Gillingham SLD1 Att: 3253
Harold Williams netted the consolation
1955 - Watford 0-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 5091
The winner at Vicarage Road came from Larry Baxter
1960 - Ramsgate 'A' 4-3 Gillingham 'A' Seanglian Lge
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BIRTHS...
1921 - Mike Skivington
The Glaswegian centre-half had played for Bury, Rochdale, Dundalk and Leyton Orient before coming to Priestfield in the summer of 1950.
He made his debut at Bristol City early in the season, the clubs first back in the Football League, and went on to make a dozen appearances.
In September 1951 he moved to Brentford
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DEATHS...
1975 - Len Ramsell
The local lad joined the Gills from Chatham Town in May 1924 and made his debut early the following season at Bournemouth.
He scored two in 11 appearances for the club before returning to Chatham the following summer.
Len died in Sunninghill on this day in 1975.