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...
1893 - New Brompton 2-0 Royal Scots Fusiliers Fr
1899 - Thames Ironworks 0-0 New Brompton SLD1
1905 - New Brompton 1-1 Plymouth Arg SLD1
The scorer against the Devon side was Bill Marriott
1911 - New Brompton 1-1 Stoke SLD1
Albert Court scored against the Potters
1922 - Swindon Town 0-1 Gillingham D3S
Tommy Hall got the only goal of the game
1933 - Gillingham 3-3 Swindon Town D3S Att: 6,068
Goals from George Nicol, Alan Scott and James Liddle were all on target against the Robins
1944 - TB Royal Engineers 2-4 Gillingham KL
Olver (2), Vic Hole and Stan Trumper were the goalscorers
1950 - Gillingham 1-1 Port Vale D3S Att: 12,103
Dave Thomas was the scorer against the Valiants
1961 - Southport 1-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,259
Tom Johnston was on target at Haig Avenue
1964 - Gillingham 3 - 4 International XI Att: 6,500
In a benefit game for John Simpson, Denis Hunt and Gordon Pulley, the Gills scorers were John Ballagher, Jimmy White and Roy Moss
1967 - Gillingham 0-0 Bournemouth D3 Att: 7,419
1972 - Gillingham 2-1 Mansfield Town D4 Att: 2,766
The marksmen at Field Mill were Damien Richardson and Alan Wilks
1978 - Watford 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 13,941
1989 - Lincoln City 1-3 Gillingham D4 Att: 3,612
Goals from Mike Trusson, Peter Heritage and Steve Lovell earned the points at Sincil Bank
1994 - Heybridge Swifts 0-2 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 4,614
Robbie Reinelt and Chris Pike saw off the non-league side in a game played at Layer Road
2006 - Gillingham 4-1 Bromley FAC1 Att: 5,547
Two goals apiece from Mark Bentley and Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu eased the Gills through to the next round
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DEBUTS...
The following player made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1972 - Glenn Aitken versus Mansfield at home
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BIRTHS...
1933 - Rex Cherry
The former military policeman scored on his debut at Torquay United just days after signing professional terms in March 1953.
However he failed to win a regular spot and after four goals in 10 games he joined Hastings United in the summer of 1955.