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 0-1 Southampton SLD1
1909 - New Brompton 1-0 Brighton & HA SLD1
John Taylor notched the winner here
1920 - Gillingham 1-4 Newport County D3
The Gills scorer was George Needham as the Welsh side won comfortably
1926 - Gillingham 3-2 Exeter City D3S Att: 1,029
A Stan Amos hat-trick proved just enough
1937 - Gillingham 0-2 Bournemouth D3S Att: 4,648
1948 - Romford 2-1 Gillingham FAC4Q Att: 14,154
Jackie Briggs goal couldn't prevent the Gills being beaten after extra-time – this is the first time that the club appeared on television as the BBC covered the game live but the broadcast had stopped prior to any goals
1954 - Gillingham 1-1 Exeter City D3S Att: 9,276
The Gills scorer in this draw was Derek Lewis
1965 - Gillingham 1-2 Folkestone T FAC1 Att: 9,311
Rod Taylor was on target as the fellow Kent side inflicted a giant-killing on the Gills
1967 - Southport 4-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,808
Bill Brown got the Gills consolation at Haig Avenue
1971 - Reading 1-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 4,491
Local lads Graham Knight and Dick Tydeman both scored in the victory at Elm Park
1976 - Gillingham 3-1 Mansfield T D3 Att: 5,457
A hat-trick from Danny Westwood proved too much for the Stags
1979 - Gillingham 1-0 Southend Utd D3 Att: 5,286
The winning goal came from Ken Price
1982 - Gillingham 1-1 Doncaster R D3 Att: 4,451
Mark Miller was the marksman against the South Yorkshire side
1993 - Yeading 0-0 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 2,285
1995 - Wycombe W 1-1 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 5,064
A goal from Dennis Bailey earned the Gills a replay – the game covered live on Sky Sports
1996 - Coventry City 0-1 Gillingham CCC3RR Att: 12,639
A Neil Smith strike sent around 3,000 Gills fans ecstatic and stun their top-flight opponents
2004 - Gillingham 0-2 Derby County C Att: 8,015
2007 - Gillingham 4-2 Dagenham & R FLTSSQ Att: 2,904
Goals from Craig Armstrong, Aaron Brown, Chris Dickson, from the spot, and Dennis Oli put the Gills through
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1920 - Donald McCormick at home to Newport
1937 - William L Williams versus Bournemouth at home
1982 - Phil Walker against Doncaster at Priestfield
2007 - Charlie Howard and Dennis Oli against Dagenham & Redbridge at home
2010 - Callum Davies, Callum Kennedy, Charlie Lee and Chris Whelpdale v Crewe at Priestfield
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BIRTHS...
1900 - Billy Death
The outside-left joined the Gills in August 1930 and made his debut against Brighton.
In his one season at the club he scored nine goals in 29 games before moving to Mansfield Town.
1965 - Dennis Bailey
The experienced forward had played for Barking, Fulham (on non-contract terms), Farnborough Town, Crystal Palace, Birmingham City, Bristol Rovers (on loan twice) and Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic, Watford and Brentford (all on loan) before Gills boss Tony Pulis paid £50,000 for his services in August 1995.
Dennis, who will be remembered for his 1992 New Years Day hat-trick for the R's in a 4-1 win away at league leaders Manchester United, made his Gillingham debut away at Lincoln City in the second game of the campaign, scoring in a 3-0 win.
He formed good partnerships with Steve Butler, John Gayle and Leo Fortune-West at different times and was an important part of the side that won promotion from Division Three in 1995-96.
After scoring 13 goals in a total of 103 appearances, Dennis moved on to Lincoln City in March 1998 before going on a nomadic journey of numerous non-league sides.
His most recent secondment is playing and coaching Renewal Solihull FC in the West Midlands Christian Football League - being named League Player of the Year in 2012.