News about 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...
1904 - New Brompton 4-0 Q.P.R SLD1
Two penalties helped land a hat-trick for Joe Turner, with Walter Leigh adding the other in a comfortable victory
1910 - Leyton 2-1 New Brompton SLD1
John Taylor scored in East London in a narrow defeat
1927 - Gillingham 2-1 Plymouth A FAC1 Att: 7,900
Goals from William Boswell and Sam Meston edged the Gills through in this first round clash
1932 - Gillingham 1-1 Wycombe W FAC1
Roy Bethell netted but the game went to a replay, where the Gills won 4-2
1938 - Gillingham 3-1 Cardiff C Res SLD1
Goals from Harry Rowley,W Johnson and Tug Wilson won it for the Gills
1949 - Hastings Utd 1-3 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 9,150
A penalty from Buster Collins and goals from Hughie Russell and Charlie Burtenshaw eased the Gills through
1952 - Gillingham 3-0 Wellington T FAC1R Att: 7,383
Jimmy Scarth, George Forrester and Trevor Long were the scorers as Gills progressed to the second round
1955 - Gillingham 0-2 Northampton T D3S Att: 8,429
1960 - Gillingham 3-2 Southend Utd FAC2 Att: 10,220
John Shepherd scored twice and Pat Terry added the other as the Gills narrowly won
1966 - Gillingham 4-1 Tamworth FAC1 Att: 8,248
Brian Yeo (2), Charlie Rackstraw, from the spot,and Brian Gibbs were all on target in a satisfying victory
1969 - Gillingham 4-0 Plymouth A D3 Att: 4,127
Mike Green, Ray Bailey, Ken Pound and Andy Smillie all found the net against the Pilgrims
1974 - Hereford Utd 1-0 Gillingham FAC1 Att: 7,362
1976 - Bury 3-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,626
Danny Westwood was on the mark at Gigg Lane
1977 - Gillingham 1-1 Weymouth FAC1 Att: 5,834
Danny Westwood scores against the Terra's
1983 - Gillingham 4-2 Rotherham U D3 Att: 4,152
Two goals apiece from Mark Weatherly and Dave Mehmet proved too much for the Millers
1988 - Notts County 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,611
Goals from Trevor Quow and Dave Smith won the points at Meadow Lane
1991 - Gillingham 1-3 Brentford FAC1R Att: 7,328
Alan Walker netted but the Bees won the tie
1994 - Lincoln C 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,919
The scorer at Sincil Bank was Andy Arnott
1996 - Ipswich T 1-0 Gillingham CCC4R Att: 13,537
2005 - Colchester U 5-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 3,801
2011 - Gillingham 0-0 Bradford C L2 Att: 7,074
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DEBUTS…
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the games below…
1969 - Ken Ronaldson versus Plymouth at home
1983 - Russell Musker against Rotherham at Priestfield
1994 - Mick Bodley at Lincoln
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BIRTHS…
1953 - Jeff Johnson
The tenacious midfielder cost Gills boss Keith Peacock £8,000 when he signed him from Newport County in September 1982.
The former Welsh schoolboy, youth and under-23 international had previously been at Bristol Rovers, Manchester City, Swansea City (loan), Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday before a £60,000 deal had taken him to Somerton Park.
Having made his Gillingham debut as a substitute against Reading he went on to feature 107 times for the club scoring six times.
After leaving Priestfield he had spells at Port Vale and Barrow.
1957 - Trevor Aylott
The Bermondsey-born centre-forward came through the ranks at Chelsea and had played for another seven league clubs before arriving at Priestfield in the summer of 1992.
He made his debut on the opening day of the season at home to Northampton Town and went on to score four times in his 15 appearances for the club.
Trevor was at one point a regular back at Gillingham when doing statistical work for P.A.