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 1-2 Bristol City SLD1
Dave Hutcheson scored in this home defeat
1909 - Northampton T 7-1 New Brompton SLD1
A John Reynolds penalty was hardly a consolation in this heavy loss
1920 - Exeter City 2-1 Gillingham D3
Arthur Wood was on target as the Gills lost at St James Park
1926 - Watford 4-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 6,010
1937 - Gillingham 2-3 Millwall D3S Att: 9,831
Jimmy Watson and Tug Wilson scored but the Lions still won
1948 - Worcester City 2-1 Gillingham SLD1 Att: 5,968
A Jackie Briggs goal wasn't enough at St Georges Lane
1954 - Northampton T 4-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,827
Ernie Morgan scored in this hefty defeat at the County Ground
1961 - Barrow 7-0 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,900
A bad day all-round ended as the Gills crashed at Holker Street
1963 - Gillingham 2-0 Carlisle Utd D4 Att: 17,421
A George Francis effort and a Marsden own goal dispatched the Cumbrians home pointless
1965 - Swindon Town 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 13,325
A Joe Butler own goal earned the points at the County Ground
1968 - Gillingham 2-0 Rotherham Utd D3 Att: 5,533
Goals from Carl Gilbert and Brian Yeo defeated the Millers
1971 - Grimsby Town 2-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 10,539
Brian Yeo found the net at Blundell Park but the Mariners took the points
1976 - Sheffield Wed 2-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 15,306
1982 - Gillingham 2-1 Preston NE D3 Att: 4,390
Neil Grewcock and Tony Cascarino were the scorers in this home triumph
1993 - Walsall 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,639
1999 - Gillingham 5-1 Wrexham D2 Att: 5,997
A Robert Taylor hat-trick plus further goals from Andy Thomson and Nicky Southall saw the Dragons snuffed out
2001 - Gillingham 0-2 Southampton WC3 Att: 7,948
2007 - Gillingham 4-3 Luton Town FLT Att: 1417
Chris Dickson hit a hat-trick, and Mark Bentley took advantage of Chris Perry's 88th minute howler, to put the Gills through
2010 - Gillingham 2-1 Stockport Co L2 Att: 4755
Cody McDonald and Jack Payne, his first senior goal for the club, put the Gills in a commanding position before the Hatters pulled one back in the closing stages.
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1920 - Harold Wright at Exeter
1961 - John Jervis at Barrow
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BIRTHS...
1911 - Arthur Braillisford
The centre-forward was signed from Darlington in October 1937 making his debut at home to Walsall.
After four goals in 20 games (over two seasons) he joined Northern Ireland outfit Glentoran in the summer of 1939.
1957 - John Sharpe
The right-back cost Gills boss Gerry Summers £30,000 from Southampton in September 1978 making his debut at Tranmere Rovers soon afterwards.
After 228 appearances in six seasons a knee injury cut his Gills career short and despite attempted comebacks with both Southampton and Swansea City curtailed his playing days.
1973 - Junior Lewis
Junior had played at Fulham, Dover Athletic and Hendon before joining the Gills in July 1999 and he made his debut at Blackpool.
The following season it was his early goal against Wolves (see above) that saw the clubs first ever victory in the second tier of English football.
He scored eight goals in 81 appearances for Gillingham before following the Peter Taylor trail to Leicester City etc.
The lanky midfielder is now back at Hendon as player-coach.
1974 - Charlie Mitten
The goalkeeper seems to have done his own tour of Kent as a player including making one appearance for the Gills. That came back in December 1999 against Torquay United in the Auto Windscreens Shield.
He is currently playing for Ryman League Division One (South) Maidstone United.