Richard Day looks back at news relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...
NEWS...
2007 - Gills boss Ronnie Jepson resigns after a 3-0 defeat against Southend United at Roots Hall the previous day
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1893 - New Brompton 3-3 Royal Eng. Fr
1899 - New Brompton 1-1 Millwall Ath. SL
John MacDonald found the net in this one
1905 - New Brompton 0-3 Bristol Rov. SL
1907 - New Brompton 2-1 Southampton SL
A Pickering double was enough to beat the Saints
1908-Swindon T 6-1 New Brompton SL
Arthur Pickett got the consolation in this heavy defeat
1911-Exeter City 8-1 New Brompton SL
Ted Whiteside was on target in this hefty defeat
1914 -Gillingham 4-0 West Ham Utd SL
P Glen, Tom Leslie (a penalty), Lee, Hooper were the scorers against the Irons
1922- QPR 2-1 Gillingham D3S
Thomas Hall was on target for the Gills in their defeat in West London
1925 - Gillingham 3-1 Merthyr Town D3S Att: 3,793
Dick Edmed, Reg McKee and a penalty from Frank Marshall earned the points against the Welsh outfit.
1931- Gillingham 1-3 Luton Town D3S Att: 5,950
Former East Stirling forward John Renwick, who scored three goals in five games for the Gills, netted against the Hatters.
1933 - Watford 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 8,267
George Purcell scored in the defeat at Vicarage Road
1936 - Gillingham 1-0 Bournemouth D3S Att: 4,421
James Dodds got the winner against the Cherries
1937- Newport County 2-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 5,662
1944 - Gravesend Utd 4-2 Gillingham KL
Hughes and Jarman grabbed the goals in this reverse
1950- Watford 5-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 10,529
1953 - Ipswich Town 6-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 12,459
Jimmy Scarth scored but it was little consolation at Portman Road
1961- Chesterfield 3-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 3,993
Goals from Dennis Hunt and Peter Godfrey weren't enough to prevent defeat at Saltergate.
1964- Gillingham 1-0 Barnsley D3 Att: 13,677
Winger John Meredith scored the only goal of the game.
1966- Orient 0-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 5,999
Charlie Rackstraw earned the Gills victory at Brisbane Road
1967- Gillingham 1-0 Grimsby Town D3 Att: 4,568
A spot-kick from Charlie Crickmore won the game for the Gills
1970 - Cardiff C 4-0 Gills Res FC
1975- Carlisle United 2-0 Gillingham LC2 Att: 5,274
1978- Tranmere Rov. 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 1,589
Ken Price struck at Prenton Park to earn the Gills a point.
1989- Hartlepool Utd 1-2 Gillingham D4 Att: 1,379
Goals from Lee Palmer and Peter Heritage earned the Gills victory at Victoria Park.
1992- Northampton T 0-2 Gillingham LC1-2L Att: 2,390
David Crown and Trevor Aylott were on target to earn the Gills a place in the 2nd Round of the Coca Cola Cup.
1995- Scunthorpe Utd 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 2,423
Dennis Bailey netted the Gillingham goal at Glanford Park.
1998 Lordswood1-3Gills XI Att 265
The game was played to mark the official turning on of the floodlights at Martyn Grove, Kevin Bremner (2) and Mick Galloway were the Gills scorers while former youth player Damon Verrall got the Lords reply
2000- Grimsby Town 1-0 Gillingham D1 Att: 4,512
2006 - Doncaster Rov. 1-2 Gillingham L1 Att: 5,772
Goals from Andrew Crofts and Michael Flynn saw the Gills overcome Sean Clohessy's dismissal to take the points.
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DEBUTS...
The following Gillingham players made their debuts in the above games...
1922 - Albert Reay at QPR
1933
away at Doncaster 2006 - Scott Flinders
(above) at Tranmere John Sharpe - 1978
versus Grimsby at Priestfield Howard Moore - 1967
against Bournemouth at home Sydney Hartley - 1936
at Watford Thomas Syred and Charlie Robinson- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIRTHS...
1943Simon Royce - 1971
The 1964-65 campaign saw just one game played, away at Peterborough United but the following season he made 11 appearances before moving to Bournemouth in February 1966 after Cox had taken over at Dean Court the previous month.
He didn't make his debut until the November trip to Oxford United which turned out to be his only appearance of the season.
Rod came through the ranks at Portsmouth before following his former boss Freddie Cox to Priestfield in July 1963.
Rod Taylor-
The experienced goalkeeper played for a number of clubs, many on loan, but had his best spells with Southend United and QPR before moving to Priestfield initially on loan in April 2007.
He made his debut in the home game against Port Vale and, after making his move permanent, he went on to make a total of 109 appearances which included keeping a clean sheet at Wembley in the Play-Off Final against Shrewsbury Town.
In the summer of 2010 he rejected the offer of a goalkeeping coach role with the Gills to take up a similar role at Brentford.