Richard Day reviews this day in the club's history
News relevant to Gillingham FC on this day in history, games, players, debuts etc...FIXTURES...
1899 - Gravesend Utd 2-2 New Brompton SLD1
Louis Campbell and Tom Grieve netted in this North Kent derby
1909 - Luton Town 3-0 New Brompton SLD1
1915 - Gillingham 4-3 Southampton SLD1
A brace apiece from P Glen and Sam Gilligan edged the Gills to a narrow win
1920 - Southend Utd 0-1 Gillingham SLD1
An Arthur Wood goal won it at Roots Hall
1926 - Gillingham 1-1 Crystal Palace D3S Att: 7,371
Fred Brown struck to secure a home point
1931 - Gillingham 3-5 Exeter C D3S Att: 6,408
Albert Collins, Roy Bethell and James Harbot all netted but the visitors still left with the points
1937 - Gillingham 0-2 Clapton Orient D3S Att: 6,277
1948 - Yeovil T 0-1 Gillingham SLD1
A Johnny Warsap effort won it in the West Country
1953 - Gillingham 4-2 Shrewsbury T D3S Att: 12,082
A double from Paddy Sowden, including a penalty, plus further goals from Rex Cherry and Ken Lambert saw off the Shrews
1954 - Swindon T 2-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,180
Paddy Sowden was again on target, this time in defeat
1961 - Gillingham 2-0 Southport D4 Att: 4,128
Alec Farrall and John Shepherd struck the goals as the Gills eased to victory
1961 - C.Palace 2-3 Gillingham 'A' Seanglian Lge
1965 - Bournemouth 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 7,508
The Gills won at Dean Court thanks to goals from Brian Gibbs and Ron Newman
1971 - Halifax T 2-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,026
The Shaymen took the points despite a Mike Green effort
1971 - Gills Res 3-4 West Ham Utd FC
1972 - Gillingham 1-1 Peterborough U D4 Att: 4,228
Bill Williams netted for the Gills against the Posh
1974 - Gillingham 1-0 Peterborough U D4 Att: 12,577
The top of the table clash saw a Keith Lindsey penalty separate the sides
1976 - Gillingham 2-0 Bury D3 Att: 4,732
Goals from Dave Galvin and Joe Durrell shook the Shakers
1981 - Gillingham 1-0 Walsall D3 Att: 4,112
A Ken Price effort unseated the Saddlers
1982 - Doncaster R 1-1 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,902
The Gills took a point from Belle Vue thanks to a John Sitton goal
2004 - Gillingham 1-2 Cardiff C C Att: 7,852
Chris Hope had equalised against the Bluebirds but Alan Pouton's penalty miss proved costly
2010 - Oldham Ath 1-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 3,486
2012 - Folkestone Inv 1-3 Gills Yth JUC
Goals from Ashley Miller, Josh Hare and Bradley Dack saw the Gills progress to the John Ullmann Cup Final
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DEBUTS...
The following player made his Gillingham debut in the above games...
1931 - James Harbot at Exeter
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BIRTHS...
1898 - Ernie Watkins
Born in Finchley Ernie had played non-league football with both Barnet and his home town club before embarking on a career in the Football League when joining Birmingham City.
Spells followed at Southend United, Brentford and Millwall before the centre-forward joined the Gills from Fulham in August 1931 and made his debut the following month against Brentford at home.
After just four games for the club he was on the move again, joining Charlton Athletic where a knee injury forced his retirement from the game.
1945 - Tony Weston
The Yalding born full-back played for both Maidstone United and Bromley as a youngster before joining the Gills, initially as an amateur, in the summer of 1963.
He signed professional terms in November 1963 and was a regular in the reserves, eventually making his debut a year later in a home goalless draw with Grimsby Town.
In his near seven years at the club he made 177 appearances, scoring three times.
His final tally would have been more had he not missed a large chunk of the 1967-68 campaign with a broken ankle sustained in the home game with Oxford United in the October.
In July 1970 he joined Ashford Town before embarking on a personal tour of Kent playing for Folkestone (twice), Tonbridge and Gravesend & Northfleet, before later taking up the role of reserve/youth team manager at Maidstone United.
