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...
1896 - New Brompton 1-1 Swindon Town SLD1
A goal from Arthur Gladwell earned a point
1907 - New Brompton 0-0 Luton Town SLD1
1912 - New Brompton 3-1 Norwich C SLD1
F Corbett hit two and John Taylor the other against the Canaries
1928 - Gillingham 0-1 Swindon T D3S Att: 7,930
1929 - Gillingham 1-1 Coventry C D3S Att: 4,042
Centre-half George Crawford earned a point against the Sky Blues
1931 - Exeter C 3-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 7,146
1935 - Gillingham 1-1 Luton Town D3S Att: 4,139
Bill Baldwin scored in this draw with the Hatters
1940 - Aylesford PM 1-3 Gillingham KRL(EG)
Hickson netted two and Lee the other in an away win
1946 - Shorts Sports 2-1 Gillingham KL
Dave Thomas struck in this 'derby' defeat
1949 - Gillingham 2-4 Colchester Utd SLC SF Att: 11,042
Goals from Jackie Carr and Hughie Russell couldn't stop a home reversal
1953 - Shrewsbury T 3-1 Gillingham D3S Att: 8,324
Jimmy Boswell scored for the Gills at Gay Meadow
1957 - Gillingham 0-0 Reading D3S Att: 5,402
1963 - Gillingham 2-3 Barrow D4 Att: 6,607
The visitors made the long journey home happy following a win despite goals from Bob Ridley and Jim Towers
1968 - Bournemouth 4-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 4,915
1973 - Gillingham 2-1 Colchester U D4 Att: 2,672
Efforts from Brian Yeo and Joe Jacques, his one and only Gills goal, saw the Gills scrape home
1974 - Workington 3-3 Gillingham D4 Att: 1,181
The promotion charge continued with a point at Borough Park, Damien Richardson netted twice and George Jacks the other
1976 - Gillingham 3-4 Hereford Utd D3 Att: 8,081
Despite Joe Durrell scoring two and Steve Ritchie adding an own goal, the Bulls sneaked the points
1982 - Gillingham 3-2 Chesterfield D3 Att: 5,111
Goals from John Sitton and Trevor Lee (2 ) earned the Gills a narrow win
1985 - Derby Co 1-0 Gillingham D3 Att: 10,002
1991 - Northampton T 2-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,993
A Mike Trusson penalty wasn't enough for a point
1993 - Gillingham 1-0 Shrewsbury T D3 Att: 3,129
David Crown struck the only goal of the game
1996 - Gillingham 2-0 Hartlepool Utd D3 Att: 6,263
Tony Butler and Dennis Bailey struck the goals to ensure United's long journey back to the North-East wasn't a happy one
2002 - Burnley 2-0 Gillingham C Att: 16,236
Two goals in seven second-half minutes from Ian Thomas-Moore and David Johnson earned the Clarets the points
2004 - Gillingham 0-3 Wigan Ath C Att: 7,410
The Latics won this one thanks to goals from Nathan Ellington, Jason Roberts and Alan Mahon
2012 – Bristol R 2-2 Gillingham L2 Att: 6,160
Dennis Oli secured a point with a 90th minute header after the Pirates had stormed back after going behind to Chris Whelpdale’s 56th minute strike
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