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…
1904 - Millwall Athletic 0-2 New Brompton SLD1
Goals from Walter Leigh and Tom Boucher earned the points
1909 - Bristol Rovers 1-0 New Brompton SLD1
1915 - Gillingham 0-0 Exeter City SLD1
1926 - Swindon Town 1-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 3,368
1931 - Gillingham 2-0 Thames D3S Att: 6,224
Bill White and Hugh Vallance were on target against the East London side
1937 - Gillingham 4-4 Newport Co D3S Att: 6,125
Joseph McAteer hit two, Tom Robinson converted a penalty and Jim Watson added another but it was only enough for a point
1954 - Gillingham 2-3 Watford D3S Att: 9,547
Billy Millar and Ernie Morgan both netted but the Hornets took the points
1960 - Gillingham 1-0 Barrow D4 Att: 3,671
Bill Albury scored the only goal of the game
1965 - Gillingham 1-0 Brentford D3 Att: 14,475
Full-back Tony Weston scored the winner against the Bees
1971 - Gillingham 0-1 Doncaster R D3 Att: 3,209
1982 - Gillingham 0-1 W.B.A FAC4 Att: 16,000
1985 - Gillingham 2-2 Colchester Utd FRT1R1L Att: 963
Keith Oakes and Paul Shinners were the marksmen against the U's
1988 - Gillingham 0-1 Wigan Athletic D3 Att: 4,256
1989 - Gillingham 3-0 SM Caen Fr Att: 1,093
Goals from Gavin Peacock and Mark Cooper (2) proved too good for the French outfit in this friendly
1993 - Gillingham 0-1 Cardiff City D4 Att: 4,066
1999 - Torquay Utd 0-1 Gillingham AWS3 Att: 3,171
Robert Taylor thumped home the winner at Plainmoor
2007 - Swansea City 2-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 9,675
Adebayo Akinfenwa, later to join the Gills, opened the scoring for the Swans at the Liberty Stadium
2010 - Gillingham 0-0 Colchester Utd L1 Att: 4,948
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DEBUTS...
The following player made his Gillingham debut in the above games...
2007 - Romain Larrieu at Swansea
2010 - Darren Dennehy, Rene Howe and Tristan Plummer versus Colchester
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BIRTHS...
1953 - Terry Cochrane
Born in Killyleagh, Cochrane had played for Castlewellan Town FC, Derry City, Linfield, Coleraine FC, Burnley, Eastern AA (Hong Kong) and Middlesbrough before coming to Priestfield Stadium in October 1983, initially on a month's loan after a falling out with boss Malcolm Allison at Ayresome Park.
The temperamental winger had international pedigree with Northern Ireland winning a total of 26 caps, 13 of which were as a substitute. His last two caps came as a Gills player against Scotland (December 1983) and Finland (May 1984).
Terry was skilful, he was able to knock in pin-point crosses with either feet, he could score goals, he was a crowd-pleaser and very much the joker of the pack.
He was part of an exciting team here at Gillingham as he, Martin Robinson and Dave Mehmet not only provided useful ammunition for goal-scorers David Shearer and Tony Cascarino but weren't adverse to the odd goal or two themselves, he made his Gills debut against Preston, scoring in a 2-0 home victory
The winner of the Player of the Year award for the 1984-85 campaign went on to score 21 goals in 131 appearances for the club, not bad for a free transfer.
After leaving Gillingham in 1986, Cochrane had short playing spells with Dallas Sidekicks, Millwall, Hartlepool United, Billingham Synthonia and Marske United before coaching the Saudi Arabian Military team. He also had spells as player-manager of the ill-fated South Bank and then Ferryhill Athletic.
Cochrane has since remained in the Teesside area, apart from a spell as manager at Carnegie Irish Premier League Glenavon FC, where he has coached youngsters as well as working in the media with the likes of Sky Sports and the Press Association.