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…
1898 - New Brompton 2-0 Wolverton LNWR SLD1
Bill Ford and Jim Stuart scored the goals against the bottom club
1910 - New Brompton 1-3 Croydon Common SLD1
An Albert Court goal couldn't prevent a home defeat
1921 - Gillingham 1-0 Bristol Rovers D3
George Needham hit the only goal of the game
1927 - Plymouth Arg 0-0 Gillingham D3S Att: 8,141
1934 - Charlton Ath 2-2 Gillingham D3S Att: 3,954
Goals from George Purcell and Arthur Mills earned a point at the Valley
1938 - Gillingham 2-1 Exeter City D3S Att: 3,844
Laurie Fishlock and Fred Herbert netted to secure the points
1949 - Gillingham 3-1 Guildford City SLD1 Att: 9,171
Hughie Russell, Johnny Warsap and George Forrester were on target against the Surrey side
1955 - Gillingham 2-1 Crystal Palace D3S Att: 11,338
Ernie Morgan and Billy Evans were the marksmen against the Glaziers
1966 - Gillingham 1-1 Peterborough U D3 Att: 8,727
A Brian Gibbs effort earned a point against the Posh
1972 - Gillingham 0-2 Exeter City D4 Att: 3,755
1977 - Gillingham 1-1 Oxford Utd D3 Att: 4,919
Ken Price found the net to win a point for the Gills
1986 - Gillingham 1-1 Brentford FRT Att: 1,464
Derek Hales scored to help the Gills into the next round
1991 - Darlington 1-1 Gillingham D4 Att: 2,882
This one finished all-square - David Crown on target at Feethams
1994 - Colchester Utd 1-2 Gillingham D3 Att: 3,273
Victory at Layer Road came through Neil Smith and Nicky Forster
2000 - Gillingham 3-1 Sheffield Wed FAC5 Att: 10,130
Goals from Mark Saunders, Andy Thomson and Nicky Southall put the Gills into the Sixth Round
2002 - Gillingham 3-3 Stockport Co C Att: 7,217
A Colin Woodthorpe own goal plus efforts from Simon Osborn and Marlon King, a penalty, saw a six-goal thriller at Priestfield
2008 - Tranmere Rov 2-0 Gillingham L1 Att: 5,006
2011 - Gillingham 2-1 Aldershot T L2 Att: 4,810
A Cody McDonald double just gave the Gills the edge against the Shots
2013 - Gillingham 2-0 Northampton T L2 Att: 5,600
Goals from Myles Weston and Cody McDonald earned the points
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DEBUTS...
The following players made their Gillingham debuts in the above games...
1921 - George Russell versus Bristol R at home
1938 - Charlie Campbell and Fred Herbert when Exeter came to Priestfield
2008 - Barry Fuller and Stuart Lewis at Tranmere
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BIRTHS...
1947 - Bill Brindley
The Nottingham-born right-back began his career at Forest in February 1964 where he not only made 16 appearancesbut also won England honours at both schoolboy and youth level.
A £5,000 fee took him across the Trent to County in May 1970 where he was to play 250 times before Gerry Summers brought him to Gillingham in the summer of 1976.
He made his debut against Reading on the opening day of the 1976-77 campaign and scored in a 2-2 draw.
After being a regular at the start of the season, playing in 23 games, he lost his place in December and added just one further appearance as a substitute before moving to Grantham in July 1977.
Bill then played for Burton Albion and Alfreton Town before holding managerial posts at Meadows Albion, Boston, Heanor Town, Ilkeston Town and Arnold Town.
Unfortunately Bill lost a long battle with illness and died in April 2007.