Those Were The Games
Coventry City v Gillingham – November 13th 1996
For a small football club on the way up there are two basic dreams – to reach the top flight, and on the ...
Gillingham v Gorleston – November 16th 1957
On only five occasions in their history have the Gills entered the FA Cup at the “big boys” stage, as one of the final ...
Barrow v Gillingham – October 9th 1961
In 1957/58 the Football League announced its first major structural changes since 1920 and 1921 when the two Third Divisions had been introduced. ...
Gillingham v Southampton – August 28th 1920
Twenty five years previously, in 1895, New Brompton Football Club was on the crest of a wave. In just two seasons it had ...
Gillingham v Millwall - September 2nd 1950
It was the first Saturday in June 1950 and London was enjoying an early summer heat-wave. The red London Transport buses were creating ...
On the week of the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Gills365's resident historian Eccles looks back at life at Gillingham Football Club during the war years.
It was ...
Gillingham v Bolton Wanderers – Saturday May 9th 1987
Gillingham v Sunderland – Thursday May 13th 1987
Sunderland v Gillingham – Sunday May 17th 1987
It looked as though Gillingham had blown it ...
New Brompton v Swindon Town – Saturday April 27th 1895
In the late nineteenth century the snooty residents of Rochester and Chatham tended to look down their noses at the newcomer ...
Gillingham v Merthyr Town – Saturday April 26th 1930
History has dubbed the 1920’s “The Roaring Twenties”. A celebrity time with people like film star Rudolph Valentino, Charles Lindbergh flying ...
Gillingham v Swindon Town – Saturday March 31st 1979
Swindon Town v Gillingham – Saturday May 5th 1979
It has now turned thirty years since a certain home game was played with ...
Brentford v Gillingham – Monday November 18th 1991
When Gillingham were ignominiously relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1989, all the familiar clichés and excuses were trotted out. "We’ll ...
Barry Town v Gillingham – Saturday March 15th 1947
Like most football teams, myths have grown up around Gillingham that are often not born out by the facts – for example ...
Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town – Saturday April 28th 1979
The winter months of 1978/79 have gone down in political history as "The Winter of Discontent" - a period when trade unions ...
Gillingham v Northampton Town – Saturday February 26th 1955
On the face of it, the Gills home game with Northampton Town on 26th February 1955 appeared to be fairly routine. ...
Gillingham v Sheffield Wednesday – Saturday January 29th 2000
The photographer sitting to the left of the Rainham End goal captured the moment brilliantly. Across a darkening blue sky a ...
Nottingham Forest v Gillingham – Saturday November 18th 1950
Gillingham v Exeter City – Wednesday January 17th 1951
Whinging and moaning. A lot of fans think that this is a ...
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