PAST TIMES: Gillingham

The last time that Barnet and Gillingham played each other was last season when they met in the 1^st round of the FA Cup. Barnet old boys, Simon King and Barry Cogan returned to Underhill with the Bees. Barnet went through to the second round after a fine 2-1 win, having been a goal down at half time after the Gills went ahead through David Graham. Ismail Yakubu equalised just past the hour following a Josh Wright free kick and then two minutes later, Liam Hatch scored the winner with a fine header following a superb Kenny Gillet cross. The Barnet team that day was, Harrison; Devera, Burton, Yakubu, Gillet; Carew, Bishop, Wright (Leary), Puncheon; Hatch, Birchall (Nicolau).

The previous cup meeting between the two sides had been back in 1947 when Barnet travelled to Gillingham for a 4^th qualifying round match and went down 3-1 with Ron Phipps scoring the Barnet goal.

In 2005, the two sides met in a pre-season friendly at the Priestfield Stadium and Gillingham won 3-0.

Barnet have previously met 8 times in the league, each club winning three times with two matches being drawn. The two sides first met in the 1991-92 season following Barnet's promotion from the Conference. Barnet won 2-0 at home and the game at the Priestfield ended in a 3-3 draw, Paul Wilson, Gary Bull and Kenny Lowe scoring. The following season, 92-93, Barnet again won 2-0 at home, while the away fixture was drawn 1-1, Mark Carter scoring. At the end of the season Barnet were promoted, but came back down the following season and the fixture resumed in 1994-95, when Barnet won at Underhill 1-0, Dougie Freedman scoring the Barnet goal, while Gillingham won their first league match between the two sides, 2-1. The last season that the two sides met in the league was 1995-96, after which Gillingham were promoted. The Gills did the double over Barnet that season winning 2-0 at Underhill, their only win so far at Barnet and then won 1-0 at the Priestfield Stadium.