 Gillingham 's first game back in the Football League saw the Kent club hold fellow new entrants Colchester United to a 0 – 0 draw at Priestfield in front of 19 @,@ 542 fans . The 1950 – 51 season saw the Gills both concede and score nine goals in individual matches , and finished with them bottom of the table , a performance which was repeated the following season . In 1952 striker Jimmy Scarth set a Football League record when he scored a hat @-@ trick in approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds against Leyton Orient , which was officially recognised as the fastest hat @-@ trick in the history of the Football League until February 2004 . 
