Neil Gibson (footballer, born 1979)

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Neil Gibson
Personal information
Full name Neil David Gibson [1]
Date of birth (1979-10-11) 11 October 1979 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth St Asaph, Wales
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Youth career
1992–1997 Tranmere Rovers [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Tranmere Rovers 1 (0)
2000–2001 Rhyl 5 (0)
2001–2002 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2002–2003 Southport 28 (1)
2003–2005 Halesowen Town
2005 Leigh RMI 12 (0)
2005–2012 Prestatyn Town 112 (14)
International career
1998–1999 Wales U21 [2] 3
Managerial career
2007–2011 Prestatyn Town
2011–2012 Prestatyn Town (Director of Football)
2012–2018 Prestatyn Town
2018 Connah's Quay Nomads (assistant)
2018–2020 Prestatyn Town
2020–2022 Flint Town United
2022–2024 Connah's Quay Nomads
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil David Gibson (born 10 October 1979) is a Welsh manager and former footballer who was most recently manager of Connah's Quay Nomads.

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Management career

He was manager of Prestatyn Town from the 2007–2008 season until March 2011 [3] when Lee Jones became first team manager and Gibson became Director of Football. He returned to the post of first team manager the following season, leading the club until January 2018 when he resigned. [4]

After a short spell as a coach with Connah's Quay Nomads, he returned to Prestatyn Town as manager in October 2018. [5] After leading the club to the Cymru North championship title in the 2019–20 season he left the club in October 2020, [6] unhappy with the direction of the club under the new owner Jamie Welsh. [7]

In December 2020 he was appointed manager of Flint Town United. [8] [9] He departed from the club in June 2022. [10]

In August 2022, he returned to Connah's Quay Nomads as the club's first team manager prior to the start of the 2022-23 Cymru Premier season. [11]

On 13 August 2024, Gibson parted company with the club. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Neil Gibson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Neil Gibson Profile". TranmereRovers.co.uk. Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 December 2000. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Jones, Dave (30 March 2011). "Lee Jones is new Prestatyn Town FC manager". North Wales Live. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Jones, Dave (25 January 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: Neil Gibson - Why I've left Prestatyn Town FC". North Wales Live. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Jones, Dave (8 October 2018). "Neil Gibson returns to Prestatyn Town as manager". North Wales Live. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Jones, Dave (9 October 2020). "Manager Neil Gibson leaves Prestatyn Town FC". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Jones, Dave (9 October 2020). "Neil Gibson: Why I've left Prestatyn Town for a second time". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Jones, Dave (nd). "Neil Gibson is the new manager of Flint Town United". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Neil Gibson confirmed as new manager of Flint Town United". deeside.com. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Flint Town United rocked by Neil Gibson departure". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. ↑ FC, Connah's Quay Nomads. "CLUB STATEMENT: Nomads appoint Gibson as new Manager". Connah's Quay Nomads FC. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Club Statement: Neil Gibson | Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club".


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