Robin Gibson (footballer)

Robin Gibson

Personal information
Full name	Robin John Gibson
Date of birth	(1979-11-15) 15 November 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Crewe, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1998	Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Wrexham	77	(3)
2002–2007	Stafford Rangers
2007–2008	Droylsden
2008	Nantwich Town
2008–2009	Leigh RMI
2009–2010	Nantwich Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robin John Gibson (born 15 November 1979) is an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Wrexham.

Playing career

Crewe Alexandra & Wrexham

Gibson was a trainee for Crewe Alexandra at the age of 15.^{[ citation needed ]} After that he joined Wrexham in 1998 and made 77 league appearances. He is most remembered for his major goal against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup; knocking them out. On 17 April 2002, Gibson was released with seven other players due to financial cut-backs. ^[1]

Stafford Rangers

He later joined Stafford Rangers and went on to make over 100 appearances and has won the Staffs Senior Cup medal twice. He also scored a penalty for Stafford in the play-off semi-final against Harrogate Town in a game which led to their promotion to the conference at the expense of his current club Droylseden in the final. ^[2]

Droylsden and non-league

He left Stafford in the summer of 2007 and signed for newly promoted Droylsden who won the Conference North in the 2006–07 season. ^[3] Gibson then had a short spell at Nantwich Town where he failed to impress and was later signed by Leigh RMI. After spending a few months at Leigh RMI he was released. Later Robin "Gibbo" Gibson signed for Nantwich Town.

References

1. "Smith starts Wrexham clear-out". BBC Sport . 17 April 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2002.
2. "Gibson goal sees Rangers through". BBC Sport . 3 May 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
3. "Droylsden swoop to sign quartet". BBC Sport . 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.

External links

• Robin Gibson at Soccerbase