Colin Gibson (footballer)
Colin John Gibson ( born April 6, 1960 in Bridport ) is a former English footballer. The left-back won early in his career with Aston Villa the English Championship. In the pecking order but he was mostly behind Gary Williams and 1985 he took a next attempt at Manchester United. There he remained for five years, fell in the favor of coach Alex Ferguson but by the end of the decade, behind Lee Martin back. In Leicester City and FC Walsall last he let his active career until 1995 leak.
Sports career
Aston Villa (1978-1985)
After he had learned as a student playing football in Portsmouth, signed in 1976 at the Gibson distant Birmingham at Aston Villa a training contract. Two years later the carriage was followed in the first team and in his first season 1978/79 he came to twelve league operations. He was still a substitute against Bristol City (2-0) on his debut on 18 November 1978, after Gary Williams later his rival had meanwhile regularly acts on the left-back position, Gibson took over the role for the past eleven season games. While he was in the following year team regular, of a serious - ultimately leading to the End of career - a violation of his new competitor Mike Pejic " benefited " and he was able to hold at the beginning of the season 1980/81 against Eamon Deacy, he lost from his position November 1980 to its original rival Williams. At the end both came in about the same number of inserts ( Gibson: 21, Williams 22, to Deacy: 10) and thus had an identical roughly share of the profits of the English Championship.
Was similar to 1981/82 season, when Gibson first completed 23 league games in a row and to four European games before having to Tony Barton no longer came to the coaching change from Ron Saunders for the course and instead Wiliams took over. Also at the final victory in the European Cup of Champions against Bayern Munich ( 1-0) he had on the substitutes ' bench and was only allowed to warm up briefly when Williams had suffered a stroke. Only after the turn of the year 1982/83 he came back he regularly used and in the two Supercup matches against FC Barcelona, with a success (0-1, 3-0 aet) ended, he stood after first 45 minutes in the first leg on the bench the rest of the time on the court - Williams gave for the return leg on the right side. Without being able to Williams in the aftermath displace, Gibson remained in the next two years mostly a fixture in the team and acted occasionally in midfield. For the transfer fee of 275,000 pounds Gibson then moved the end of November 1985 then coached by Ron Atkison Manchester United.
Manchester United (1985-1990)
As offensive and shot strong left-back Gibson directed " United" good one. He surpassed this in the remaining games of the 1984/85 season with five league goals its yields in the previous years. When Alex Ferguson 's new coach in Manchester was in November 1986, Gibson kept his place at first, but lost that in 1988 the eight years younger than Lee Martin. Between mid-1988 and December 1990, he completed only eleven Official matches and winning the FA Cup in 1990, he wore only a marginal contribution when he semi-final against Oldham Athletic ( 3-3, Replay: 2:1 ) aground respectively, while in the second game by Substitutes. After a short rental period from the end of September 1990 at the second division Port Vale, he moved briefly to a year ago also active in the Second Division Leicester City.
Recent career stations (1990-1995)
Leicester was at the time in the fight to avoid relegation and the team of coach David Pleat had special problems in defense, which led to a variety of goals conceded. Ultimately, Gibson helped the team to a little more stability on the 'left side defense, but without the help of the competitor West Bromwich Albion, who could not win the last match against Bristol Rovers, the club was relegated. It could be secured and with Brian Little under new sporty line was from the former almost relegated suddenly rise aspirant with luck the League whereabouts. Gibson remained behind the new strain force Mike Whitlow only the role of the complement player and in the three years to the summer of 1994, he completed just 41 league games. Leicester reached in each case the playoff final for promotion to the first division and for the first two defeats (1992 against Blackburn Rovers (0-1) and 1993 against Swindon Town ( 3:4 ) ), he was missing in each of the formations. Only at the end of the promotion season 1993/94 he found his place in midfield and on the third play-off final against Derby County, which was won 2-1 and brought the longed-for access to the Premier League, he completed the entire season. However, in the new " elite class " of English football he was not represented because it was changed after the end of the contract in Leicester in August 1994 free transfer to FC Blackpool.
Gibsons stay in the trained by Sam Allardyce Seasiders took less than a month before he moved another league deeper for Walsall FC. There he met with Chris Nicholl on a coach who knew him since his early years at Aston Villa. In the midst of a very young team that finally brought about the rise in the third league, he provided the necessary experience. He then ended his professional career.
Among his activities after active career included reports of games of his former clubs from Leicester on the radio for BBC Radio Leicester.
Title / Awards
- European Champions Cup ( 1): 1982
- European Supercup ( 1): 1982
- English Championship (1): 1981
- Charity Shield ( 1): 1981