Thomas Gibson

Position: half-back

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	59	32	12	15	108	73	+35	54.24
A	56	21	9	26	97	104	-7	37.50
TOTALS	115	53	21	41	205	177	+28	46.09

Name: Thomas Richard Donald "Don" Gibson

Birthdate: 12-05-1929

Age: 96

Birthplace: Manchester, England

Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Weight: 11st 4lbs (71.67kg)

Years at Club: 1950-1955

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 11/1946. Signed Professional: 08/1947

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 26/08/1950 v Bolton Wanderers (A) 0-1 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Sheffield Wednesday, 06/1955, £8,000

Passed Away: 16/09/2024

Biography

Don Gibson is the son-in-law of former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby, married to Sheena for 59 years.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1950-1951	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
2.	1951-1952	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
3.	1952-1953	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
4.	1953-1954	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
5.	1954-1955	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
TOTALS		0	108	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	115

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

Player never scored for club.

No	Opponent

1.	Charlton Athletic	7
2.	Sunderland	7
3.	Aston Villa	6
4.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6
5.	Arsenal	6
6.	Chelsea	6
7.	Newcastle United	6
8.	Bolton Wanderers	5
9.	Tottenham Hotspur	5
10.	Portsmouth	5
11.	Burnley	5
12.	West Bromwich Albion	5
13.	Middlesbrough	4
14.	Everton	4
15.	Stoke City	4
16.	Manchester City	4
17.	Preston North End	4
18.	Cardiff City	4
19.	Sheffield Wednesday	3
20.	Huddersfield Town	3
21.	Derby County	3
22.	Liverpool	2
23.	Blackpool	2
24.	Sheffield United	2
25.	Leicester City	2
26.	Reading	2
27.	Fulham	1
28.	Leeds United	1
29.	Birmingham City	1

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Seed, Jimmy	7
2.	Murray, Bill	7
3.	Cullis, Stan	6
4.	Whittaker, Tom	6
5.	Rowe, Arthur	5
6.	Hill, Frank	5
7.	Jack, David	4
8.	Britton, Cliff	4
9.	Ridding, Bill	4
10.	Seymour, Stan	4
11.	McDowall, Les	4
12.	Drake, Ted	4
13.	Taylor, Eric	3
14.	Martin, George	3
15.	McMillan, Stuart	3
16.	Lever, Eddie	3
17.	Smith, Joe	2
18.	Aston Villa Directors	2
19.	Jackson, Bob	2
20.	Birrell, Billy	2
21.	McGrory, Bob	2
22.	Smith, Jack	2
23.	Stephenson, George	2
24.	Scott, Will	2
25.	Taylor, Frank	2
26.	Spiers, Cyril	2
27.	Buckingham, Vic	2
28.	Morris, Trevor	2
29.	Freeman, Reg	2
30.	Brown, Alan	2
31.	Houghton, Eric	2
32.	Smith, Arthur	2
33.	Rowley, Walter	1
34.	Kay, George	1
35.	Dodgin(snr), Bill	1
36.	Buckley, Frank	1
37.	Brocklebank, Bob	1
38.	Carver, Jesse	1
39.	Welsh, Don	1
40.	Bullock, Norman	1
41.	Beattie, Andy	1
42.	Leicester City Committee	1
43.	Livingstone, Doug	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

115

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Charlton Athletic	7
2.	Sunderland	7
3.	Aston Villa	6
4.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6
5.	Arsenal	6
6.	Chelsea	6
7.	Newcastle United	6
8.	Bolton Wanderers	5
9.	Tottenham Hotspur	5
10.	Portsmouth	5
11.	Burnley	5
12.	West Bromwich Albion	5
13.	Middlesbrough	4
14.	Everton	4
15.	Stoke City	4
16.	Manchester City	4
17.	Preston North End	4
18.	Cardiff City	4
19.	Sheffield Wednesday	3
20.	Huddersfield Town	3
21.	Derby County	3
22.	Liverpool	2
23.	Blackpool	2
24.	Sheffield United	2
25.	Leicester City	2
26.	Reading	2
27.	Fulham	1
28.	Leeds United	1
29.	Birmingham City	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	111
2.	Wales	4

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	108
2.	FA Cup	6
3.	Charity Shield	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	59
2.	Molineux	4
3.	The Valley	4
4.	Villa Park	4
5.	Highbury	3
6.	Maine Road	3
7.	Roker Park	3
8.	Stamford Bridge	3
9.	The Hawthorns	3
10.	White Hart Lane	3
11.	Ayresome Park	2
12.	Burnden Park	2
13.	Deepdale	2
14.	Fratton Park	2
15.	Goodison Park	2
16.	Leeds Road	2
17.	Ninian Park	2
18.	Turf Moor	2
19.	Anfield	1
20.	Baseball Ground	1
21.	Bramall Lane	1
22.	Craven Cottage	1
23.	Elm Park	1
24.	Filbert Street	1
25.	Hillsborough	1
26.	St Andrews	1
27.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
28.	Victoria Ground	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

24-09-1952

Newcastle United

4-2

Charity Shield

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	26-08-1950	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	A		Nat Lofthouse 78'
2.	30-08-1950	Liverpool	1-0	H	John Downie 23'
3.	02-09-1950	Blackpool	1-0	H	Thomas Bogan 8'
4.	04-09-1950	Aston Villa	3-1	A	Jack Rowley 14', 65', Stan Pearson 61'	Trevor Ford 80'
5.	09-09-1950	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A		Sonny Walters 44'
6.	13-09-1950	Aston Villa	0-0	H
7.	16-09-1950	Charlton Athletic	3-0	H	Jack Rowley 10', Stan Pearson 44', Jimmy Delaney 77'
8.	23-09-1950	Middlesbrough	2-1	A	Stan Pearson 13', 58'	Lloyd Delapenha 41'
9.	30-09-1950	Wolves	0-0	A
10.	07-10-1950	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	H	John Downie 7', Harry McShane 31', Jack Rowley 37'	Hugh McJarrow 89'
11.	14-10-1950	Arsenal	0-3	A		Henry Cockburn 16' (o.g.), Doug Lishman 60', Peter Goring 71'
12.	21-10-1950	Portsmouth	0-0	H
13.	28-10-1950	Everton	4-1	A	Jack Rowley 40', 62', Stan Pearson 75', John Aston Snr 86'	James McIntosh 46'
14.	04-11-1950	Burnley	1-1	H	Harry McShane 60'	William Holden 35'
15.	11-11-1950	Chelsea	0-1	A		Hugh Billington 59'
16.	18-11-1950	Stoke City	0-0	H
17.	25-11-1950	West Bromwich Albion	1-0	A	Brian Birch 60'
18.	02-12-1950	Newcastle United	1-2	H	Brian Birch 39'	George Hannah 64', Thomas Walker 86'
19.	09-12-1950	Huddersfield Town	3-2	A	John Aston Snr 13', 75', Clifford Birkett 56'	Vic Metcalfe 32' (pen), Jeff Taylor 42'
20.	16-12-1950	Fulham	2-2	A	Stan Pearson 52', 62'	Arthur Stevens 10', 27' (pen)
21.	23-12-1950	Bolton Wanderers	2-3	H	Stan Pearson 11', John Aston Snr 49'	Harry Webster 2', Nat Lofthouse 38', 62'
22.	25-12-1950	Sunderland	1-2	A	John Aston Snr 2'	Tommy Wright 5', 62'
23.	26-12-1950	Sunderland	3-5	H	John Aston Snr 2', Thomas Bogan 44', 75'	Billy Bingham 3', Dickie Davis 61', Ivor Broadis 29', 30', 40'
24.	13-01-1951	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	H	Brian Birch 15', Jack Rowley 50'	Eddie Baily 7'
25.	20-01-1951	Charlton Athletic	2-1	A	Clifford Birkett 46', John Aston Snr 39'	Gordon Hurst 10'
26.	27-01-1951	Leeds United	4-0	H	Stan Pearson 7', 25', 30', Jack Rowley 24'
27.	03-02-1951	Middlesbrough	1-0	H	Stan Pearson 37'
28.	10-02-1951	Arsenal	1-0	H	Stan Pearson 17'
29.	17-02-1951	Wolves	2-1	H	Jack Rowley 46', Brian Birch 54'	Dennis Wilshaw 9'
30.	24-02-1951	Birmingham City	0-1	A		James Higgins 1'
31.	26-02-1951	Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	A	Stan Pearson 3', John Downie 36', Jack Rowley 55', Harry McShane 70'
32.	17-03-1951	Everton	3-0	H	John Aston Snr 1', John Downie 11', Stan Pearson 37'
33.	23-03-1951	Derby County	2-0	H	John Downie 40', John Aston Snr 68'
34.	24-03-1951	Burnley	2-1	A	Harry McShane 18', John Aston Snr 60'	Roy Stephenson 21'
35.	14-04-1951	West Bromwich Albion	3-0	H	Jack Rowley 27', Stan Pearson 84', John Downie 85'
36.	22-08-1951	Middlesbrough	4-2	H	Jack Rowley 10', 46', 72' , Stan Pearson 14'	Neil Mochan 77', 90'
37.	25-08-1951	Newcastle United	2-1	H	Jack Rowley 49', John Downie 59'	George Robledo 18'
38.	29-08-1951	Middlesbrough	4-1	A	Stan Pearson 25', 66', Jack Rowley 58', 90'	Lloyd Delapenha 85' (pen)
39.	01-09-1951	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	A		Nat Lofthouse 52'
40.	05-09-1951	Charlton Athletic	3-2	H	Jack Rowley 23', 87', John Downie 90'	Billy Kiernan 40', Charlie Vaughan 50'
41.	08-09-1951	Stoke City	4-0	H	Jack Rowley 7', 69', 79', Stan Pearson 86'
42.	12-09-1951	Charlton Athletic	2-2	A	John Downie 14', 65'	Billy Kiernan 29', Gordon Hurst 82'
43.	15-09-1951	Manchester City	2-1	A	Johnny Berry 8', Harry McShane 88'	John Hart 63'
44.	22-09-1951	Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	A		Les Medley 44', Sonny Walters 64'
45.	29-09-1951	Preston North End	1-2	H	John Aston Snr 2'	Eddie Quigley 10', Charlie Wayman 78'
46.	06-10-1951	Derby County	2-1	H	Stan Pearson 38', Johnny Berry 87'	Jack Stamps 33'
47.	13-10-1951	Aston Villa	5-2	A	Stan Pearson 8', 54', Jack Rowley 53', 59', Ernie Bond 57'	William Goffin 4', Herbert Smith 44'
48.	20-10-1951	Sunderland	0-1	H		Dickie Davis 70'
49.	27-10-1951	Wolves	2-0	A	Stan Pearson 7', Jack Rowley 77'
50.	03-11-1951	Huddersfield Town	1-1	H	Stan Pearson 77'	Vic Metcalfe 81' (pen)
51.	10-11-1951	Chelsea	2-4	A	Stan Pearson 8', Jack Rowley 17'	Seamus D'Arcy 18', 75', Roy Bentley 33', Bobby Smith 70'
52.	17-11-1951	Portsmouth	1-3	H	John Downie 49'	Marcel Gaillard 27', Jackie Henderson 17', Henry Cockburn 52' (o.g.)
53.	23-08-1952	Chelsea	2-0	H	John Downie 63', Johnny Berry 80'
54.	03-09-1952	Arsenal	0-0	H
55.	06-09-1952	Portsmouth	0-2	A		Peter Harris 63', Johnny Gordon 78'
56.	10-09-1952	Derby County	3-2	A	Stan Pearson 30', 83', 84'	Reg Harrison 50', Don Hazledine 55'
57.	13-09-1952	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H	Johnny Berry 56'
58.	20-09-1952	Aston Villa	3-3	A	John Downie 33', Jack Rowley 71' (pen), 73' (pen)	Norman Lockhart 26', Derek Pace 49', Kenneth Roberts 54'
59.	24-09-1952	Newcastle United	4-2	H	Jack Rowley 48', 53', Roger Byrne 63', John Downie 75'	Vic Keeble 35', 69'
60.	27-09-1952	Sunderland	0-1	H		Trevor Ford 23'
61.	04-10-1952	Wolves	2-6	A	Jack Rowley 19', 20'	Dennis Wilshaw 25', 54', Jimmy Mullen 46', Roy Swinbourne 40', 55', 88'
62.	11-10-1952	Stoke City	0-2	H		Brian Siddall 63', Bill Finney 77'
63.	18-10-1952	Preston North End	5-0	A	Stan Pearson 4', 37', John Aston Snr 12', 15', Jack Rowley 21'
64.	25-10-1952	Burnley	1-3	H	John Aston Snr 3'	Jimmy McIlroy 25', 36', William Holden 80'
65.	01-11-1952	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	Johnny Berry 38', 74'	Sonny Walters 5'
66.	08-11-1952	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	H	Stan Pearson 88'	Derek Dooley 30'
67.	15-11-1952	Cardiff City	2-1	A	John Aston Snr 37', Stan Pearson 42'	Ken Chisholm 44'
68.	22-11-1952	Newcastle United	2-2	H	Stan Pearson 67', John Aston Snr 74'	Vic Keeble 26', George Robledo 85'
69.	29-11-1952	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	A	Eddie Lewis 8'	Ronnie Allen 51', George Lee 68', Frank Griffin 75'
70.	18-02-1953	Sunderland	2-2	A	Edward Lewis 56', David Pegg 39'	Allenby Chilton 84' (o.g.), Wille Watson 90'
71.	28-02-1953	Stoke City	1-3	A	Johnny Berry 22'	Roy Brown 31', 43', Alan Martin 57'
72.	25-03-1953	Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	H	David Pegg 11', Stan Pearson 49', 60'	Sid McClellan 37', Sonny Walters 51'
73.	04-04-1953	Cardiff City	1-4	H	Roger Byrne 86' (pen)	Wilf Grant 11', 75', Ken Chisholm 15', Mike Tiddy 60'
74.	19-08-1953	Chelsea	1-1	H	Stan Pearson 61'	John McNichol 39'
75.	22-08-1953	Liverpool	4-4	A	Jack Rowley 9', Roger Byrne 49' (pen), Eddie Lewis 60', Tommy Taylor 84'	William Liddell 20', Bill Jones 44', Louis Bimpson 54', Roger Byrne 58' (o.g.)
76.	26-08-1953	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	H	Tommy Taylor 21'	Jimmy Dudley 28', Johnny Nicholls 66', George Lee 74'
77.	27-03-1954	Arsenal	1-3	A	Tommy Taylor 2'	Jimmy Logie 53', 80', Cliff Holton 65'
78.	16-04-1954	Charlton Athletic	2-0	H	Dennis Viollet 61', John Aston Snr 70'
79.	17-04-1954	Portsmouth	2-0	H	Jackie Blanchflower 48', Dennis Viollet 77'
80.	19-04-1954	Charlton Athletic	0-1	A		Eddie Firmani 59'
81.	25-09-1954	Manchester City	2-3	A	Tommy Taylor 28', Jackie Blanchflower 86'	Billy McAdams 9', Fionan Fagan 21', John Hart 83'
82.	02-10-1954	Wolves	2-4	A	Dennis Viollet 28', Jack Rowley 73'	Roy Swinbourne 70', Peter Broadbent 77', Johnny Hancocks 84', Henry Cockburn 87' (o.g.)
83.	09-10-1954	Cardiff City	5-2	H	Tommy Taylor 30', 42', 59', 67', Dennis Viollet 60'	Trevor Ford 10', Ron Stockin 85'
84.	16-10-1954	Chelsea	6-5	A	Dennis Viollet 15', 41', 57', Tommy Taylor 38', 47', Jackie Blanchflower 63'	Seamus O'Connell 20', 67', 76', Jim Lewis 35', Ken Armstrong 61'
85.	23-10-1954	Newcastle United	2-2	H	Jimmy Scoular 52' (o.g.), Tommy Taylor 57'	Ivor Broadis 17', Robert Mitchell 75'
86.	30-10-1954	Everton	2-4	A	Jack Rowley 10', Tommy Taylor 20'	Dave Hickson 11', Tommy E. Jones 30' (pen), 85' (pen), Tommy Eglington 65'
87.	06-11-1954	Preston North End	2-1	H	Dennis Viollet 44', 75'	Jimmy Baxter 10'
88.	13-11-1954	Sheffield United	0-3	A		Colin Grainger 70', Jack Cross 75', Jimmy Hagan 83'
89.	20-11-1954	Arsenal	2-1	H	Tommy Taylor 60', Jackie Blanchflower 87'	Derek Tapscott 32'
90.	27-11-1954	West Bromwich Albion	0-2	A		Johnny Nicholls 44', Ronnie Allen 78' (pen)
91.	04-12-1954	Leicester City	3-1	H	Colin Webster 17', Jack Rowley 42', Dennis Viollet 70'	Derek Hines 20'
92.	11-12-1954	Burnley	4-2	A	Colin Webster 47', 57', 84', Dennis Viollet 88'	William Holden 14', Billy Gray 70'
93.	18-12-1954	Portsmouth	0-0	A
94.	27-12-1954	Aston Villa	0-1	H		John Dixon 20'
95.	28-12-1954	Aston Villa	1-2	A	Tommy Taylor 70'	John Dixon 25', Norman Lockhart 80'
96.	01-01-1955	Blackpool	4-1	H	Jackie Blanchflower 20', 89', Dennis Viollet 34', Duncan Edwards 78'	William Perry 80'
97.	08-01-1955	Reading	1-1	A	Colin Webster 85'	Allenby Chilton 22' (o.g.)
98.	12-01-1955	Reading	4-1	H	Colin Webster 36', 62', Dennis Viollet 53', Jack Rowley 64'	Dennis Uphill 84' (pen)
99.	22-01-1955	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H	Tommy Taylor 47'	Dennis Stevens 57'
100.	29-01-1955	Manchester City	0-2	A		Joe Hayes 65', Don Revie 89'
101.	05-02-1955	Huddersfield Town	3-1	A	David Pegg 15', Duncan Edwards 35', Johnny Berry 40'	Jim Glazzard 90'
102.	12-02-1955	Manchester City	0-5	H		John Hart 15', Fionan Fagan 58', 89', Joe Hayes 62', 69'
103.	23-02-1955	Wolves	2-4	H	Tommy Taylor 36', Duncan Edwards 38'	Ron Flowers 17', Les Smith 48', Johnny Hancocks 83', Dennis Wilshaw 82'
104.	26-02-1955	Cardiff City	0-3	A		Ron Stockin 30', 60', Gordon Nutt 73'
105.	05-03-1955	Burnley	1-0	H	Duncan Edwards 66'
106.	19-03-1955	Everton	1-2	H	Albert Scanlon 14'	John Parker 40', Tommy Eglington 50'
107.	26-03-1955	Preston North End	2-0	A	Albert Scanlon 14', Roger Byrne 60' (pen)
108.	02-04-1955	Sheffield United	5-0	H	Tommy Taylor 17', 65', Johnny Berry 66', Dennis Viollet 73', Billy Whelan 86'
109.	08-04-1955	Sunderland	3-4	A	Duncan Edwards 16', 52', Albert Scanlon 44'	Ken Chisholm 26', 49', 51', Stan Anderson 86'
110.	09-04-1955	Leicester City	0-1	A		Jack Froggatt 30'
111.	11-04-1955	Sunderland	2-2	H	Tommy Taylor 2', Roger Byrne (pen) 80'	Ken Chisholm 20', Billy Bingham 43'
112.	18-04-1955	Newcastle United	0-2	A		George Hannah 52', Len White 69'
113.	23-04-1955	Arsenal	3-2	A	Jackie Blanchflower 6', 60', Peter Goring 30' (o.g.)	Doug Lishman 3', 9'
114.	26-04-1955	Charlton Athletic	1-1	A	Dennis Viollet 4'	Syd O'Linn 34'
115.	30-04-1955	Chelsea	2-1	H	Albert Scanlon 34', Tommy Taylor 85'	Roy Bentley 82'

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