John Gidman

Position: full-back

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	60	36	16	8	102	35	+67	60.00
A	55	24	13	18	79	67	+12	43.64
N	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	60.00
TOTALS	120	63	30	27	188	107	+81	52.50

Name: John Gidman

Birthdate: 10-01-1954

Age: 72

Birthplace: Liverpool, England

Height: 5' 11" (1.80m)

Weight: 12st 6lbs (78.93kg)

Years at Club: 1981-1986

Signing Info: Transferred from: Everton, 08/1981, £450,000 & swap deal with Mickey Thomas

Previous Clubs: Aston Villa, Everton

Debut: 29/08/1981 v Coventry City (A) 1-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Manchester City, 10/1986, £Free

Passed Away:

Biography



		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.	1981-1982	1	37	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40
2.	1982-1983	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
3.	1983-1984	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
4.	1984-1985	3	27	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	41
5.	1985-1986	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
TOTALS		4	95	0	5	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	120

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Ipswich Town	2	5
2.	Queens Park Rangers	1	2
3.	Nottingham Forest	1	4

No	Opponent

1.	Everton	8	0
2.	Tottenham Hotspur	7	0
3.	Liverpool	7	0
4.	Arsenal	6	0
5.	Sunderland	6	0
6.	Ipswich Town	5	2
7.	Aston Villa	5	0
8.	West Ham United	5	0
9.	Coventry City	4	0
10.	Nottingham Forest	4	1
11.	Birmingham City	4	0
12.	West Bromwich Albion	4	0
13.	Stoke City	4	0
14.	Leicester City	4	0
15.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0
16.	Notts County	3	0
17.	Brighton	3	0
18.	Southampton	3	0
19.	Watford	3	0
20.	Luton Town	3	0
21.	Sheffield Wednesday	3	0
22.	Swansea City	2	0
23.	Middlesbrough	2	0
24.	Manchester City	2	0
25.	PSV Eindhoven	2	0
26.	Dundee United	2	0
27.	Norwich City	2	0
28.	Queens Park Rangers	2	1
29.	Newcastle United	2	0
30.	Videoton	2	0
31.	Leeds United	1	0
32.	Dukla Prague	1	0
33.	Port Vale	1	0
34.	Juventus	1	0
35.	Raba Vasas Eto	1	0
36.	Blackburn Rovers	1	0
37.	Oxford United	1	0
38.	Chelsea	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Kendall, Howard	8
2.	Saunders, Ron	5
3.	McMenemy, Lawrie	5
4.	Lyall, John	5
5.	Clough, Brian	4
6.	Wilkinson, Howard	4
7.	Fagin, Joe	4
8.	Shreeves, Peter	4
9.	Milne, Gordon	4
10.	Neill, Terry	3
11.	Burkinshaw, Keith	3
12.	Bond, John	3
13.	Taylor, Graham	3
14.	Pleat, David	3
15.	Howe, Don	3
16.	Ferguson, Bobby	3
17.	Turner, Graham	3
18.	Sexton, Dave	2
19.	Robson, Bobby	2
20.	Toshack, John	2
21.	Murdoch, Bobby	2
22.	Sirrel, Jimmy	2
23.	Durban, Alan	2
24.	Bailey, Mike	2
25.	Allen, Ronnie	2
26.	Barker, Richie	2
27.	Reker, Jan	2
28.	Ashurst, Len	2
29.	McLean, Jim	2
30.	Brown, Ken	2
31.	Sibley, Frank	2
32.	Asprey, Bill	2
33.	Mackay, Don	2
34.	Kovacs, Ferenc	2
35.	Dalglish, Kenny	2
36.	Clarke, Alan	1
37.	Barnwell, John	1
38.	Smith, Jim	1
39.	Paisley, Bob	1
40.	Greaves, Ian	1
41.	Melia, Jimmy	1
42.	Novak, Ladislav	1
43.	McGrath, John	1
44.	Hawkins, Graham	1
45.	Trapattoni, Giovanni	1
46.	Verebes, Jozsef	1
47.	Giles, Johnny	1
48.	Charlton, Jack	1
49.	Saxton, Bobby	1
50.	Evans, Maurice	1
51.	Hollins, John	1
52.	McFaul, Willie	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Atkinson, Ron

120

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Everton	8
2.	Tottenham Hotspur	7
3.	Liverpool	7
4.	Arsenal	6
5.	Sunderland	6
6.	Ipswich Town	5
7.	Aston Villa	5
8.	West Ham United	5
9.	Coventry City	4
10.	Nottingham Forest	4
11.	Birmingham City	4
12.	West Bromwich Albion	4
13.	Stoke City	4
14.	Leicester City	4
15.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
16.	Notts County	3
17.	Brighton	3
18.	Southampton	3
19.	Watford	3
20.	Luton Town	3
21.	Sheffield Wednesday	3
22.	Swansea City	2
23.	Middlesbrough	2
24.	Manchester City	2
25.	PSV Eindhoven	2
26.	Dundee United	2
27.	Norwich City	2
28.	Queens Park Rangers	2
29.	Newcastle United	2
30.	Videoton	2
31.	Leeds United	1
32.	Dukla Prague	1
33.	Port Vale	1
34.	Juventus	1
35.	Raba Vasas Eto	1
36.	Blackburn Rovers	1
37.	Oxford United	1
38.	Chelsea	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	109
2.	Hungary	3
3.	Wales	2
4.	Holland	2
5.	Scotland	2
6.	Czech Republic	1
7.	Italy	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	95
2.	FA Cup	9
3.	Europa League	7
4.	League Cup	5
5.	Charity Shield	2
6.	Cup Winners Cup	2

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	60
2.	Anfield	4
3.	Boleyn Ground	3
4.	Goodison Park	3
5.	Highbury	3
6.	Roker Park	3
7.	Wembley	3
8.	White Hart Lane	3
9.	Filbert Street	2
10.	Highfield Road	2
11.	Hillsborough	2
12.	Maine Road	2
13.	Meadow Lane	2
14.	Portman Road	2
15.	St Andrews	2
16.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
17.	Vicarage Road	2
18.	Victoria Ground	2
19.	Villa Park	2
20.	Ayresome Park	1
21.	Carrow Road	1
22.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
23.	Ewood Park	1
24.	Goldstone Ground	1
25.	Kenilworth Road	1
26.	Loftus Road	1
27.	Manor Ground	1
28.	Molineux	1
29.	Philipstadion	1
30.	Raba ETO Stadium	1
31.	Sostoi Stadion	1
32.	Tannadice Park	1
33.	The Dell	1
34.	The Hawthorns	1
35.	Vetch Field	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	20-08-1983	Liverpool	W	2-0	Charity Shield
2.	18-05-1985	Everton	W	1-0	FA Cup
3.	10-08-1985	Everton	L	0-2	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

30-10-1984

Everton

League Cup

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.	29-08-1981	Coventry City	1-2	A	0	Lou Macari 43'	Steve Whitton 11', Peter Bodak 48'
2.	31-08-1981	Nottingham Forest	0-0	H	0
3.	05-09-1981	Ipswich Town	1-2	H	0	Frank Stapleton 13'	*Alan Brazil 6', John Wark 27'
4.	12-09-1981	Aston Villa	1-1	A	0	Frank Stapleton 42'	Gordon Cowans 16'
5.	19-09-1981	Swansea City	1-0	H	0	Garry Birtles 37'
6.	22-09-1981	Middlesbrough	2-0	A	0	Frank Stapleton 29', Garry Birtles 54'
7.	26-09-1981	Arsenal	0-0	A	0
8.	30-09-1981	Leeds United	1-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 80'
9.	03-10-1981	Wolves	5-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 9', Sammy McIlroy 21', 50, 76', Garry Birtles 86'
10.	07-10-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A	0		Steve Archibald 65'
11.	10-10-1981	Manchester City	0-0	A	0
12.	17-10-1981	Birmingham City	1-1	H	0	Steve Coppell 64'	Frank Worthington 33' (pen)
13.	21-10-1981	Middlesbrough	1-0	H	0	Remi Moses 82'
14.	24-10-1981	Liverpool	2-1	A	0	Kevin Moran 24', Arthur Albiston 89'	Terry McDermott 74' (pen)
15.	28-10-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	H	0		Mickey Hazard 7'
16.	31-10-1981	Notts County	2-1	H	0	Garry Birtles 40', Remi Moses 65'	Iain McCulloch 37'
17.	07-11-1981	Sunderland	5-1	A	0	Kevin Moran 20', Bryan Robson 53', Frank Stapleton 67', 71', Garry Birtles 89'	Stan Cummins 38'
18.	28-11-1981	Brighton	2-0	H	0	Garry Birtles 38', Frank Stapleton 68'
19.	05-12-1981	Southampton	2-3	A	0	Frank Stapleton 28', Bryan Robson 52'	Steve Moran 22', Kevin Keegan 43', David Armstrong 90'
20.	02-01-1982	Watford	0-1	A	0		Jan Lohman 44'
21.	06-01-1982	Everton	1-1	H	0	Frank Stapleton 82'	Graeme Sharp 32'
22.	30-01-1982	Swansea City	0-2	A	0		Alan Curtis 55', Robbie James 57'
23.	06-02-1982	Aston Villa	4-1	H	0	Kevin Moran 44', 78', Bryan Robson 62', Steve Coppell 66'	David Geddis 21'
24.	13-02-1982	Wolves	1-0	A	0	Garry Birtles 31'
25.	20-02-1982	Arsenal	0-0	H	0
26.	27-02-1982	Manchester City	1-1	H	0	Kevin Moran 39'	Kevin Reeves 17'
27.	06-03-1982	Birmingham City	1-0	A	0	Garry Birtles 18'
28.	17-03-1982	Coventry City	0-1	H	0		Steve Whitton 39'
29.	20-03-1982	Notts County	3-1	A	0	Steve Coppell 10', 61', Frank Stapleton 64'	Rachid Harkouk 70'
30.	27-03-1982	Sunderland	0-0	H	0
31.	10-04-1982	Everton	3-3	A	0	Steve Coppell 32', 48', Ashley Grimes 57'	Graeme Sharp 42', Mike Lyons 56', Adrian Heath 65'
32.	12-04-1982	West Bromwich Albion	1-0	H	0	Kevin Moran 67'
33.	17-04-1982	Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	H	0	Steve Coppell 65' (pen), Scott McGarvey 87'
34.	20-04-1982	Ipswich Town	1-2	A	1	John Gidman 18'	John Wark 36', 75'
35.	24-04-1982	Brighton	1-0	A	0	Ray Wilkins 87'
36.	01-05-1982	Southampton	1-0	H	0	Scott McGarvey 61'
37.	05-05-1982	Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	0	Frank Stapleton 36'
38.	08-05-1982	West Ham United	1-1	A	0	Kevin Moran 61'	David Cross 49'
39.	12-05-1982	West Bromwich Albion	3-0	A	0	Bryan Robson 25', Garry Birtles 36', Steve Coppell 77'
40.	15-05-1982	Stoke City	2-0	H	0	Bryan Robson 44', Norman Whiteside 44'
41.	19-03-1983	Brighton	1-1	H	0	Arthur Albiston 56'	Steve Gatting 7'
42.	22-03-1983	West Ham United	2-1	H	0	Frank Stapleton 47', Scott McGarvey 63'	Alan Devonshire 72'
43.	14-05-1983	Notts County	2-3	A	0	Paul McGrath 33', Arnold Muhren 79'	Rachid Harkouk 13', 88', Ian McParland 90'
44.	20-08-1983	Liverpool	2-0	N	0	Bryan Robson 23', 60'
45.	03-09-1983	Stoke City	1-0	A	0	Arnold Muhren 54'
46.	06-09-1983	Arsenal	3-2	A	0	Kevin Moran 8', Frank Stapleton 14', Bryan Robson 40'	Tony Woodcock 3', Brian Talbot 88'
47.	10-09-1983	Luton Town	2-0	H	0	Arnold Muhren 49' (pen), Arthur Albiston 72'
48.	14-09-1983	Dukla Prague	1-1	H	0	Ray Wilkins 89' (pen)	Tomas Kriz 60'
49.	26-10-1983	Port Vale	2-0	H	0	Norman Whiteside 15', Ray Wilkins 84' (pen)
50.	29-10-1983	Wolves	3-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 5', 42', Bryan Robson 30'
51.	11-04-1984	Juventus	1-1	H	0	Alan Davies 36'	Paulo Rossi 14'
52.	03-10-1984	Raba Vasas Eto	2-2	A	0	Alan Brazil 9', Arnold Muhren 75' (pen)	Tamas Preszeller 51', Peter Hannich 59'
53.	20-10-1984	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 68'
54.	24-10-1984	PSV Eindhoven	0-0	A	0
55.	30-10-1984	Everton	1-2	H	0	Alan Brazil 23'	Graeme Sharp 43' (pen), John Gidman 85' (o.g.)
56.	02-11-1984	Arsenal	4-2	H	0	Bryan Robson 6', Gordon Strachan 48', 58', Mark Hughes 78'	Ian Allinson 32', Tony Woodcock 36'
57.	07-11-1984	PSV Eindhoven	1-0	H	0	Gordon Strachan 97' (pen)
58.	10-11-1984	Leicester City	3-2	A	0	Alan Brazil 26', Mark Hughes 60', Gordon Strachan 89' (pen)	Ian Banks 36', Gary Lineker 84'
59.	17-11-1984	Luton Town	2-0	H	0	Norman Whiteside 56', 84'
60.	24-11-1984	Sunderland	2-3	A	0	Bryan Robson 13', Mark Hughes 15'	Clive Walker 16', 41' (pen), 44' (pen)
61.	28-11-1984	Dundee United	2-2	H	0	Gordon Strachan 9' (pen), Bryan Robson 47'	Paul Hegarty 47', Paul Sturrock 61'
62.	01-12-1984	Norwich City	2-0	H	0	Bryan Robson 14', Mark Hughes 32'
63.	12-12-1984	Dundee United	3-2	A	0	Mark Hughes 11', Gary McGinnis 40' (o.g.), Arnold Muhren 77'	Davie Dodds 25', Paul Hegarty 56'
64.	15-12-1984	QPR	3-0	H	1	John Gidman 25', Mick Duxbury 40', Alan Brazil 52'
65.	22-12-1984	Ipswich Town	3-0	H	1	Gordon Strachan 31' (pen), Bryan Robson 53', John Gidman 86'
66.	26-12-1984	Stoke City	1-2	A	0	Frank Stapleton 23'	Ian Painter 70' (pen), Carl Saunders 72'
67.	26-01-1985	Coventry City	2-1	H	0	Mark Hughes 20', Paul McGrath 26'	*Terry Gibson 41'
68.	02-02-1985	West Bromwich Albion	2-0	H	0	Gordon Strachan 8', 42'
69.	09-02-1985	Newcastle United	1-1	A	0	Kevin Moran 45'	*Peter Beardsley 81'
70.	15-02-1985	Blackburn Rovers	2-0	A	0	Gordon Strachan 7', Paul McGrath 87'
71.	23-02-1985	Arsenal	1-0	A	0	Norman Whiteside 31'
72.	02-03-1985	Everton	1-1	H	0	Jesper Olsen 37'	Derek Mountfield 43'
73.	06-03-1985	Videoton	1-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 60'
74.	09-03-1985	West Ham United	4-2	H	0	Mark Hughes 21', Norman Whiteside 39', 74', 88' (pen)	Graeme Hogg 36' (o.g.), Paul Allen 84'
75.	12-03-1985	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	0	Mark Hughes 23', Norman Whiteside 83'	Mark Falco 85'
76.	15-03-1985	West Ham United	2-2	A	0	Frank Stapleton 30', Bryan Robson 68'	Ray Stewart 25' (pen), Mick Duxbury 55' (o.g.)
77.	20-03-1985	Videoton	0-1	A	0		Geza Wittmann 19'
78.	23-03-1985	Aston Villa	4-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 11', 12', 20', Norman Whiteside 53'
79.	31-03-1985	Liverpool	1-0	A	0	Frank Stapleton 73'
80.	03-04-1985	Leicester City	2-1	H	0	Bryan Robson 69', Frank Stapleton 85'	Gary Lineker 38'
81.	06-04-1985	Stoke City	5-0	H	0	Mark Hughes 4', 65', Jesper Olsen 27', 80', Norman Whiteside 89'
82.	09-04-1985	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A	0		Lee Chapman 17'
83.	13-04-1985	Liverpool	2-2	N	0	Bryan Robson 69', Frank Stapleton 98'	Ronnie Whelan 87', Paul Walsh 119'
84.	17-04-1985	Liverpool	2-1	N	0	Bryan Robson 47', Mark Hughes 60'	Paul McGrath 39' (o.g.)
85.	21-04-1985	Luton Town	1-2	A	0	Norman Whiteside 71'	Mick Harford 68' (pen), 89'
86.	24-04-1985	Southampton	0-0	H	0
87.	27-04-1985	Sunderland	2-2	H	0	Bryan Robson 6', Kevin Moran 76'	Nick Pickering 16', Clive Walker 71'
88.	04-05-1985	Norwich City	1-0	A	0	Kevin Moran 34'
89.	06-05-1985	Nottingham Forest	2-0	H	1	John Gidman 8', Frank Stapleton 70'
90.	11-05-1985	QPR	3-1	A	0	Alan Brazil 40', 90', Gordon Strachan 54'	Gary Bannister 63'
91.	13-05-1985	Watford	1-5	A	0	Kevin Moran 90'+2	Nigel Callaghan 11, 14', Colin West 33', Luther Blissett 66, Kenny Jackett 82'
92.	18-05-1985	Everton	1-0	N	0	Norman Whiteside 110'
93.	10-08-1985	Everton	0-2	N	0		Trevor Steven 28', Adrian Heath 83'
94.	17-08-1985	Aston Villa	4-0	H	0	Norman Whiteside 48', Mark Hughes 50', 75', Jesper Olsen 84'
95.	20-08-1985	Ipswich Town	1-0	A	0	Bryan Robson 63'
96.	09-11-1985	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A	0		Lee Chapman 83'
97.	16-11-1985	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	H	0
98.	23-11-1985	Leicester City	0-3	A	0		Gary McAllister 6', Alan Smith 15', 30'
99.	26-11-1985	Liverpool	1-2	A	0	Paul McGrath 7'	Jan Molby 57', 58' (pen)
100.	30-11-1985	Watford	1-1	H	0	Alan Brazil 68'	Colin West 89'
101.	07-12-1985	Ipswich Town	1-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 30'
102.	14-12-1985	Aston Villa	3-1	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 19', Gordon Strachan 67', Mark Hughes 71'	Steve Hodge 29'
103.	21-12-1985	Arsenal	0-1	H	0		Charlie Nicholas 75'
104.	26-12-1985	Everton	1-3	A	0	Frank Stapleton 14'	Graeme Sharp 16', 47', Gary Lineker 40'
105.	01-01-1986	Birmingham City	1-0	H	0	Colin Gibson 50'
106.	11-01-1986	Oxford United	3-1	A	0	Norman Whiteside 11', Mark Hughes 74', Colin Gibson 83'	David Leworthy 53'
107.	18-01-1986	Nottingham Forest	2-3	H	0	Jesper Olsen 46' (pen), 67'	Colin Walsh 42', 82', Nigel Clough 88'
108.	25-01-1986	Sunderland	0-0	A	0
109.	29-01-1986	Sunderland	3-0	H	0	Norman Whiteside 28', Jesper Olsen 38', 54' (pen)
110.	02-02-1986	West Ham United	1-2	A	0	Bryan Robson 26'	Mark Ward 63', Tony Cottee 76'
111.	09-02-1986	Liverpool	1-1	A	0	Colin Gibson 15'	John Wark 40'
112.	22-02-1986	West Bromwich Albion	3-0	H	0	Jesper Olsen 26' (pen), 43' (pen), 70'
113.	29-03-1986	Birmingham City	1-1	A	0	Bryan Robson 84'	Ian Handysides 66'
114.	31-03-1986	Everton	0-0	H	0
115.	05-04-1986	Coventry City	3-1	A	0	Colin Gibson 13', Bryan Robson 28', Gordon Strachan 82'	Nick Pickering 51'
116.	09-04-1986	Chelsea	1-2	H	0	Jesper Olsen 68' (pen)	Kerry Dixon 46', 90'
117.	13-04-1986	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2	H	0		Carl Shutt 46', Mel Sterland 53' (pen)
118.	16-04-1986	Newcastle United	4-2	A	0	Bryan Robson 2' (pen), Mark Hughes 17', 44', Norman Whiteside 50'	Ian Stewart 20', Tony Cunningham 75'
119.	19-04-1986	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	A	0
120.	26-04-1986	Leicester City	4-0	H	0	Frank Stapleton 17', Mark Hughes 83', Clayton Blackmore 85', Peter Davenport 87' (pen)

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