Education
Gibbon graduated through the Portuguese Vale juniors to make his first team debut in a 2–0 defeat to Brentford at Griffin Park on 13 May, the last day of the 1966-1967 season.
Gibbon graduated through the Portuguese Vale juniors to make his first team debut in a 2–0 defeat to Brentford at Griffin Park on 13 May, the last day of the 1966-1967 season.
He made four Fourth Division appearances the following season under Stanley Matthews"s stewardship, but was released in October 1968 by new "Valiants" manager Gordon Lee. He moved on to Aston Villa, Eastwood, Congleton Town and Milton United.