Education
Gibson was educated at Highams Park School in Highams Park, London.
Gibson was educated at Highams Park School in Highams Park, London.
He started his career at Tottenham Hotspur, making his first team debut at the age of 17 years and 6 days, before moving to Coventry City in 1983. In 1981, he was loaned out to the Swedish team GAIS, who in that time played in the Swedish second division. His arrival came when Mark Hughes was in the process of agreeing a transfer to Football Club Barcelona of Spain for the end of the season, and manager Ron Atkinson was looking to buy a new striker.
The Reds had been top of the league when Gibson had joined them but a disappointing second half of the season sucked them down to fourth place, and Atkinson was sacked in early November following a terrible start to the 1986-1987 season.
His successor Alex Ferguson did not appear to want to keep Gibson at United, and with the arrival of Brian McClair in the 1987 close season Gibson was on his way out of Old Trafford after just 18 months. Other clubs include Swindon Town, Peterborough United and Barnet as player coach alongside Ray Clemence, while he also had brief stints as a trialist with Charlton Athletic and as a non-contract player with Tottenham, but did not play in either club"s first team during those spells.
He had spells as youth team coach and caretaker manager at Barnet after retiring from playing in 1995. He was also coach of the Northern Ireland national team, assisting his former team-mate Lawrie Sanchez to victories over England, Spain and Sweden amongst others
He was also appointed as coach of Premier League club Fulham in April 2007 assisting in the survival of the club in the Premier League.
Gibson left the club after the departure of Sanchez in December 2007. He is now working as a co-commentator on Sky Sports" coverage of Spanish football. Gibson gained extensive experience of Spanish football whilst working as a Scout for Premier League clubs Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City.
He combined this role with coaching Northern Ireland and was based in Southern Spain.