Having represented Enfield, Middlesex and London at schools level, Gibbins began his career as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur, where his father Eddie had played in the early 1950s. Joining the club at the age of thirteen, he scored the winning goal for the club in the 1974 FA Youth Cup final against Huddersfield Town.[2] He turned professional in December 1972. He spent a further two and a half seasons at White Hart Lane, but left in August 1975, to join Oxford United, without making his league debut. He stayed at the Manor Ground for only one season, before joining First Division Norwich City on a free transfer in June 1976. He gradually established himself at Norwich and started 1977–78 season as a regular in the Carrow Road side. He left Norwich in 1978 after 12 goals in 48 games, to play in the NASL for the New England Tea Men (costing £60,000). He returned on a permanent basis to English football in September 1979 when he joined Cambridge United.
He played 100 games for Cambridge, scoring 12 goals, before joining Cardiff City on a free transfer in August 1982. He helped Cardiff to promotion in his first season at Ninian Park, but left in October 1985 after scoring 17 goals in 139 appearances, joining local and Third Division rivals Swansea City in a swap deal involving Chris Marustik. The Swans were in freefall through the Football League and Gibbins left to join Newport County in August 1986, in effect going from one financially troubled club to another. Newport were relegated at the end of the following season, but worse was to come with the club in so much financial trouble that many of the players had to leave.
Gibbins stayed until March 1988 with Newport's relegation from the Football League almost confirmed, joining Torquay United on a free transfer having played 79 games and scored 8 goals for Newport. He was signed to aid Torquay's push for what would have been a surprising promotion given the turmoil and near relegation of the previous season, but in the end Torquay failed to secure automatic promotion and fell in the first leg of the play-offs. Midway through the following season, in January 1989, Gibbins returned to Newport County for £10,000, after scoring 5 times in 33 games for the Gulls. The most surprising aspect of this transfer was that Newport could afford a fee. They folded before the end of the season, their Conference record being expunged, and Gibbins moved back to Cardiff City in March 1989. He played a further 142 games for Cardiff, scoring 7 goals before ending his league career and joining the coaching staff at Ninian Park.
He later worked as assistant manager at Merthyr Tydfil, working under Colin Addison. In August 1998 he was appointed player-coach of Weston-super-Mare, before leaving to manage Merthyr Tydfil in March 1999. However, just six weeks into the following season, he resigned from Merthyr when they changed the managerial post to a full-time job. At the same time he held the full-time post working on player education for the PFA and did not want to give this job up.
^"Roger Gibbins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^"Spurs cup clash tests Gibbins' loyalties to their extreme". WalesOnline. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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roger, gibbins, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, ta. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Roger Gibbins news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Roger Graeme Gibbins born 6 September 1955 is an English former professional footballer He represented England at Schools level Roger GibbinsPersonal informationFull nameRoger Graeme Gibbins 1 Date of birth 1955 09 06 6 September 1955 age 68 Place of birthEnfield EnglandPosition s MidfielderSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1972 1975Tottenham Hotspur0 0 1975 1976Oxford United19 2 1976 1978Norwich City48 12 1978 1979New England Tea Men49 8 1979 1982Cambridge United100 12 1982 1985Cardiff City139 17 1985 1986Swansea City35 6 1986 1988Newport County79 8 1988 1989Torquay United33 5 1989Newport County 1989 1993Cardiff City142 7 1994 1998Cwmbran Town101 11 1998 1999Weston super Mare Club domestic league appearances and goalsCareer EditHaving represented Enfield Middlesex and London at schools level Gibbins began his career as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur where his father Eddie had played in the early 1950s Joining the club at the age of thirteen he scored the winning goal for the club in the 1974 FA Youth Cup final against Huddersfield Town 2 He turned professional in December 1972 He spent a further two and a half seasons at White Hart Lane but left in August 1975 to join Oxford United without making his league debut He stayed at the Manor Ground for only one season before joining First Division Norwich City on a free transfer in June 1976 He gradually established himself at Norwich and started 1977 78 season as a regular in the Carrow Road side He left Norwich in 1978 after 12 goals in 48 games to play in the NASL for the New England Tea Men costing 60 000 He returned on a permanent basis to English football in September 1979 when he joined Cambridge United He played 100 games for Cambridge scoring 12 goals before joining Cardiff City on a free transfer in August 1982 He helped Cardiff to promotion in his first season at Ninian Park but left in October 1985 after scoring 17 goals in 139 appearances joining local and Third Division rivals Swansea City in a swap deal involving Chris Marustik The Swans were in freefall through the Football League and Gibbins left to join Newport County in August 1986 in effect going from one financially troubled club to another Newport were relegated at the end of the following season but worse was to come with the club in so much financial trouble that many of the players had to leave Gibbins stayed until March 1988 with Newport s relegation from the Football League almost confirmed joining Torquay United on a free transfer having played 79 games and scored 8 goals for Newport He was signed to aid Torquay s push for what would have been a surprising promotion given the turmoil and near relegation of the previous season but in the end Torquay failed to secure automatic promotion and fell in the first leg of the play offs Midway through the following season in January 1989 Gibbins returned to Newport County for 10 000 after scoring 5 times in 33 games for the Gulls The most surprising aspect of this transfer was that Newport could afford a fee They folded before the end of the season their Conference record being expunged and Gibbins moved back to Cardiff City in March 1989 He played a further 142 games for Cardiff scoring 7 goals before ending his league career and joining the coaching staff at Ninian Park He later worked as assistant manager at Merthyr Tydfil working under Colin Addison In August 1998 he was appointed player coach of Weston super Mare before leaving to manage Merthyr Tydfil in March 1999 However just six weeks into the following season he resigned from Merthyr when they changed the managerial post to a full time job At the same time he held the full time post working on player education for the PFA and did not want to give this job up He was later manager of Cwmbran Town References Edit Roger Gibbins Barry Hugman s Footballers Retrieved 27 February 2018 Spurs cup clash tests Gibbins loyalties to their extreme WalesOnline 5 January 2007 Retrieved 27 February 2018 External links EditNASL Stats Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger Gibbins amp oldid 1164028575, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
