James Gibbons (footballer)

James Gibbons
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Playing position Full-back
Club information
Current team
Port Vale
Number 34
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Port Vale 0 (0)
2016Leek Town (loan) 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 11 October 2016 (UTC).


James Gibbons (born 16 March 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for League One side Port Vale.

Playing career

Gibbons turned professional at Port Vale in April 2016.[2] He joined Northern Premier League Division One South club Leek Town on a one-month loan on 17 September 2016, and made his debut for the club later that day in a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield.[3] He damaged an abductor muscle in the game and was ruled out of action for three weeks.[4] He made his senior debut for the "Valiants" as a 60th-minute substitute for Paulo Tavares in a 4–0 victory over Hartlepool United in an FA Cup tie at Vale Park on 4 December 2016.[5]

Style of play

Gibbons is a right-back, though can also fill in at left-back, and has been described as a "little terrier" by former manager Rob Page.[6]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leek Town (loan) 2016–17Northern Premier League Division One South2000001[lower-alpha 1]030
Port Vale 2016–17[7]League One0010000010
Career total 2010001040
  1. Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.

References

  1. "Port Vale FC Player Profiles". www.port-vale.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. Baggaley, Mike (26 April 2016). "Vale hand professional contracts to Dan Turner, Harry Pickering and James Gibbons". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. Baggaley, Mike (17 September 2016). "Port Vale: James Gibbons makes debut for Leek Town". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. "Latest news from Leek Town FC". Leek Post & Times. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. "Port Vale v Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. Baggaley, Mike (29 April 2016). "Port Vale: Scouting report on new signings Dan Turner, James Gibbons and Harry Pickering". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. "Games played by James Gibbons in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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