Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #323
Appearances:
228
Starts:
228
Goals:
10
Seasons:
10
Source: Football card Jimmy Gibson issued by Godfrey Phillips under the Footballers series, 1932-34.
Source: Football card Jimmy Gibson issued by Godfrey Phillips under the Footballers series, 1932-34.
Jimmy Gibson
Position
Midfielder
From
1926-27
To
1935-36
IMAGE CREDIT
Jimmy Gibson
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
228 |
1 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 10 |
Starts
228 |
1 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 10 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
10 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
James Davidson Gibson
Birth Date
Wednesday, 12 June 1901
Birth Place
Larkhall, Lanarkshire,
Birth Country
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Partick Thistle
From
For
£7,500
On
April 1927
Previous Clubs
Glengowan School |
Morning Star FC |
Larkhall Thistle |
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy |
Glasgow Ashfield |
1921-27 Partick Thistle |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Retired
For
Released
On
1936
Subsequent Clubs
Retired |
Source: Football card Jimmy Gibson issued by Godfrey Phillips under the Footballers series, 1932-34.
Source: Football card Jimmy Gibson issued by Godfrey Phillips under the Footballers series, 1932-34.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1927-36 Aston Villa, £7.5k, 228 | 10 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee |
Jimmy McMullan |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 7 May 1927
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 7 May 1927
Huddersfield Town (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 21 April 1928
Final Appearance
Monday, 13 April 1936
Wolverhampton Wanderers (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Monday, 13 April 1936
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Scotland
Died
1 January 1978, Aged 76
Jimmy Gibson
Player #323 for Aston Villa, James Davidson Gibson, known as Jimmy Gibson played as a midfielder for the club in the position then known as a wing half.
Jimmy played for Villa between 1926-27 and 1935-36 making 228 appearances and scoring 10 goals.
Jimmy was born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire Scotland on 12 June 1901 and he made his debut appearance for Villa in the final game of the 1926-27 season on the 7 May 1927 aged 25.
Villa had signed Jimmy from Patrick Thistle just a month previously in April 1927 for a fee of £7,500 and such was the influence of his partnerships with fellow Villa defenders, centre half Alec Talbot and left half Joe Tate that they became known collectively as “Wind, Sleet and Rain”.
Jimmy played junior football for Larkhall Thistle in 1918, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in 1919 and Glasgow Ashfield in 1920 before joining Partick Thistle in 1921.
By the time Jimmy joined Villa he had racked up almost 200 games for Thistle prompting Villa to splash out on their then record fee of £7,500.
Jimmy’s time with Villa however wasn’t a period of trophy winning success however he did help the club to an FA Cup Semi Final in 1934 with Villa losing to eventual winners Manchester City at Leeds Road, Huddersfield.
Jimmy also helped the club to 5 top five finishes including finishing 2nd twice in 1930-31 and 1932-33, and third place in 1928-29.
Sadly though, Jimmy was amongst the team who were relegated for the first time in Villa’s history - in the 1935-36 season. In doing so Villa became the last of the founder members of the Football League to have lost their ever present top flight status.
Following confirmation of the relegation, Jimmy played his final game for Villa on 13 April 1936 after which he retired from football.
Jimmy had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee and Villa’s first manager proper Jimmy McMullan.
Jimmy passed away in Erdington on 1st January 1978 aged 76.