Terry Gibson

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Terry Gibson
Full name	Terence Bradley Gibson
Date of birth	December 23, 1962 (1962-12-23) (age 45)
Place of birth	Walthamstow, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1983 1983-1986 1986-1987 1987-1991 1991 1991-1992	Tottenham Coventry City Manchester United Wimbledon → Swindon Town (loan) Swindon Town	18 0(4) 98 (43) 23 0(1) 86 (22) 09 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Terry Gibson (born 23 December 1962 in Walthamstow) is an English former professional football player. He played as a striker for several clubs. He is married to Paula and has 2 children Chloe and Joshua

He was educated at Highams Park School in Highams Park, London. Gibson started his career at Tottenham Hotspur F.C making his 1st team debut at the age of 17 years and 6 days before moving to Coventry City F.C. Where his 52 goals in just over 100 appearances earnt him a transfer to Manchester United He later was a part of the Wimbledon team that won the FA Cup Final in 1988. Other clubs include Swindon Town F.C. and Barnet as player coach alongside Ray Clemence.

He was also coach of the Northern Ireland International team, assisting his former Wimbledon teammate Lawrie Sanchez to memorable victories over England, Spain and Sweden amongst others. Prior to this Terry was Assistant Manager at Wycombe Wanderers also working alongside Lawrie Sanchez where together they guided the third tier team to the FA Cup Semi finals in 2001 where they were narrowly defeated 2-1 by Liverpool. He was also appointed as coach of Premiership club Fulham in April 2007 assisting in the survival of the club in the Premiership. Terry left the club after the departure of Lawrie Sanchez in December 2007. He is now working as a co-commentator on Sky's coverage of Spanish football. Terry gained extensive experience of Spanish football whilst working as a Scout for Premier League clubs Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City. He combined this role whilst coaching Northern Ireland and was based in Southern Spain