Willie Gibson, Queen's Park

[BMCCOLL]

Did Willie Gibson, who was trainer of Queen's Park from the 1940s, play for Newcastle United between 1923 and 1930?

[scottish]

There was a Willie Gibson, born Larkhall 1898, who played for Newcastle 1923-28 according to Michael Joyce but no idea whether it's the same one. Not exactly the most uncommon name for a player.

[BMCCOLL]

Yes, there are an astonishing number of W.G.s.

[ScottishFA]

Yes, same man.

See this link on his retiral from QP in 1963:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L-BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=46YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594,2604427&dq=gibson+queen's-park&hl=en

He also took charge of the Scotland players on a few occasions in the early 1950s, before we had a manager.

[BMCCOLL]

Excellent, thanks all.