Tag: Gibson

Gibson Yah: Bristol City sign Dutch midfielder on four-year deal
26 June 2026 Off

Gibson Yah: Bristol City sign Dutch midfielder on four-year deal

By Total Football News

Bristol City have signed midfielder Gibson Yah from Dutch club Volendam on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old becomes the Robins’ third signing of the summer following the arrivals of goalkeeper Sam Tickle and midfielder Sam Greenwood earlier this week.

Yah started his career in the Ajax youth academy and joined Utrecht in 2022 before moving to Volendam last summer.

He made 26 appearances as the club

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Preston North End: Paul Heckingbottom on Callum Lang, Lewis Gibson and Coventry
10 March 2026 Off

Preston North End: Paul Heckingbottom on Callum Lang, Lewis Gibson and Coventry

By Total Football News

Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom has been speaking to the media before Wednesday’s visit to league leaders Coventry City (20:00 GMT).

Here are the main talking points:

  • Callum Lang has strained his hamstring whilst recovering from a knock and is unlikely to feature until after the international break. Heckingbottom told BBC Radio Lancashire that due to “his history, it would be too risky” for him to return sooner.

  • Their

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Preston North End news: Lewis Gibson ‘gives his all’ for the club
24 October 2025 Off

Preston North End news: Lewis Gibson ‘gives his all’ for the club

By Total Football News

Preston defender Lewis Gibson has said he always leaves everything out on the pitch when playing for the club.

Gibson has featured in each of Preston’s 11 Championship fixtures this season.

North End host Sheffield United on Friday (20:00 BST) sitting 11th in the table, but knowing that a win would take them into the play-off places ahead of the Saturday fixtures.

Gibson is keen to keep improving and told

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Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job
24 June 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job

By Total Football News

Edwards moves to the Riverside with a different backroom staff to the one he had at Luton.

He worked alongside Paul Trollope and Richie Kyle at Kenilworth Road, but Kyle is now at Bolton Wanderers and Trollope has been linked with joining up with Will Still at Southampton.

Edwards’ new-look team includes Adrian Viveash, who was number two to Mark Robins for seven years at Coventry City, and the younger

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Lewis Gibson: Preston defender says leaving Everton key to kickstarting career
10 January 2025 Off

Lewis Gibson: Preston defender says leaving Everton key to kickstarting career

By Total Football News

New Preston North End defender Lewis Gibson says leaving Everton in 2023 was key to kickstarting his career.

The 24-year-old came through the Toffees’ academy but did not make a single first-team appearance for the club.

He joined Plymouth Argyle in 2023 and helped the Pilgrims stay in the Championship last term before moving to Deepdale early in January, having made 63 appearances overall for the Devon club.

“It’s the

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Lewis Gibson: Plymouth Argyle coach praises defender after Preston move
6 January 2025 Off

Lewis Gibson: Plymouth Argyle coach praises defender after Preston move

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle interim manager Kevin Nancekivell has praised Lewis Gibson after his move to Preston North End.

The 24-year-old defender, who joined the Pilgrims on a free transfer from Everton in the summer of 2023, moved to the Lilywhites for a reported fee of around £1.5m on Friday.

The money has helped finance the club record purchase of Ghanaian midfielder Michael Baidoo from Swedish side Elfsborg as Argyle try and

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Preston North End sign defender Lewis Gibson from Plymouth Argyle
4 January 2025 Off

Preston North End sign defender Lewis Gibson from Plymouth Argyle

By Total Football News

Preston North End have signed Plymouth Argyle defender Lewis Gibson on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

The centre-back, 24, swapped Devon for Deepdale for a reported seven-figure fee during a “whirlwind 48 hours”.

“It’s a project now where I want to take it to the next level and try and break it into the top six and potentially go ahead,” Gibson told the club website.

“I’ve got real

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Ben Gibson: Stoke City ‘have to score more goals across the team’
3 December 2024 Off

Ben Gibson: Stoke City ‘have to score more goals across the team’

By Total Football News

Stoke City captain Ben Gibson says the side cannot just rely on their forwards to score goals.

The Potters have only managed two goals in their past four games and have drawn a blank in matches against Preston and Burnley.

“It’s not just on the forwards, just as it isn’t with the defenders when we keep clean sheets because we should have goals all around the team,” Gibson told BBC

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Ben Gibson: Stoke City defender vows to remain ‘noisy and loud’
19 July 2024 Off

Ben Gibson: Stoke City defender vows to remain ‘noisy and loud’

By Total Football News

Gibson has won promotion from the Championship twice – with Middlesbrough in 2015-16 and Norwich four seasons ago – and he joins a club that is desperate to get back to challenging for a top-flight return.

Since relegation from the Premier League in 2018, Stoke have failed to finish higher than 14th in the second tier.

Current boss Steven Schumacher is the club’s fifth manager in a little under five

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Ben Gibson: Stoke City sign Norwich defender on three-year deal
7 June 2024 Off

Ben Gibson: Stoke City sign Norwich defender on three-year deal

By Total Football News

Stoke City have completed their first summer signing by bringing in Norwich City defender Ben Gibson.

The 31-year-old former Middlesbrough and Burnley centre-back has signed a three-year deal with the Potters.

He has twice won promotion from the Championship, in 2015-16 with hometown club Boro, where his uncle Steve is the chairman, and again with the Canaries in 2020-21.

Gibson also played in the top flight for Burnley, who he

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