Graham Gibson (born 19 July 1980 in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

) is a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who last played senior football for Scottish Second Division side

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

until 2012.

Career

Gibson started off his career with

junior club Lochore Welfare, before making the move into senior football midway through the 2001-2002 season with then

Third Division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...

side

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

. His ability was recognised by Glasgow side

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

, who gave him a move up the leagues in 2006, to the First Division, although his time there was short - being sent on loan to East Fife before being released after just over a year to return to the Third Division with

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

and then

After football

Since leaving Ballingry, he has been working full-time for The Courier.

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* (other stats, plus Forfar 09-present) * (Forfar stats 08/09) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Graeme 1980 births Footballers from Kirkcaldy Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Brechin City F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Scottish journalists Stenhousemuir F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Living people Scottish Junior Football Association players Ballingry Rovers F.C. players Lochore Welfare F.C. players