Date: Wed 07 Jun 2023

By Steve Whitney

Gibson Makes Permanent Bucks Move

Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central newcomers AFC Telford United have confirmed that last season’s leading scorer, Montel Gibson, has agreed terms to remain at The New Bucks Head for the 2023/24 season.


Gibson had two separate loan spells with the Bucks last season, arriving from then-Southern League Premier Division Central side Ilkeston Town in September and returning to the Derbyshire club before issues around his full-time employment were ironed out, allowing him to make the move back to Telford for the second half of the season.

The 25-year-old re-joined Ilkeston in January 2022.

He had signed a permanent deal with Stourbridge in November 2021 after being on loan from National League outfit Grimsby Town since the start of the 2021/22 season.

He originally signed a three-year deal with the Mariners back in the summer of 2020, going on to make a total of 23 appearances in all competitions, scoring on 3 occasions.

He fell out of favour at Blundell Park following the arrival of manager Paul Hurst, having been signed by former boss Ian Holloway.

He started out in the youth ranks at Midland League Highgate United before being signed by Notts County.

He spent the 2016/17 campaign out on loan at various non-League clubs, including Romulus, Barwell, Hednesford Town and Sutton Coldfield Town.

After being released in the summer of 2017, he signed for Ilkeston Town before he joined Redditch United in March 2018.

He then switched to Bedworth United in November 2018 before linking up with Halesowen Town in July 2019.

His goalscoring prowess over the next eight months or so saw Halesowen in promotion contention in the Southern Division One Central and the Yeltz also memorably reached the semi-finals of the FA Trophy before the pandemic brought an early end to the 2019/20 season.

However, his exploits had not gone unnoticed and in the summer of 2020, he was signed by Holloway on a three-year deal.

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