| Billy Gibson |
 William Gibson was born on Saturday, 1st August, 1981, in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire. The 5' 10½ (11st 13lbs) midfielder temporarily transferred to Derek Whyte & Gerry Britton's Thistle in February, 2004, from his parent club, Rangers. Aged 22, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 7th February, 2004, in a 5-1 win at home to Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Cup. Billy scored his first goal for Thistle on Tuesday, 20th July, 2004, in a 3-2 friendly win away to Athlitiki Enosi Paphos. He scored the last of his 13 goals on Tuesday, 8th August, 2006, in a 3-1 win away to Dundee in the League Cup. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 28th April, 2007, in a 0-0 draw at home to Livingston in the SFL First Division, having clocked up 139 appearances as a Jag. Billy's club-list included Rangers, Partick Thistle, St Patrick's Athletic, Clyde, Ayr United, Alloa Athletic, Linlithgow Rose and Kilbirnie Ladeside. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 22y, 11m, 19d | |
20.07.2004 Athlitiki Enosi Paphos [a] W3-2 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 11m, 30d | |
31.07.2004 Brechin City [h] W3-0 (Challenge Cup 1st Round) |
| 23y, 0m, 23d | |
24.08.2004 Stenhousemuir [a] W5-2 (League Cup 2nd Round) |
| 24y, 2m, 0d | |
01.10.2005 Alloa Athletic [a] W6-1 (SFL Second Division - game 8) |
| 24y, 3m, 11d | |
12.11.2005 Gretna [h] D3-3 (SFL Second Division - game 14) |
| 24y, 4m, 16d | |
17.12.2005 Alloa Athletic [h] W4-3 (SFL Second Division - game 17) |
| 24y, 6m, 10d | |
11.02.2006 Greenock Morton [h] D1-1 (SFL Second Division - game 24) |
| 24y, 7m, 10d | |
11.03.2006 Ayr United [h] D2-2 (SFL Second Division - game 27) |
| 24y, 9m, 9d | |
10.05.2006 Peterhead [h] L1-2 (Scottish First Division play-off Final, 1st leg) |
| 24y, 9m, 13d | |
14.05.2006 Peterhead [a] W2-1 (Scottish First Division play-off Final, 2nd leg) aet; agg: 3-3; W4-2 pens |
| 24y, 11m, 19d | |
20.07.2006 Montrose [a] W3-1 (Friendly) |
| 24y, 11m, 21d | |
22.07.2006 Alloa Athletic [a] W4-0 (Friendly) |
| 25y, 0m, 7d | |
08.08.2006 Dundee [a] W3-1 (League Cup 1st Round) |
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