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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Harrogate Town.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1339 | 6.84 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.5 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6.7 |
Scout report
L. Gibson is a 29-year-old full-back at Harrogate Town, rated 18.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 340th of 478 on scout potential in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (32.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gibson.
Judged on this season alone, Gibson graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two, on 3 clean sheets and 4.705 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 5 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 46th of 76 of the 76 centre-backs in the League Two. At 29 Gibson is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.3 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Harrogate Town finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.2 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
- Defensive volume. 4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 32.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 18.2, Gibson carries the 46th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 76, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Harrogate Town finished 23rd of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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