There are so many great stories to tell about Dave Gibson. No doubt you've read his wonderful book, but there's a lot more to be told. If I have a chance I'll put an article on here. For the time being here's just a couple of snippets.
This was the Mirror headline when we signed him in January 1962:
In the article it says he got the nickname beacuse of his 'sparow-thin legs' (that picture's not him by the way).
When we signed him the only problem was he hadn't finished his national service. He was due to fly out to Aden shortly afterwards. But Gibbo had a little ruse going. He kept getting doctor's notes to say he was sick when there was nothing wrong with him.
He quickly became a Filbert Street favourite, a report from a 2-2 draw with West Ham saying 'he worked his way through the Hammers defence, grinning perpetually'.
It wasn't just Gibbo grinning. With the ruse continuing, one newspaper headline was 'the whole of Leicester is laughing'.
Then he scored his first ever goal for us against Wolves. Great picture here of that moment:
The Army finally sussed him out, and he had to fly out to the Middle East. But he'd soon be back to continue the love affair. I only wish I'd had a chance to see him play.