Bradford Park Avenue
Which team did the player Jackie Gibbons belong to from 1945 to 1947?
Jackie Gibbons Albert Henry Gibbons ( 10 April 1914 – 4 July 1984 ) was an English professional footballer and manager who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur , Brentford and Bradford Park Avenue . After his retirement as a player , he managed in England , Israel , South Africa and at international level . Playing career . Amateur years ( 1937–1945 ) . A centre forward who remained an amateur for the first part of his career , Gibbons played for non-league clubs Uxbridge , Hayes and Kingstonian and had it not been for family influence , he may have turned professional with Fulham in late 1934 . Gibbons joined Football League Second Division club Tottenham Hotspur in July 1937 and scored on his debut , in a 3–0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday on 16 September 1937 . Owing to his RAF service , he obtained the nickname Wings amongst the Spurs support and made 36 appearances and scored 18 goals during the 1937–38 season , with 12 of his strikes coming in the form of hat-tricks in four consecutive games mid-season . He joined First Division club Brentford in August 1938 and made 11 appearances and scored one goal during a poor 1938–39 season for the Bees . Gibbons re-joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1939 , but failed to make an appearance in his second spell with the White Hart Lane club . Professional years ( 1945-1949 ) . The Second World War halted Gibbons career between 1939 and 1945 and during the war , he guested for Bradford Park Avenue , Brentford , Chelsea , Fulham and Reading . In 1945 , Gibbons turned professional and signed with Bradford Park Avenue to play the 1945–46 season in the wartime league and an expanded FA Cup . The Avenue advanced to the sixth round , with Gibbons scoring four goals in an 8–2 fourth round second leg win over Manchester City on 30 January 1946 . Avenue were admitted to the Second Division for the 1946–47 season and he made 42 league appearances and scored 21 goals . In August 1947 , Gibbons returned to Brentford , newly relegated to the Second Division , for a club record £8,000 fee . He was the clubs top scorer during the 1947–48 season , scoring 13 times . Across his two spells with Brentford , Gibbons made a total of 71 appearances and scored 19 goals before retiring in February 1949 . Managerial career . Brentford . Gibbons became manager of Second Division club Brentford in February 1949 , taking over from Harry Curtis , the most successful manager in the clubs history . Gibbons had been groomed to succeed Curtis at the helm . In March 1949 , Gibbons brought former Bradford Park Avenue teammate and future England manager Ron Greenwood to the club he supported as a boy and later named him captain . In February 1951 , Gibbons brought football analyst Charles Reep to Griffin Park on a part-time basis until the end of the 1950–51 season . Reep helped improve the teams goals-to-games ratio , which saved them from relegation . Gibbons managed Brentford until the end of the 1951–52 season , making three consecutive top 10 finishes in the Second Division , but he found himself at odds with the clubs board during a difficult time financially for the Bees . A falling out with star wing halves Jimmy Hill and Ron Greenwood towards the end of 1951 saw the Bees form tail off , with the club finishing the 1951–52 season in 10th place , after challenging for promotion in mid-season . Gibbons resigned in August 1952 and was replaced by his assistant , Jimmy Bain . Daring Club Bruxelles . Gibbons took over as manager of Belgian club Daring Club Bruxelles in 1953 and won the 1954–55 Second Division championship with the club . Israel . Gibbons took charge of the Israel national football team in 1956 . His tenure began with a 7–1 aggregate defeat over two legs to the Soviet Union in qualifying for the 1956 Summer Olympics . In September 1956 , Gibbons presided over Israels campaign in the inaugural AFC Asian Cup , defeating Hong Kong and South Vietnam on the way to finishing as runners-up to South Korea . After leaving the job , Gibbons stayed on in Israel to manage Liga Leumit club Hapoel Petah Tikva and guided the club to a runners-up finish in the 1956–57 season . After a spell coaching in Australia , he returned to Israel to manage Hapoel Jerusalem between 1961 and 1963 . Africa . Gibbons moved to South Africa to manage clubs Rangers and Transvaal . He accepted his final managerial position in 1966 , when he was named as manager of Kenya . He stayed in the job until October 1967 , when he was replaced by his assistant , Elijah Lidonde . International career . Gibbons was called up to the Football Association representative team for a tour of South Africa in 1939 . He scored six goals in six caps for England Amateurs in 1938 and 1939 and won one cap for the full England team during the Second World War . Personal life . Gibbons attended West Kensington Central School . During the 1930s and through the Second World War , he served in the Royal Air Force and was demobbed in 1946 . During the 1960s , Gibbons worked in Kenya for Coca-Cola . Honours . As a player . Kingstonian - Isthmian League : 1936–37 As a manager . Daring Club Bruxelles - Belgian Second Division : 1954–55