David Moyes has made many a signing during his two spells in charge of Everton.
Not all of them have worked, but in the main, David Moyes has been able to make a lot of brilliant recruits.
Tim Cahill, Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar are a few examples, whilst Jack Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are more recent ones from his second stint.
Remarkably, one of his signings during his first spell at Everton is now plying his trade in the ninth tier of English football at Manchester-based club Wythenshawe FC.
Darron Gibson spotted playing at Wythenshawe FC
After coming through the ranks at Manchester United and playing 60 times under Sir Alex Ferguson, Everton paid around £500,000 to sign Darron Gibson in January 2012.
Gibson went on to make 69 appearances for the Toffees before leaving for Sunderland in 2017, with Moyes re-signing him on Wearside.
His career didn’t really go to plan from then on, as he was plagued by injury, so he decided to retire in 2021.
However, Gibson has been spotted playing in the ninth tier with Wythenshawe FC, as their TikTok account shared a video of the now 37-year-old.
Wythenshawe play in the North West Counties League Premier Division and currently sit 19th in the table.
Wayne Rooney convinced Darron Gibson to join Everton
Speaking back in 2012, Gibson revealed that then Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney actually convinced him to leave Old Trafford for Goodison Park.
“I spoke to Wayne about it last week,” Gibson admitted.
“He said he loved his time here, he loved the club and the players. He said it was a great club, the fans were great. He has asked me to get a shirt with my name on it, actually, for his son.”
Moyes said at the time of Gibson’s signing: “We’ve always had our eye on Darron because he can pass it well, he’s got a goal in him, and now that he’s here I’ll be expecting those things from him and more.
“But I’ve got to give him a chance to settle in and see how he goes. It took some other players a while to settle in when they came as well so we’ve got to give him the same chance.
“His age profile is important for us, we’ve got to work to get our age down and he fits that bill.”
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