Bristol Rovers have tempted defender James Gibbons away from last season’s promotion rivals Port Vale with the versatile defender signing a two-year contract at the Gas.
Gibbons made 31 appearances in all competitions last season, including Vale’s 2-1 win at the Mem in December, as Darrell Clarke’s Vale secured passage into League One via the play-offs, but his contract had expired this month.
The 24-year-old was offered a new deal to stay with his boyhood club, having grown up a Vale fan and been there since the age of 11, but Joey Barton has convinced him to move to the West Country and he’ll join the rest of the squad for the start of pre-season from Monday.
