Norman Alan Stewart Gibson[1] (28 May 1923 – 10 April 1997) was an English journalist, writer and radio broadcaster, best known for his work in connection with cricket, though he also sometimes covered football and rugby union.

At various times Alan Gibson was also a university lecturer, poet, BBC radio producer, historian, Baptist lay preacher and Liberal Party parliamentary candidate.

Alan Gibson was born at Sheffield in Yorkshire, but the family moved to Leyton, on the north-eastern outskirts of London, when he was seven,[2] and subsequently to the West Country, where he attended Taunton School.

[3] He was briefly a travelling lecturer with University College, Exeter, before getting a job with the West Region of the BBC Radio Home Service.

[8] In his pieces he coined the descriptions "the Sage of Longparish" for his colleague John Woodcock, "the Demon of Frome" for Colin Dredge of Somerset, the Old Bald Blighter (the OBB) for Brian Close and "the Shoreditch Sparrow" for Robin Jackman.

"[9] In 1975 he was chosen to give the address at the memorial service for Sir Neville Cardus, held at St Paul's, Covent Garden.