2007/08赛季,吉尔伯特的表现平稳但不突出。在北爱尔兰杯大奖赛上,他击败肖国栋晋级48强,但在与奈吉尔-邦德的对垒中以5-3负于对方。
前一场比赛,他在梦寐以求的谢菲尔德以很兴奋的状态完成了他的首度亮相,这是吉尔伯特职业生涯中表现最好的一场比赛。
在纽波特举行的威尔士公开赛上,他在赢得两场资格赛后击败詹姆斯-瓦塔那,尔后败给史蒂夫-戴维斯。
这位塔姆沃斯球手以极好的状态打入世界斯诺克锦标赛资格赛,击败阿尔菲-伯顿、杰拉德-格林以及马克-金进入克鲁斯堡。“我迫不及待地想来这儿比赛”,他说:“我本该在接下来的六周里跟爸爸字农场种土豆,每天工作16-18小时,但我要缺席了,我得努力练习,以便在克鲁斯堡好好表现。”
吉尔伯特希望当他在第一轮打到5-1的时候,斯蒂芬-亨德利能尝尝他的薯片,但是亨德利最终以10-7获胜。不论如何,对吉尔伯特来说这都是印象深刻的首次亮相。他赛后透露,他的母亲琼曾被诊断患有乳癌,感谢上帝,她现在完全康复了。
2007: Plays at the Crucible for the first time and takes a 5-1 lead over Stephen Hendry, only to lose 10-7.
2011: Comes within one match of quitting snooker, but after being relegated from the pro tour and losing in the final round of the first two Q school events, he wins his card back in the third and last event. Otherwise he could now have been working for his father’s farming company.
2012: Wins a match at the Crucible for the first time, beating Martin Gould, before losing to Neil Robertson.
2015: Reaches the final of a ranking event for the first time at the International Championship in China but John Higgins denies him the trophy.