John Gregory (footballer)

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John Gregory
Personal information
Full name	John Charles Gregory
Date of birth	May 11, 1954 (1954-05-11) (age 54)
Place of birth	Scunthorpe, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1977 1977–1979 1979–1981 1981–1985 1985–1988 1990 1990	Northampton Town Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Queens Park Rangers Derby County Plymouth Argyle Bolton Wanderers	187 0(8) 065 (10) 072 0(7) 161 (36) 103 (22) 003 0(0) 007 0(0)
National team
1983–1984	England	006 0(0)
Teams managed
1989–1990 1990 1996–1998 1998–2002 2002–2003 2006–2007	Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Wycombe Wanderers Aston Villa Derby County Queens Park Rangers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Charles Gregory (born May 11, 1954 in Scunthorpe, England) is an English former footballer and manager. He has previously managed Portsmouth F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Wycombe Wanderers, Aston Villa, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers. As a player, he was a versatile midfielder who started his career at Northampton Town and later played for Brighton and Hove Albion, Queens Park Rangers, Derby County and Aston Villa. He won six caps for England.

Contents 1 Managerial career 1.1 Early management Jobs 1.2 Wycombe Wanderers 1.3 Aston Villa 1.4 Derby County 1.5 Queens Park Rangers 2 Managerial stats 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Early management Jobs

His first two spells in management (between January 1989 and June 1990), first with Portsmouth and then with Plymouth Argyle, lasted just a few months each. Shortly afterwards, he linked up as a non-contract player with his former England team-mate Phil Neal, who was then manager at Bolton Wanderers.

He later worked under Brian Little on the coaching staff at Leicester City (1991-1994) and Aston Villa (1994-96) before moving back into management with Wycombe Wanderers in September 1996.

[edit] Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe were bottom of Division Two when Gregory took over, but he oversaw a massive improvement in league form which saw the club climb up to a secure mid-table finish. However, the side he put together failed to progress any further.

[edit] Aston Villa

Wycombe were performing well in February 1998 when Gregory quit to take the manager's job back at Aston Villa. He helped improve Villa's league form during the final 3 months of the 1997-98 season and they qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Halfway through the 1998-99 season Villa were Premiership leaders but a slump in form saw the club eventually finish sixth in the final table and miss out on a European place.

Villa reached the FA Cup final in 2000 but lost to Chelsea. Gregory finally quit in January 2002^[1], with Villa going on to finish eighth that season.

Gregory's spell at Villa is also notable as he became the last manager to field an all English starting 11 in the Premiership,^{[citation needed]} until Steve McClaren's Middlesbrough did the same against Fulham on May 7, 2006.

[edit] Derby County

John Gregory's next spell in management was with Derby County (January 2002 - March 2003).

When he took charge at Derby they were bottom of the Premiership, but after winning both of his first two games at the helm it looked as though he might be able to save them from relegation. Unfortunately, seven defeats from their final eight fixtures saw Derby slip out of the Premiership after six years. The club's financial problems meant that Gregory hadn't purchased any players during the 2002-03 season, and their subsequent form in Division One was disappointing.

He was sacked in March 2003 for alleged misconduct but later won £1 million in compensation for unfair dismissal. Due to the ongoing lawsuit, Gregory was unable to apply for another managerial position for some time, so he spent most of the next three years working as a television pundit.

[edit] Queens Park Rangers

On 20 September 2006 he was unveiled as manager of Queens Park Rangers. He replaced Gary Waddock, who had stepped down following a poor succession of results that had left the club bottom of the Football League Championship^[2]. This appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with unpopular chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest. After a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton, Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for Gregory's men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff City 1-0 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year.

Gregory was sacked as QPR manager on 1 October 2007 after another string of poor performances.^[3]

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Portsmouth		January 17, 1989	January 3, 1990	50	10	15	25	20.00
Plymouth Argyle		February 6, 1990	July 31, 1990	19	6	6	7	31.57
Wycombe Wanderers		October 22, 1996	February 25, 1998	76	25	23	28	32.89
Aston Villa		February 25, 1998	January 24, 2002	190	82	52	56	43.15
Derby County		January 30, 2002	March 21, 2003	55	16	9	30	29.09
Queens Park Rangers		September 20, 2006	October 1, 2007	48	13	12	23	27.08

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• John Gregory career stats at Soccerbase
• John Gregory management career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Portsmouth F.C. – Managers Brettell (1898–1901) • Blyth (1901–04) • Bonney (1904–08) • Brown (1911–20) • McCartney (1920–27) • Tinn (1927–47) • Jackson (1947–52) • Lever (1952–58) • Cox (1958–61) • G. Smith (1961–70) • Tindall (1970–73) • Mortimore (1973–74) • St. John (1974–77) • Dickinson (1977–79) • Burrows (1979–82) • Campbell (1982–84) • Ball (1984–89) • Gregory (1989–90) • Burrows (1990–91) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldonc (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNabc (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordanc (2005) • Redknapp (2005–) (c) caretaker

v • d • e Plymouth Argyle F.C. – Managers Brettell (1903–05) • Jack (1905–06) • Fullerton (1906–07) • Committee (1907–10) • Jack (1910–38) • Tresadern (1938–47) • Rae (1948–55) • Rowley (1955–60) • Buckingham (1961) • Dougall (1961) • Stuttard (1961–63) • Beattie (1963–64) • Allison (1964–65) • Ufton (1965–68) • Bingham (1968–70) • Stuttard (1970–72) • Waiters (1972–77) • Kelly (1977–78) • Lawrence (1978) • Allison (1978–79) • Saxton (1979–81) • Moncur (1981–83) • Hore (1983–84) • Smith (1984–88) • Brown (1988–90) • Gregory (1990) • Kemp (1990–92) • Shilton (1992–95) • McCall (1995) • Warnock (1995–97) • Jones (1997–98) • Hodges (1998–2000) • Sturrock (2000–04) • Williamson (2004–05) • Pulis (2005–06) • Holloway (2006–07) • Sturrock (2007–)

v • d • e Wycombe Wanderers F.C. – Managers McCormick (1951–52) • Cann (1952–61) • McDonald (1961) • G. Adams (1961–62) • Welsh (1962–64) • Darvill (1964–68) • Lee (1968–76) • Powell (1976–77) • Reardon (1977–78) • Williams (1978–80) • Keen (1980–84) • Bence (1984–86) • Gane (1986–87) • Suddaby (1987–88) • Kelman (1988–90) • O'Neill (1990–95) • Smith (1995–96) • Gregory (1996–98) • Smillie (1998–99) • Sanchez (1999–2003) • T. Adams (2003–04) • Gorman (2004–06) • Lambert (2006–08) • Taylor (2008–)

v • d • e Aston Villa F.C. – Managers Ramsay (1884–1926) • Smith (1926–34) • McMullan (1934–35) • Hogan (1936–39) • Massie (1945–50) • Martin (1950–53) • Houghton (1953–58) • Mercer (1958–64) • D. Taylor (1964–67) • Cummings (1967–68) • Docherty (1968–70) • Crowe (1970–74) • Saunders (1974–82) • Barton (1982–84) • Turner (1984–86) • McNeill (1986–87) • G. Taylor (1987–90) • Venglos (1990–91) • Atkinson (1991–94) • Little (1994–98) • Gregory (1998–2002) • G. Taylor (2002–03) • O'Leary (2003–06) • O'Neill (2006–)

v • d • e Derby County F.C. – Managers Newbould (1896–1906) • Methven (1906–22) • Potter (1922–25) • Jobey (1925–41) • Magner (1944–46) • McMillan (1946–53) • Barker (1953–55) • Storer, Jr. (1955–62) • Ward (1962–67) • Clough (1967–73) • Mackay (1973–76) • Murphy (1976–77) • Docherty (1977–79) • Addison (1979–82) • Newman (1982) • Taylor (1982–84) • McFarland (1984) • Cox (1984–93) • McFarland (1993–95) • McEwan (1995) • Smith (1995–2001) • Todd (2001–02) • McEwan (2002) • Gregory (2002–03) • Lillis (2003) • Burley (2003–05) • Brown (2005–06) • Westley (2006) • Davies (2006–07) • Jewell (2007–)

v • d • e Queens Park Rangers F.C. – Managers Cowan (1913–20) • Howie (1913–20) • Liddell (1920–25) • Hewison (1925–31) • Mitchell (1931–33) • O'Brien (1933–35) • Birrell (1935–39) • Vizard (1939–44) • Mangnall (1944–52) • Taylor (1952–59) • Stock (1959–68) • Dodgin (1968) • Docherty (1968) • Allen (1968–71) • Jago (1971–74) • Sexton (1974–77) • Sibley (1977–78) • Burtenshaw (1978–79) • Docherty (1979–80) • Venables (1980–84) • Mullery (1984) • Sibley (1984–85) • Smith (1985–88) • T. Francis (1988–89) • Howe (1989–91) • G. Francis (1991–1994) • Wilkins (1994–96) • Houston (1996–97) • Hollins (1997) • R. Harford (1997–98) • Dowie (1998) • G. Francis (1998–2001) • Holloway (2001–06) • Waddock (2006) • Gregory (2006–07) • M. Harford (2007) • De Canio (2007–08) Dowie (2008–incumbent)