John Gregory

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Playing career

Gregory was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, where his father, Jack Gregory, was playing for Scunthorpe United. Gregory made his professional football debut in 1972 while playing for Northampton Town at the age of 18. He played eight goals in 187 games over the next five years before being moved to First Division Aston Villa in 1977.

At Aston Villa, Gregory was a huge success. Despite being in two divisions higher than he had ever done before, he adapted well to First Division football, scoring ten goals in 65 games over the next two seasons. Gregory was the only player to play in every outfield position during his two seasons with the club, which was a record until Watford's Steve Palmer, who played in goal, dominated the tournament from 2 to 14.

Gregory joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 1979, who had just promoted to the First Division for the first time in their history. In 72 games over the next two seasons, he scored seven goals in 72 games before falling into the Second Division to sign for Queen's Park Rangers.

He was a member of QPR's 1983 Cup final (losing to Tottenham Hotspur in a replay) and gained promotion to the First Division a year later as the Second Division champions. He also helped QPR finish fifth and qualify for the UEFA Cup in 1984, but 1984-1985 was a difficult season for Gregory and his staff after manager Terry Venables departed to Barcelona, and replacement Frank Sibley was unable to maintain QPR's good form. Gregory dropped down two divisions to sign for the fallen giants of Derby County at the end of a difficult season for whom QPR barely remained in the First Division.

Derby County, England's champions of the Second Division in 1972 and 1975, had been defeated in 1984-1985 and 1985, 1984-85. Gregory was the pillar of the Midfield, helping them get promoted to the Second Division and the First Division a year later. Gregory played for one season during Derby County's first top flight season for nearly a decade before announcing his retirement as a player. He appeared in 93 games for the Rams, scoring 22 goals.

Gregory re-registered himself as a player when taking over as the boss of Plymouth Argyle early in 1990. He was fired as boss and then promoted to Dave Kemp, who then played three games for the club after being sacked as manager and brought on by Dave Kemp. He moved 300 miles north to play for Third Division Bolton Wanderers, making seven appearances before eventually retiring as a player at the age of 36.

Managerial career

In the 1970s, John began his coaching career as a player/manager of amateur teams in Northamptonshire.

His first two professional stints in management (between January 1989 and June 1990), first with Portsmouth and then with Plymouth Argyle, lasted just a few months each, were between January 1989 and June 1990. With his former England and Northampton Town colleague Phil Neal, who was then manager of Bolton Wanderers, he joined up as a non-contract player shortly after.

He spent time on Leicester City (1991–1994) and Aston Villa (1994–96), before moving to Wycombe Wanderers in September 1996. When Gregory took over, Wycombe was at the bottom of Division Two, but the club saw a dramatic change in league form that culminated in a safe mid-table finish. However, the team he put together failed to progress any further, and the team lost an embarrassing FA Cup match to Basingstoke Town. When Gregory resigned to return to Aston Villa in February 1998, Wycombe were doing well. During the 1997–98 season, he helped with Villa's league form, which included qualification for the UEFA Cup.

Villa were Premiership leaders halfway through the 1999–99 season, but the club eventually finished sixth in the final table and missed out on their first Premiership title. In 2000, Villa reached the FA Cup final, but lost to Chelsea. Gregory resigned in January 2002 and Villa went on to finish eighth on the season.

Gregory's next stint in leadership was with Derby County (January 2002 – March 2003). Derby's owner took over, but after winning both of his first two games at the helm, it seemed that he might be able to save them from relegation. Derby fell seven times from their final eight fixtures, putting the Premiership out of reach after six years. Gregory didn't buy any players during the 2002–03 season, and his subsequent performance in Division One was disappointing.

In March 2003, he was fired for suspected misconduct, but later received £1 million in compensation for unfair dismissal. Gregory was unable to pursue another managerial role for some time due to the ongoing litigation, so he spent the bulk of the next three years as a television pundit.

He was first announced as the manager of Queens Park Rangers on September 20, 2006. Gary Waddock, who had stepped down after a poor string of results that had left the club in last place in the Football League Championship, was fired. This appointment sparked schism among QPR followers, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with outspoken chairman Gianni Paladini as a point of conflict of interest. Rangers got off to a rocky start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton before gaining three more on the bounce (including a victory over Cardiff City, the league's bestowed defenders). Unfortunately, the results did not continue to improve, and relegation seemed to be a distinct possibility for Gregory's guys. QPR defeated Cardiff 1–0 at Loftus Road on April 21, 2007, securing their Championship status for another year following a fine late season run. Following yet another string of poor results, Gregory was fired as QPR's manager on October 1, 2007.

Gregory was appointed manager of Israeli club Maccabi Ahi Nazareth on December 8, 2009. He led them to relegation.

Gregory signed a three-year deal with Israeli Premier League Club F.C. on May 18, 2010. Ashdod. On April 18, 2011, he resigned from Ashdod, despite the club being threatened with relegation.

Gregory was elected as the head of Kazakh team FC Kairat from Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 13, 2011. Kairat was promoted from relegation to Kazakhstan's second class in the 2011 season.

Gregory's deal as the manager of FC Kairat came to an end in December 2011, and he was paid $120,000 in April 2012.

Gregory was appointed as the manager of Crawley Town on December 3, 2013, replacing previous manager Richie Barker.

After being Crawley Town's boss for less than a year, Gregory resigned as manager due to health issues; on the same day, Crawley Town announced Welsh former international and former Wolverhampton Wanderers chief Dean Saunders as interim manager.

Gregory was appointed as head coach of Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League on July 3rd.

Chennaiyin defeated Bengaluru 3–2 in the finals on March 17, 2018, bringing their second Indian Super League title to the city. Gregory's deal was extended for one year from September 19th, 2018.

He resigned after a poor showing in the 2019-20 season, which culminated in his departure in the 2019-20 season.

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