Neil Gregory
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Richard Gregory | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Ndola, Zambia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Stowupland Falcons (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1992 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1998 | Ipswich Town | 36 | (9) |
| 1994 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 10 | (7) |
| 1996 | → Torquay United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 1998 | → Colchester United (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 1998–2000 | Colchester United | 44 | (7) |
| 1999 | → Boston Bulldogs (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1999 | → Canvey Island (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2000–2005 | Canvey Island | ? | (?) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Neil Richard Gregory (born 7 October 1972) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he played for several clubs in the Football League.
Biography
Born in Ndola, Zambia, Gregory began his career as an apprentice with Ipswich Town, turning professional in February 1992. His brother David was also a professional footballer.[1] He joined Chesterfield on loan in February 1994, making his league debut for the Spirerites, and joined Scunthorpe United on loan in March 1995, hitting 7 goals in 10 games.
After the success of his loan spell, he returned to Ipswich and began to feature in the first team, though mainly as a substitute (27 of his 45 league appearances for Ipswich Town came this way). In November 1996 he joined Torquay United on loan, but failed to score in 5 games, and in November 1997 moved to Peterborough United on loan.
He joined Colchester United on loan in January 1998, with the move being made permanent on the 26th of March, Colchester paying a club record fee of £50,000. He was a regular for Colchester during the rest of the season, but was allowed to join the Boston Bulldogs on loan for the summer of 1999.
He joined Canvey Island on loan in December 1999, signing for them on a free transfer on 4 February after scoring 11 times in 53 games for Colchester. In May 2001 he was a member of the Canvey Island side that won the FA Trophy, and was a regular member of the side that won promotion to the Conference. In 2001 he scored the winning goals in FA Cup ties against Wigan Athletic and Northampton Town.[2][3] At the time of the cup run, Gregory was reported to be a full-time house husband.[4] He signed a new twelve-month contract with Canvey Island in June 2005.[5]
After retiring from playing, he worked as assistant manager of Whitton United alongside former Ipswich reserves player Gary Thompson during 2008,[6] before becoming manager of Stowupland Falcons in 2011.[7]
References
- ↑ Two more impressive recruits for Canvey Non-League Daily
- ↑ Wigan 0-1 Canvey Island BBC Sport, 7 November 2001
- ↑ Gregory's goal does it again BBC Sport, 10 December 2001
- ↑ Fantasy Island BBC Sport, 10 December 2001
- ↑ Gregory signs new deal at Canvey BBC Sport, 1 June 2005
- ↑ Whitton United Green 'Un, 24 December 2008
- ↑ Ex-Town star Gregory leading Falcons’ revival Green 'Un, 11 November 2011
External links
- Neil Gregory career statistics at Soccerbase
- Neil Gregory on Twitter
- Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database