John Charles Gregory (born November 5, 1954 in Scunthorpe) is a former player and football manager of Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth F.C., Aston Villa, Derby County and other clubs. As a player he was an adaptable midfielder who played mainly for Derby County and Aston Villa and also made several appearances for England. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within the British Isles Scunthorpe (popularly known as Scunny) is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... Plymouth Argyle Football Club, also known as the Pilgrims and based in Plymouth, are one of only two football clubs in the Football League to play in a principally green home strip. ... Founded in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club are an English association football club, based in the south coast city port of Portsmouth. ... Aston Villa Football Club play at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. ... Derby County F.C. is an English football club based in Derby, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ... Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ... Aston Villa Football Club play at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. ...

His first two spells in management (between January 1989 and June 1990) with Portsmouth and then Plymouth Argyle, lasted just a few months each, shortly after he linked up as a non-contract player with his former England team mate Phil Neal who was 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. Wycombe were rock bottom of Division Two when Gregory took over, but he oversaw a massive improvement in league form which saw the club climb to a secure mid table finish. They were progressing well in February 1998 when Gregory quit Wycombe to take the manager's job back at Aston Villa. He helped improve their 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 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 and Gregory finally quit Villa in January 2002. Phil Neal (born Irchester, Northants, February 20, 1951) is a much-decorated former footballer who is the only player to have appeared in all five of Liverpools European Cup finals. ... Bolton Wanderers F.C. is an English professional football club. ... Brian Little can refer to: William Brian Little, financier and founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company Brian Little, English football (soccer) player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Leicester City F.C., nicknamed the Foxes, are an English football team, playing in the Football League Championship. ... Wycombe Wanderers F.C. are an English football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, currently playing in Football League Two. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... FA Premier League logo The FA Premier League (which, for sponsorship/legal reasons, is often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competiton for English football (soccer) clubs located at the top of the English football league system... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in South west London. ...

John Gregory's most recent spell in management was with Derby County (January 2002 - March 2003). When he took charge at Derby they were bottom of the Premiership, and after winning both of his first two games at the helm it looked as though he might be able to save them from relegation. But 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 had no money spent on players in 2002-03, and their form in Division One was disappointing. He was sacked in March 2003 for alleged misconduct and later won £1 million compensation for unfair dismissal, although he has yet to return to management.

He remains in the public eye as a regular pundit on Sky Sports. Sky Sports is a group of 5 channels - Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra, and Sky Sports News - operated by British Sky Broadcasting, mainly for their Sky Digital platform. ...