As a boy standing with my Dad in that funny little terrace between the Main stand and the Open End, the opposition I do not recall, Harry, obviously had the hump with an opposition player and launched into the air in a ridiculous two-footed tackle, completely missing his man and hit the wall right next to us, he looked straight at me and winked and said, don't worry son, I will get him next time!
The rest me is history!
It was in 1968 when I was a kid on that peculiar bit of terracing. There was a game when the corner in front of us failed. Harry Gregory was trotting back towards the halfway line, and an old bloke next to me shouted: "MY OLD LADY COULD HAVE SCORED FROM THERE!"
Harry Gregory didn't break stride; he just flicked him a V-sign behind his back!
I watched you from the East Terrace in that great team under Eddie Firmani in 68/9 - alongside Alan Campbell, Graham Moore, Matt Tees, Ray Treacy etal.
Looking at his stats here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._players), it's interesting to see he has almost the same goals and games as Kim Grant. Yes, I know times have changed and goals are harder to come by than in the '60s but that's still an impressive strike rate from a midfielder.
Back then for us, Harry wasn't strictly a midfielder, as we think of them today.
Mostly Graham Moore and Alan Campbell were our midfield engine room in usually a 4-2-4 formation. Harry played as more of a free role deep lying forward either wide or more centrally behind strikers Matt Tees and Ray Treacy.
When he was on song, he played with a real panache and spirit - our wild card, capable of doing the unexpected. And he played to the crowd.
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Harry Gregory didn't break stride; he just flicked him a V-sign behind his back!
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I watched you from the East Terrace in that great team under Eddie Firmani in 68/9 - alongside Alan Campbell, Graham Moore, Matt Tees, Ray Treacy etal.
Happy days.
Mostly Graham Moore and Alan Campbell were our midfield engine room in usually a 4-2-4 formation.
Harry played as more of a free role deep lying forward either wide or more centrally behind strikers Matt Tees and Ray Treacy.
When he was on song, he played with a real panache and spirit - our wild card, capable of doing the unexpected.
And he played to the crowd.
Proper character.
"Keith Peacock was there as was John Rooke, Theo Foley, Luciano Masiello, Charlie Wright and I believe John Dunn.
It was a humanist ceremony, very tasteful and went very smoothly.
Harry came from a very large family,10 kids if I'm not mistaken so the chapel was very full. "My Way" was Harry's choice of music."