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Harry Gregory... RIP

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  • Stevelamb
    Stevelamb Posts: 271
    Harry at Crossbars.
  • Stevelamb
    Stevelamb Posts: 271
    One more.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,268
    A Charlton great.
    RIP
  • Tavern
    Tavern Posts: 7,682
    RIP Harry
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,916
    edited June 2016
    Harry Gregory said:

    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!

    Love it!
  • floyds1
    floyds1 Posts: 51
    one of the best , so sorry RIP harry happy memories
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    RIP Harry.

    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.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,979
    AddicksAddict said:



    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.

    Proper character.






  • JVL
    JVL Posts: 285
    Harry and Bernard. True gentlemen. Much missed.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,326
    Funeral is 3.30 pm on Tuesday 21 June at Chelmsford Crematorium for anyone who is interested.

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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,241
    @jvl I have a very similar picture as was lucky enough to attend that evening. RIP to the both of them.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,326
    Quick update from someone who was there.

    "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."

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