Jim Gregory (football chairman)
James Arthur "Jimmy Boy" Gregory (born
football club director and chairman.[1]
He grew up in the
Queens Park Rangers
(QPR) instead.
He became chairman a few months later in early 1965. When he took over at
Rodney Marsh
for £15,000 in March 1966.
Over the coming seasons QPR would achieve three promotions, reaching the First Division for the first time in their history, and also win the
UEFA Cup twice and fielded a host of international players. He also appointed a number of leading managers of the 1970s and 1980s including Dave Sexton, Tommy Docherty, Terry Venables and Jim Smith
.
In 1987, after advice from doctors to slow down, he sold QPR to Marler Estates, a property company run by the then Fulham Chairman David Bulstrode.
However, after leaving QPR in 1987, he became Chairman at Portsmouth in 1988, remaining until 1995 when ill-health forced him to step down and hand over the reins to his son, Martin.
He died in 1998 at the age of 70.
While at
FA Premier League in 1993. He also oversaw the conversion of Fratton Park into an all-seater stadium, as well as the purchase of several of Portsmouth’s key players of the 1990s, including strikers Guy Whittingham and Paul Walsh along with midfielder Alan McLoughlin
.
References
- ^ "Flashback 16 Years: Ex-Chairman Jim Gregory Dies". qprreport.proboards. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- Macey, Gordon (1999). The Official History Of Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers F.C. ISBN 978-0-9536367-0-9.