He kept the cash-strapped club afloat in mid-table for the majority of the 1966-67 season, before following chairman Jack Dunnett out of Griffin Park to Notts County in March 1967. He remained at Meadow Lane until September 1968. After leaving football management in 1968, Gray later worked as a groundsman at Meadow Lane and the City Ground. Gray had three sons. His nephew was John Richardson, whom he managed at Millwall and Brentford. On retirement from football management, Gray ran a greengrocer and convenience store on Wollaton Road in Nottingham. Nottingham Forest  Millwall Brentford