▁Professional . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁season ▁he ▁helped ▁W BA ▁win ▁the ▁Mid land ▁Inter mediate ▁Cup ▁by ▁scoring ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁leg ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁( 1 - 1 ) ▁against ▁Sh rew s bury ▁Town ▁at ▁the ▁Haw th orn s . ▁In ▁May , ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Alb ion ▁squad ▁that ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁International ▁Youth ▁Tournament ▁held ▁in ▁A ugs burg , ▁Germany . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁Don ▁How e ' s ▁contract ▁with ▁W BA ▁exp ired ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁renew ed . ▁He ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁ex - Le eds ▁United ▁and ▁Republic ▁of ▁Ireland ▁mid f iel der , ▁John ▁G iles , ▁as ▁player ▁manager . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 5 – 7 6 ▁season ▁saw ▁Greg son , ▁as ▁a ▁ 1 7 - year - old , ▁immediately ▁become ▁a ▁regular ▁in ▁Alb ion ' s ▁reserve ▁team ▁and ▁in ▁one ▁Central ▁League ▁match ▁( 2 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 5 ) ▁at ▁Burn ley , ▁he ▁scored ▁the ▁equal iser ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 2 ▁draw ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 5 - yard ▁shot ▁whilst ▁playing ▁alongside ▁the ▁ex - Eng land ▁legend , ▁Geoff ▁Hur st , ▁recently ▁signed ▁from ▁Sto ke ▁City . ▁It ▁was ▁reported , ▁" G reg son ' s ▁ 7 9 th ▁minute ▁equal iser ▁- ▁a ▁di pping ▁shot