Gritt spent most of his playing career with Charlton Athletic, after joining from home town club AFC Bournemouth in 1977.
In his four-year tenure, Gritt helped to lay the foundations for future successes under Curbishley, who succeeded him as sole manager in 1995.
Several key players were debuted under the joint managers, including Lee Bowyer, John Robinson, Richard Rufus and Shaun Newton, and went on to be important components of Charlton's successful team of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Gritt was made manager of Brighton & Hove Albion in 1996, who were at the time eleven points adrift at the bottom of the Football League.
[7] Both resigned on 2 January 2020, citing the club's crippling financial situation,[8] with both subsequently joining Dagenham & Redbridge.
Hayley, who had battled a brain tumour for 10 years, was a lifelong Charlton supporter and a season ticket holder at The Valley, even after her father's departure from the club in 1995.