Career
Having begun his career at Chelsea, Abrey spent one full season at Colchester before having to retire through injury. Born in Hendon, London, Abrey was invited to join Chelsea in 1955 by manager Ted Drake, but never managed to break into the first-team during his five-year stay. He helped Colchester gain promotion to the Third Division as the U"s finished the season as Fourth Division runners-up.
Abrey could only manage one appearance in the 1962-1963 season, a 2–0 defeat to Northampton Town in the second round of the League Cup on 26 September 1962 as he was forced to retire from playing following a recurring knee injury in April 1963, having made 38 league appearances and scoring one goal.
Following his retirement from playing, Abrey returned to his native Hendon where he worked at a school, before becoming a drayman and later a postman in the area.