Graham Taylor RIP

[DangerousSausage]

The former England, Watford and Villa boss has passed away at 72. Sad news

[Fozzy]

Indeed, he was a pretty awful England manager, but excellent at club level especially with Watford. I alway enjoyed listening to him during commentaries. Sad loss.

 

[Dripsey3]

He did fantastic work at Watford. Still fondly remembered there. Did well at Villa as well. The Sun persecuted him when he became England manager. Some of their stuff was very personal. A nice man by all accounts. R.I.P. 

[ivansneck]

A decent man. RIP


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[The Mascot]

A knowledgeable man and a fully decent chap.

[super_ram]

Sad to hear this,RIP Graham Taylor.

[Northants Pie]

Best wishes to his family at this time.

RIP

[DangerousSausage]

I feel Taylor's career is unfairly overshadowed by his failure with England. At Watford he won promotion FIVE times (surely that's a record with one club?), reached the FA Cup final and finished second in the league only to a legendary Liverpool team. That's incredible! Plus two promotions at Villa and one at Lincoln too. That's what I call a CV. And in spite of his success he was one of the most down-to-earth men in football.

[liampie]

one of a hand full of older managers i know of, the reel they tend to show in football programmes as him as the england manager always seemed very unfair.

r.i.p graham taylor.

[Chris]

I stumbled onto videos about Graham Taylor yesterday on YouTube, I didn't know he was one of the first managers to introduce the fitness side of things and making sure diets was correct. I recall watching a football programme which suggested this was a continental approach to the game, so I found it quite fascinating that Taylor was one of the first to really push it. Another video, I think it was 'Football Focus' said that he used to watch hours of highlights and at the end of each month he would present his findings to the players of Watford.

Once the media target you, I think some forget about how good a manager was with certain clubs.

Rest in Peace Graham Taylor.