Graham Taylor
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Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor OBEis a former football player, manager and pundit, and former chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 September 1944
feature great height life lived main
His height is something he's lived with all his life and it's his main feature but he's got great feet,
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Mike's first priority is protecting the resource, but he doesn't hesitate to fold in people's needs and comments.
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Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.
soccer ideas life-is-like
Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.
football believe simple
His football does not seem to suffer by all of this going on around him. You look at his passing and he makes it look so simple. When he passes the ball, it always seems to go where he wants it to go. That sounds simple, but believe me, it is not. (on David Beckham)
cups england world
Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.
football games smell
The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.
football player games
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.
soccer football
Is he ever going to learn?
football i-can ifs
If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.
football squares balls
There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."
soccer way results
It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.
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Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness.
ambition england should
The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager