Peter John Taylor (born 3 January 1953) is an English former
footballer
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who is manager of club
Maldon & Tiptree. He was previously manager at
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
,
Enfield
Enfield may refer to:
Places Australia
* Enfield, New South Wales
* Enfield, South Australia
** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb
** Enfield High School (South Australia)
...
,
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
,
Dover Athletic
Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...
,
Leicester City
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
,
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...
,
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...
,
Crystal Palace
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Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...
,
Kerala Blasters
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...
,
Stevenage Borough
Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, League Two, the fourth tier o ...
,
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
,
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
Th ...
and (twice)
Gillingham, leaving the last role at the end of 2014. He also had two spells as head coach of the
England under-21 team and took charge of the England national team as caretaker manager for one game against Italy, for which he made
David Beckham
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captain of England for the first time. He managed the
England under-20 team in 2013. Outside England, Taylor was the head coach of the
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team ( ar, منتخب البحرين لكرة القدم) represents Bahrain in international football and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. The ...
.
During his time as a player with Crystal Palace during the 1970s, Taylor became one of the few players to have been selected for the senior England team when not playing in the top two flights of a domestic league.
Playing career
Taylor enjoyed a successful playing career as a
winger. He began his youth career with
Canvey Island
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, and had trials at
Tottenham Hotspur
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and
Crystal Palace
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Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...
before signing as a junior with
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
in 1971.
Southend gained promotion to the old
third division in 1972 and Taylor's part in their success brought him to the attention of Crystal Palace
manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
,
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison (5 September 1927 – 14 October 2010) was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and ...
, who signed him on 11 October 1973
for
£110,000.
Palace were relegated to the third tier at the end of that season, but Taylor was named Player of the Year and remained at the club for two further seasons, becoming player of the year again in 1976.
The 1975–76 season was a high point in Taylor's career as Palace reached the
FA Cup semi-final
The FA Cup semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the FA Cup Final. They are the penultimate phase of the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in the world.
Location
The semi-finals have always been contested at neutr ...
, Taylor scoring two goals in the quarter-final in a 3–2 away win at
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
and he also made four appearances for the full
England
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team, scoring twice. However, Palace's season tailed off after the semi-final and they did not achieve promotion to the second tier. At the end of the season Allison resigned and was replaced by
Terry Venables
Terence Frederick Venables (born 6 January 1943), often referred to as El Tel, is an English former football player and manager, and an author. During the 1960s and '70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queen ...
, and on 30 September 1976
Taylor was allowed to depart for top-flight Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £400,000.
Taylor scored on his debut in a 4-2 defeat at
The Hawthorns
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to
West Bromwich Albion
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. He had a mixed career at Spurs; the club suffered relegation in 1977 but was promoted in 1978. Taylor did not make another England appearance and in 1980 moved on to
Leyton Orient
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, having made 123 appearances for Tottenham during which he scored 31 times. He played 56 times for Orient, scoring 11 times in three seasons, and had a brief loan spell at
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The history of Oldham Athletic ...
. In 1983–84 Taylor made eight appearances for
Exeter City
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before moving into
non-league football
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with firstly
Maidstone United, and then
Chelmsford City
Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium.
History Chelmsford
Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members of ...
,
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
and
Enfield
Enfield may refer to:
Places Australia
* Enfield, New South Wales
* Enfield, South Australia
** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb
** Enfield High School (South Australia)
...
.
Taylor made his England debut as a substitute versus
Wales
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and scored the winning goal in the 80th minute of that game. He scored his second international goal against the same opponents in the next match that he played. Taylor was the last English footballer to score two goals in his first two international games before
Rickie Lambert
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repeated the feat in 2013.
After his playing career ended, Taylor embarked on a career as a coach and manager.
Management career
Early management
Taylor became player manager at
non-league
Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ...
club
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
. In his four seasons there, club attendances rose from 400 to around 1000, he won the Southern Cup twice and each season he was there Dartford scored more than 100 goals. Taylor's first managerial role in
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
was at
Southend United
Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...
. He spent two years between 1993 and 1995 as manager, but quit at the end of the
1994–95 season after failing to get them beyond the middle of the
Division One
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
table. Taylor took on the job as manager of
Conference
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
club
Dover Athletic
Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...
in
1995–96 season and guided the club to 20th, enough to stave off the threat of relegation as only two clubs were relegated that season.
England U-21
He agreed and signed a two-year contract at Dover in May 1996 but was to leave the club only two months later after being asked by then England boss
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He currently works as a television pundit and commentator for ITV Sport and BT Sport.
He played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, Monaco, Chelsea and Swi ...
to manage the
England under-21 side. His record (for competitive matches) was 15 played; 11 won, three drawn and one defeat. In this time, England finished ninth in
1998 European Championship and qualified for the
2000 finals comfortably, winning every match without conceding a goal. But with three matches to play, Taylor was replaced in a controversial manner by
Howard Wilkinson
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, who won the next two matches. The three goals conceded in the 3–1 defeat to group runners-up
Poland
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were the only blemish on the team's qualifying record. England under Wilkinson later got knocked out in the group stage of the
finals
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
, winning against Turkey but losing to Slovakia and champions Italy.
Gillingham
Taylor returned to club management at the beginning of the
1999–2000 season with
Gillingham, and at the end of the season guided them to victory over
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
in the
Division Two play-off final which marked the
Kent
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club's promotion to the upper half of the English league for the first time in their history. During this season he also guided the Gills to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after impressive wins over Premiership opposition in Bradford City and Sheffield Wednesday (a brace of 3–1 home wins), before losing 5–0 away to Chelsea in the last eight.
Leicester City
A few weeks later he left the club to take charge at
Leicester City
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The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
in the
Premier League
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. He had an excellent start at the
East Midlands
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club and they went top of the league on 1 October 2000. They stayed at the top of the league for two weeks (Taylor having been voted
Premier League Manager of the Month
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for September 2000) and were in contention for a
UEFA Cup
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place for well over half a season, but nine defeats from their final 10 games sucked them down to 13th place in the wake of a shock defeat by
Wycombe Wanderers
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in the
FA Cup
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quarter-final.
After a terrible start to the
2001–02 season, Taylor was sacked on 30 September 2001.
England
In November 2000, whilst managing Leicester, Taylor was appointed caretaker manager of England for one match. For that game, a 1–0 defeat by
Italy
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in the
Stadio Delle Alpi in
Turin
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on 15 November 2000, Taylor looked to youth. He handed
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending fr ...
the
captain
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's armband for the first time, and used six players then still eligible for the Under-21s;
Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, the highest number of ap ...
,
Jamie Carragher
James Lee Duncan Carragher (; born 28 January 1978) is an English football pundit and former footballer who played as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool during a career which spanned 17 years. A one-club man, he was Liverpool's vic ...
,
Kieron Dyer
Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was recently the U23s manager at Ipswich Town.
Born in Ipswich, Dyer played youth football for his home club Ipswich Town ...
,
Rio Ferdinand
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,
Emile Heskey
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and
Seth Johnson
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Club career
Johnson attended Westcliff P ...
.
Brighton and Hove Albion
After being sacked by Leicester, he returned to management within two weeks to take charge at
Brighton & Hove Albion
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whose previous manager
Micky Adams
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had become the new assistant manager of Leicester City. Taylor guided Brighton to the
Division Two championship (marking their return to the upper half of the English league after 11 years) but resigned from his job at the end of the season, citing a low budget and the delay to the new stadium.
Hull City
In November 2002 Taylor was appointed manager of
Hull City
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...
who were weeks away from their move to the 25,404-seat
KC Stadium
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. A mid-table finish was followed in
2003–04 by promotion as
Division Three
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runners-up. They finished League One runners-up the following season,
2004–05, and thus reached the
Football League Championship
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in the
2005–06 season – their first appearance at that level since
1990–91, and they finished 18th in the league.
England U-21 (second spell)
Taylor had returned to manage England's U-21 team for a second spell in 2004, combining the role with his job at Hull.
England comfortably progressed from their qualification group for the
2006 finals but lost to eventual semi-finalists
France
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in a play-off over two legs. He initially retained his position after joining Crystal Palace, and the team qualified for the
2007 finals. However, he left in January 2007 as the new senior manager,
Steve McClaren
Stephen McClaren (born 3 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer and coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Premier League club Manchester United, in his second spell at the club.
McClaren began his coaching care ...
, wanted the England U-21 manager's role to be a full-time position. Taylor's record in competitive fixtures in his second spell with the U21s was 16 played; nine won, five drawn and two lost.
Crystal Palace
Success at Hull drew attention from other clubs, and Taylor returned to former club Crystal Palace in June 2006 after Palace agreed a £300,000 compensation package with Hull. He only lasted 16 months at
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon which is the home ground of Premier League side Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international footba ...
as he was sacked in October 2007 after a run of poor form left the Eagles hovering dangerously above the bottom three.
Stevenage Borough
A few weeks after his departure from Palace, Taylor was appointed manager of Conference team
Stevenage Borough
Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, League Two, the fourth tier o ...
in November 2007. His first purchase in this role was
Junior Lewis
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, a player he had previously brought into five other clubs (Dover, Gillingham, Leicester, Brighton and Hull).
On 28 April 2008, Taylor left Stevenage Borough after 6 months in-charge when his short-term contract ran out and he had failed to get them into the end of season play-offs. They finished the season in sixth place, 22 points behind the champions, having been in third place and just four points off top spot when he first took charge.
Wycombe Wanderers
On 29 May 2008, he became
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
manager, following the resignation of
Paul Lambert
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Lambert played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-ol ...
after their failure to reach the League Two play-off final. He signed
Junior Lewis
Carl Junior Lewis (born 9 October 1973) is a former footballer who was most recently assistant head coach at Barnet. During his playing career he played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager at National League South side Welling Un ...
, this time as first team coach. Taylor had a successful start to the 2008–09 season as Wycombe went on an 18-game unbeaten run in the league with promotion to League One being secured on the final day of the season. However, he was dismissed on 9 October 2009 after Wycombe's slow start to the League One season.
Bradford City
On 16 February 2010, Taylor replaced
Stuart McCall
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McCall played in a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches for Scotla ...
to become manager of League Two side
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
Th ...
, initially on a three-month contract until the end of the
2009–10 season.
Junior Lewis
Carl Junior Lewis (born 9 October 1973) is a former footballer who was most recently assistant head coach at Barnet. During his playing career he played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager at National League South side Welling Un ...
was employed as first team coach, working with assistant manager
Wayne Jacobs
Wayne Jacobs (born 3 February 1969) is an English football coach and former professional player who is an assistant manager at Sheffield Wednesday under Darren Moore.
Career
Playing career
During his career he played for Sheffield Wednesday, ...
and youth team coach
David Wetherall
David Wetherall (born 14 March 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is as head of youth development with the Football League.
As a player, he was a central defender, he played most of his career in the Pre ...
. Taylor signed a one-year contract at Bradford the day before Bradford played Northampton. In January 2011, Taylor turned down an offer from Premier League
Newcastle United
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to be assistant to their new manager
Alan Pardew
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Pardew's highest achievements in the sport include reaching the FA Cup Final th ...
. After three successive defeats later in the month, Taylor came under pressure but vowed to carry on, saying: "I'm not a fool, I can tell that I'm probably not the most popular manager Bradford City's ever had. I'm not prepared to walk away, I'm prepared to take this difficult job head on." City's run of poor form continued and the following month, Taylor and City parted company by mutual consent; although the announcement came before City's game with
Stockport County
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, Taylor remained in charge for one final time.
Bahrain
On 11 July 2011, the
Bahrain Football Association
The Bahrain Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد البحريني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since ...
signed Taylor to train the national football team. Just a few months later he led Bahrain to winning the football tournament at the
1st GCC Games in
Manama
Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...
, the first time Bahrain's national team had won a regional competition in their history. Bahrain beat arch rivals Saudi Arabia 3–1 in a one-sided final. Taylor received a lot of praise from the players, fans and officials for his achievement.
Two months later, Taylor successfully led the Bahrainian team to clinch football gold in the
2011 Arab Games
The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for th ...
in
Doha
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, beating Jordan 1–0 in the final with a last-gasp goal by striker Ismail Abdullatif.
Asked in April 2012 about the arrest and torture of up to 150 pro-democracy athletes, including three of his own players, Taylor told reporters: "Don't go there. You're getting boring."
FIFA
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had to investigate a match after Bahrain defeated
Indonesia
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10–0, in a
World Cup
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qualifier. Bahrain needed to overcome a 9–0 deficit to have a chance of qualifying for the next stage.
He was sacked on 17 October 2012 after a 2–6 loss to
United Arab Emirates
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in a friendly match.
England U-20
In March 2013, Taylor was appointed as the
England national under-20 football team
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manager on a two-month contract, to lead the team who had qualified for the
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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in Turkey. In the finals, England under Taylor were knocked out in the group stages, drawing with Iraq and Chile, and losing to Egypt; England finished bottom of their group.
Return to Gillingham
In October 2013, Taylor was appointed Gillingham manager for the second time, on an interim basis, following the club's sacking of
Martin Allen
Martin James Allen (born 14 August 1965) is an English football manager and former player. He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for both Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and So ...
. On 11 November he was appointed full-time manager, with a contract lasting until the end of the season. He was relieved of his duties on 31 December 2014.
Kerala Blasters
On 8 May 2015,
Indian Super League
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franchise
Kerala Blasters FC
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appointed Taylor as the
head coach
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for the season ahead.
However, after four defeats in the series, on 28 October 2015, Taylor departed as Kerala head coach by mutual consent.
New Zealand (assistant) and third Gillingham spell
In September 2016, Taylor accepted the offer to become assistant to
Anthony Hudson with the
New Zealand national football team
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. Taylor was to be based in England and mainly to work with the New Zealand players based there.
In May 2017 he was appointed as director of football at Gillingham, alongside his New Zealand duties. He was appointed Gillingham's interim manager following the departure of head coach
Adrian Pennock
Adrian Barry Pennock (born 27 March 1971) is an English former association football, footballer who played for Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Molde FK, AFC Bournemouth, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham and Ebbsfleet United F.C., Gravesend & Northfl ...
on 25 September 2017. He left both roles at Gillingham on 12 October 2017.
Dagenham & Redbridge
Taylor was appointed manager of
National League
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club
Dagenham & Redbridge
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on 5 June 2018, with Terry Harris as his assistant. Taylor left Dagenham & Redbridge in December 2019; the club stated that a change was required due to recent results.
Welling United
On 28 September 2021, Taylor was appointed manager of
National League South
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club
Welling United
Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football.
History
Welling United Foot ...
. On 13 March 2022, after 166 days in charge, Taylor departed Welling after a 1–1 draw against
Bath City
Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...
four points above the relegation zone, with bottom club
Billericay Town
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having a game in hand over Welling.
Maldon & Tiptree
On 13 December 2022, Taylor was appointed manager of
Isthmian League
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Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
North Division club
Maldon & Tiptree.
Honours
As a player
Southend United
*
Football League Fourth Division
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runner-up:
1971–72
Individual
*
Crystal Palace Player of the Season:
1973–74,
1975–76
As a manager
Gillingham
*
Football League Second Division play-offs:
1999–2000
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Football League Second Division
The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...
:
2001–02
Hull City
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Football League Third Division
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promotion:
2003–04
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Football League One
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promotion:
2004–05
Wycombe Wanderers
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Football League Two
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promotion:
2008–09
Bahrain
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Pan Arab Games
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Gold Medal:
2011
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GCC Games
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Gold Medal:
2011
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Individual
*
Premier League Manager of the Month
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:
September 2000
*
League One Manager of the Month: December 2004
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League Two Manager of the Month: November 2008
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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Profile at englandfootballonline.com
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1953 births
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People from Rochford
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Leyton Orient F.C. players
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Exeter City F.C. players
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Enfield F.C. players
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Stevenage F.C. managers
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Kerala Blasters FC head coaches
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