Peter Taylor (footballer born 1953)

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Peter Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Peter John Taylor
Date of birth	January 3, 1953 (1953-01-03) (age 55)
Place of birth	Southend-on-Sea, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970–1973 1973–1976 1976–1980 1980–1983 1983 1983–1984	Southend United Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur Leyton Orient → Oldham Athletic (loan) Exeter City Total	075 0(12) 122 0(33) 123 0(31) 056 0(11) 004 00(0) 008 00(0) 388 0(87)
National team
1975-1976	England	004 00(2)
Teams managed
1986–1990 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2000 2001–2002 2002–2006 2004–2007 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–	Dartford Southend United Dover Athletic England U21 Gillingham Leicester City England (caretaker) Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City England U21 Crystal Palace Stevenage Borough Wycombe Wanderers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

For the former Derby County/Nottingham Forest manager/assistant manager, also a manager of Brighton & Hove Albion, who died in 1990, see Peter Taylor (footballer born 1928). For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor.

Peter John Taylor (born January 3, 1953 in Southend-on-Sea) is an English football manager. He was head coach of the England under-21 team until January 2007. He also was the England national football team manager on a caretaker basis in 2000.

His most recent job was as manager of Stevenage Borough in the Conference National, and has previously managed Southend United, Gillingham, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City and Crystal Palace.

He also enjoyed a successful playing career and during his time with Crystal Palace during the 1970s, he was one of the few players to have been selected for the senior England team when not playing in the top flight of a domestic league.

On the 28th April 2008, Peter Taylor resigned as Stevenage Borough manager after only 6 months at the club. Shortly afterwards, on the 29th May 2008, he became Wycombe Wanderers manager, following the resignation of Paul Lambert after their failure to reach the League Two play-off final^[1].

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Management career 2.1 Early management 2.2 England U-21 2.3 Gillingham 2.4 Leicester City 2.4.1 England 2.5 Brighton & Hove Albion 2.6 Hull City 2.7 England U-21 (second spell) 2.8 Crystal Palace 2.9 Stevenage Borough 2.10 Wycombe Wanderers 3 Managerial stats 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Taylor had enjoyed a successful playing career as a winger, playing for Canvey Island,^[2] Southend United, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient and Oldham Athletic, as well as winning four international caps for England (despite being at Third Division Palace at the time), before embarking on a career as a coach and manager.

[edit] Management career

[edit] Early management

Taylor became player manager at non-league club Dartford. 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 over 100 goals. Taylor's first managerial role in the Football League was at Southend United. He spent two years (1993–1995) as manager, but quit at the end of the 1994–95 season after failing to get them beyond the middle of the Division One table. Taylor then took on the job as manager of Conference club Dover Athletic in 1995–96 – and guided the club to 20th, enough to stave off the threat of relegation as only two clubs were relegated that season.

[edit] 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 to manage the England under-21 side. His record was 15 played; 11 won, 3 drawn and 1 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 3 matches to play, Taylor was replaced in a controversial manner by Howard Wilkinson, who won the next two matches. The three goals conceded in the 3–1 defeat to group runners-up Poland were the only blemish on the team's qualifying record. England got knocked out in the group stage of the European Championship finals in 2000 under Wilkinson.

[edit] 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 in the Division Two play-off final which marked the Kent club's promotion to the upper half of the English league for the first time in their history.

[edit] Leicester City

A few weeks later he left the club to take charge at Leicester City in the Premier League. After a good start, for two weeks in October Leicester were Premiership leaders, nine defeats in their final ten Premiership fixtures (following a shock FA Cup quarter final defeat by Division Two strugglers Wycombe Wanderers) saw Leicester plummet down the Premiership table to finish 13th. This was despite spending £23 million on transfer fees, the most ever spent by a Leicester manager. Taylor was sacked two months after the start of the 2001–02 season, with Leicester bottom of the league.

[edit] England

In November 2000, whilst managing Leicester, Taylor was appointed caretaker manager of England for one match. For that game, a 1–0 defeat to Italy in the Stadio Delle Alpi in Turin on 15 November 2000, Taylor looked to youth. He handed David Beckham the captain's armband for the first time, and used six players then still eligible for the Under-21s; Gareth Barry, Jamie Carragher, Kieron Dyer, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey and Seth Johnson.

[edit] Brighton & Hove Albion

After being sacked by Leicester, he returned to management within two weeks to take charge at Brighton & Hove Albion whose previous manager Micky Adams 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 because he was frustrated at the club's lack of financial resources.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Hull City

In November 2002 Taylor was appointed manager of Hull City who were weeks away from their move to the 25,404-seat KC Stadium. A mid-table finish was followed in 2003–04 by promotion as Division Three runners-up. They finished League One runners-up the following season, 2004–05, and thus reached the Football League Championship in the 2005–06 season – their first appearance at that level since 1990–91, and they finished 18th in the league.

[edit] England U-21 (second spell)

Taylor 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 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, 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; 9 won, 5 drawn and 2 lost.

[edit] Crystal Palace

Success at Hull drew attention from bigger 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 as he was sacked in October 2007 after a run of poor form left the Eagles hovering dangerously above the bottom three.^[3]

[edit] Stevenage Borough

A few weeks after his departure from Palace, Taylor was appointed manager of Conference team Stevenage Borough in November 2007.^[4] His first purchase in this role was Junior Lewis, a player he had previously brought into five other clubs (Dover, Gillingham, Leicester, Brighton and Hull).

On the 28th April 2008, Peter Taylor resigned as Stevenage Borough manager due to the team failing to reach a play-off place.

[edit] Wycombe Wanderers

On May 29th 2008 Taylor joined League Two's Wycombe Wanderers FC, which has had a number of high-profile managers in the past, including Martin O'Neill, John Gregory, Lawrie Sanchez and Tony Adams.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Southend United		August 1, 1993	February 22, 1995	84	27	16	41	32.14%
Gillingham		July 7, 1999	June 12, 2000	62	34	12	16	54.84%
Leicester City		June 12, 2000	September 30, 2001	54	19	9	26	35.19%
Brighton & Hove Albion		October 17, 2001	May 31, 2002	38	21	11	6	55.26%
Hull City		October 14, 2002	June 29, 2006	184	77	50	57	41.85%
Crystal Palace		June 14, 2006	October 8, 2007	60	21	16	23	35%
Stevenage Borough		November 1, 2007	April 28, 2008	32	13	4	15	40.63%
Wycombe Wanderers		May 29, 2008		0	0	0	0	0%

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Peter Taylor management career stats at Soccerbase

Awards
Preceded by Tony Taylor	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1974	Succeeded by Derek Jeffries
Preceded by Derek Jeffries	Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year 1976	Succeeded by Kenny Sansom
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dave Sexton	England national U-21 football team manager 1996–1999	Succeeded by Peter Reid
Preceded by David Platt	England national U-21 football team manager 2004–2007	Succeeded by Stuart Pearce

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v • d • e Gillingham F.C. – Managers Groombridge (1896–1906) • Smith (1906–08) • Groombridge (1908–19) • Collins (1919–20) • McMillan (1920–23) • Curtis (1923–26) • Hoskins (1926–29) • Hendrie (1929–31) • Maven (1932–37) • Ure (1937–38) • Harvey (1938–39) • Clark (1939–58) • Barratt (1958–62) • Cox (1962–65) • Hayward (1965–71) • Nelson (1971–74) • Ashurst (1974–75) • Summers (1975–81) • Peacock (1981–87) • Paul Taylor (1987–88) • Burkinshaw (1988–89) • Richardson (1989–92) • Roeder (1992–93) • Flanagan (1993–95) • Smillie (1995) • Pulis (1995–99) • Peter Taylor (1999–2000) • Hessenthaler (2000–04) • Gorman (2004) • Ternent (2004–05) • Cooper (2005) • Jepson (2005–07) • Docherty (2007) • Onuora (2007) • Stimson (2007–)

v • d • e Leicester City F.C. – Managers Clark (1896–97) • Johnson (1898–07) • Blessington (1907–09) • Aitken (1909–11) • Bartlett (1912–14) • Hodge (1919–26) • Orr (1926–32) • Hodge (1932–34) • Lochhead (1934–36) • Womack (1936–39) • Bromilow (1939–45) • Mather (1945–46) • Duncan (1946–49) • Bullock (1949–55) • Halliday (1955–58) • Gillies (1959–68) • O'Farrell (1968–71) • Bloomfield (1971–77) • McLintock (1977–78) • Wallace (1978–82) • Milne (1982–86) • Hamilton (1986–87) • Pleat (1987–91) • Little (1991–94) • McGhee (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995–00) • Taylor (2000–01) • Bassett (2001–02) • Adams (2002–04) • Levein (2004–06) • Kelly (2006–07) • Allen (2007) • Megson (2007) • Holloway (2007–08)

v • d • e England national football team – Managers Winterbottom (1946–62) • Ramsey (1963–74) • Mercer (caretaker) (1974) • Revie (1974–77) • Greenwood (1977–82) • Robson (1982–90) • G. Taylor (1990–93) • Venables (1994–96) • Hoddle (1996–99) • Keegan (1999–2000) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (2000) • P. Taylor (caretaker) (2000) • Eriksson (2001–06) • McClaren (2006–07) • Capello (2008–)

v • d • e Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. – Managers John Jackson (1901–05) • Scott-Walford (1905–08) • Robson (1908–14) • Charles Webb (1919–47) • Cook (1947) • Welsh (1947–51) • Billy Lane (1951–61) • Curtis (1961–63) • Macauley (1963–68) • Fred Goodwin (1968–70) • Saward (1970–73) • Clough (1973–74) • P.T.Taylor (1974–76) • Mullery (1976–81) • Bailey (1981–82) • Melia (1982–83) • Cattlin (1983–86) • Mullery (1986–87) • Lloyd (1987–93) • Brady (1993–95) • Case (1995–96) • Gritt (1996–98) • Horton (1998–99) • Jeff Wood (1999) • Adams (1999–2001) • Hinshelwood (2001) • Bob Booker (2001) • P.J.Taylor (2001–02) • Hinshelwood (2002) • Coppell (2002–03) • Bob Booker (2003) • McGhee (2003–06) • Wilkins (2006–08) • Adams (2008–)

v • d • e Hull City A.F.C. – Managers Ramster (1904–05) • Langley (1905–13) • Chapman (1913–14) • Stringer (1914–16) • Menzies (1916–21) • Lewis (1921–23) • McCracken (1923–31) • Green (1931–34) • Hill (1934–36) • Menzies (1936) • Blackburn (1936–46) • Buckley (1946–48) • Carter (1948–51) • Jackson (1952–55) • Brocklebank (1955–61) • Britton (1961–69) • Neill (1970–74) • Kaye (1974–77) • Collins (1977–78) • Houghton (1978–79) • Smith (1979–82) • Brown (1982) • Appleton (1982–84) • Horton (1984–88) • Gray (1988–89) • Appleton (1989) • Ternent (1989–91) • Dolan (1991–97) • Hateley (1997–98) • Joyce (1998–2000) • Russell (2000) • Little (2000–02) • Russell (2002) • Mølby (2002) • Russell (2002) • Taylor (2002–06) • Parkinson (2006) • Brown (2006–)

v • d • e Crystal Palace F.C. – Managers Robson (1905–07) • Goodman (1907–25) • Maley (1925–27) • Maven (1927–30) • Tresadern (1930–35) • Bromilow (1935–36) • Moyes (1936–36) • Bromilow (1936–39) • Irwin (1939–47) • Butler (1947–49) • Rooke (1949–50) • Dawes (1950–51) • Slade (1950–51) • Scott (1951–54) • Spiers (1954–58) • G. Smith (1958–60) • Rowe (1960–62) • Graham (1963–66) • Head (1966–72) • Allison (1973–76) • Venables (1976–80) • Walley (1980) • Allison (1980–81) • Gradi (1981) • Kember (1981–82) • Mullery (1982–84) • Bassett (1984) • Coppell (1984–93) • A. Smith (1993–95) • Coppell (1995–96) • Bassett (1996–97) • Coppell (1997–98) • Lombardo/Brolin (1998) • Noades/Lewington (1998) • Venables (1998–99) • Coppell (1999–2000) • A. Smith (2000–01) • Kember (2001) • Bruce (2001) • Kember/Bullivant (2001) • Francis (2001–03) • Kember (2003) • Symons (2003) • Dowie (2003–06) • Taylor (2006–07) • Symons (2007) • Warnock (2007–)

v • d • e Stevenage Borough F.C. – Managers Fairclough (1990–98) • Hill (1998–2000) • Wignall (2000) • Fairclough (2000–02) • Turner (2002) • Dreyer (2002–03) • Westley (2003–06) • Stimson (2006–07) • Taylor (2007–08) • Westley (2008–)

v • d • e Wycombe Wanderers F.C. – Managers McCormick (1951–52) • Cann (1952–61) • McDonald (1961) • G. Adams (1961–62) • Welsh (1962–64) • Darvill (1964–68) • Lee (1968–76) • Powell (1976–77) • Reardon (1977–78) • Williams (1978–80) • Keen (1980–84) • Bence (1984–86) • Gane (1986–87) • Suddaby (1987–88) • Kelman (1988–90) • O'Neill (1990–95) • Smith (1995–96) • Gregory (1996–98) • Smillie (1998–99) • Sanchez (1999–2003) • T. Adams (2003–04) • Gorman (2004–06) • Lambert (2006–08) • Taylor (2008–)