Under Taylor, Watford were First Division runners-up in 1982–83, and FA Cup finalists in 1984. He took Watford from the Fourth Division to the First in five years. He won the Fourth Division title with Lincoln in 1976, before moving to Watford in 1977.
After retiring as a player through injury in 1972, Taylor became a manager and coach. He became a player, playing at full back for Grimsby Town and Lincoln City. The son of a sports journalist who worked on the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, Taylor found his love of football in the stands of the Old Show Ground watching Scunthorpe United. 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.īorn in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Taylor grew up in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, which he regarded as his hometown. Graham Taylor, OBE (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
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