Graham Taylor - ex England manager has died.

[HildoSpur]

https://twitter.com/richard_conway

Mirror now reporting it

 

[WalkerboyUK]

https://twitter.com/richard_conway

Mirror now reporting it

Sad... I posted in the Obituary Thread already...
Never had the backing of the media unfortunately.

 

[thinktank]

Classic



RIP

 

[haxman]

If people haven't seen it, its worth a watch. RIP.

 

[danielneeds]

Seemed like a lovely fella. Got crushed under the weight of the England job though, like many others since.

 

[hughy]

Bit of a shock this. Was he ill?

Regardless, RIP.

 

[tiger666]

A very good manager. RIP

 

[montylynch]

Wow, shocked at this. RIP Graham.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Bit shocked, maybe sudden? Seen him on something recently and he looked / sounded well. As others have said seemed a nice guy, enjoyed listening to him as a pundit.

 

[HildoSpur]

Bit shocked, maybe sudden? Seen him on something recently and he looked / sounded well. As others have said seemed a nice guy, enjoyed listening to him as a pundit.

Reports saying it was a heart attack - so very sudden and unexpected. Felt sorry for the guy due to the disgusting treatment he received from the media during his time as England manager and sadly that is how many will remember him.

 

[codspur]

Fantastic record at club level. Sad news

 

[CosmicHotspur]

What a poisoned chalice the England manager position can be and he was treated so harshly.

RIP Graham, 72 too young to go.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Scnthorpe man... my grandad was pally with his dad.

A proper "proper football man".

RIP.

 

[Cheltenham Spur]

RIP Graham.

Let's hope he gets the respect now that he should have got as England manager.

 

[Dougal]

Do I not like that. RIP.

 

[max cady]

Good manager, never real stood a chance with the english media when he took over from darling of the media Robson. He however provided the media with some of the greatest back page headlines in the 90s. Swedes & Turnips was class but I thought the best was Yanks 2 Planks 0.

I thought his handling of Lineker was probably his biggest mistake.

RIP Graham you were very honest.

 

[Dougal]

Good manager, never real stood a chance with the english media when he took over from darling of the media Robson. He however provided the media with some of the greatest back page headlines in the 90s. Swedes & Turnips was class but I thought the best was Yanks 2 Planks 0.

I thought his handling of Lineker was probably his biggest mistake.

RIP Graham you were very honest.

Robson took just as much shit from the media. If not for Italia 90 it would have been worse!

 

[gilzeantheking]

He always came across as an honest man. What he did with Watford was an incredible feat and one that is often forgotten by our Great British media who did their best to absolutely hammer him.

RIP Graham

 

[montylynch]

One night in Turin is a fantastic film, detailing the run up to Italia 90 and the shit that Robson and the team went through.

 

[lillywhites61]

Sad news this, im sure the media will say how amazing he was and what a career he had even though it was they who did their best to end it..

RIP