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yep you are right Andy...he was a lovely man and always contributed his time and players for charity things locally...he donated signed football..
14:48 Fri 13th Jan 2017
piggynose - the nickname came from an image in The Sun newspaper - when England failed to qualify under Taylor's management, they called him a turnip, and transposed a picture of Taylor onto an image of a turnip and printed it on the front page.
Taylor had the grace and good humour to accept the 'joke', although he said in interview that it did lead to gratuitous insults from compete strangers for a time.
The sad thing is that although Taylor's reign as England manager was a disaster, he was an excellent and highly successful club manager with both Watford and Aston Villa, and became a respected radio pundit on Radio 5 Live.
It's a shame that his brief lack of success in international football overshadowed the successes of an excellent manager who was universally liked and respected by the football community.
Taylor had the grace and good humour to accept the 'joke', although he said in interview that it did lead to gratuitous insults from compete strangers for a time.
The sad thing is that although Taylor's reign as England manager was a disaster, he was an excellent and highly successful club manager with both Watford and Aston Villa, and became a respected radio pundit on Radio 5 Live.
It's a shame that his brief lack of success in international football overshadowed the successes of an excellent manager who was universally liked and respected by the football community.
From my recollection the name came from the defeat by Sweden well before the picture was printed of a turnip superimposed on Taylor's head
Swede's 2 Turnip's 1
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Felt sorry for Taylor ... the ref either hated England or had taken a bung.
Seemed a genuine nice bloke RIP.
Swede's 2 Turnip's 1
can remember this match http://
Felt sorry for Taylor ... the ref either hated England or had taken a bung.
Seemed a genuine nice bloke RIP.
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A sad loss, he seemed a decent, honest gentleman.
RIP Graham.
A sad loss, he seemed a decent, honest gentleman.
RIP Graham.
Talbot - //From my recollection the name came from the defeat by Sweden well before the picture was printed of a turnip superimposed on Taylor's head //
That may be so, but the public lampooning of Mr Taylor started in earnest when this image appeared - prior to that it may have been known in football circles, but once The Sun did its bit, the nickname went world-wide, and stayed with Mr Taylor for the remainder of his life.
That may be so, but the public lampooning of Mr Taylor started in earnest when this image appeared - prior to that it may have been known in football circles, but once The Sun did its bit, the nickname went world-wide, and stayed with Mr Taylor for the remainder of his life.
yep you are right Andy...he was a lovely man and always contributed his time and players for charity things locally...he donated signed football..including Elton's , strips , family enclosure passes for a raffle I ran from Job Centre ..a bit of a shock today..many folks with whom I had a personal link gone in recent times....sad..so sad...
andy-hughes
Talbot - //From my recollection the name came from the defeat by Sweden well before the picture was printed of a turnip superimposed on Taylor's head //
That may be so, but the public lampooning of Mr Taylor started in earnest when this image appeared
That is incorrect, andy. The sun had done a similar trick to the turnip using an onion when England lost to Spain ... that was well before the Swedish game and the turnip pic.
I had no idea you liked your football so much.
Talbot - //From my recollection the name came from the defeat by Sweden well before the picture was printed of a turnip superimposed on Taylor's head //
That may be so, but the public lampooning of Mr Taylor started in earnest when this image appeared
That is incorrect, andy. The sun had done a similar trick to the turnip using an onion when England lost to Spain ... that was well before the Swedish game and the turnip pic.
I had no idea you liked your football so much.
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