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graham taylor pictured in 2010 graham taylor 1962 -- 1968 1968 -- 1972 grimsby town lincoln city 189 150 2 1 worksop , nottinghamshire , england 175 1972 1990 -- 1993 1994 -- 1995 1996 -- 2001 2002 -- -- 2003 1977 1977 -- 1987 1987 -- 1990 15 september 1944 lincoln aston villa city watford aston villa england wolverhampton wanderers watford graham taylor.jpg graham taylor
 graham taylor
graham taylor

graham taylor obe -lrb- born 15 september 1944 , worksop , nottinghamshire -rrb- is the former chairman of watford football club , having formerly been a football pundit , football manager , and player .
he was the manager of the england national football team from 1990 to 1993 , as well as being manager of watford , a club he took from the fourth division to the first in the space of five years , then from bottom of the second division to the premier league in two seasons two decades later .
taylor grew up in the industrial steel town of scunthorpe , north lincolnshire , a town with which he still has many connections and regards as his hometown .
the son of a sports journalist with the `` scunthorpe evening telegraph '' , graham found his love of football in the stands of the old show ground watching scunthorpe united .
he became a player , playing at full back for grimsby town and lincoln city .
he retired as a player through injury in 1972 .
he became a manager and coach , winning success with lincoln , watford and aston villa .
taylor succeeded in rescuing and achieving promotion with all three clubs , leading watford and aston villa to runners-up positions to liverpool f.c in 1983 and 1990 respectively , while leading the former to an f.a cup final in 1984 .
in 1990 , he became the manager of the england team , but resigned in november 1993 , after failing to qualify for the 1994 fifa world cup in the united states .
taylor was heavily criticised personally and professionally during his failed tenure .
taylor faced even more criticism when a documentary , which filmed the failed qualifying campaign , aired in 1994 .
taylor was heard to utter the words `` do i not like that '' , when england conceded a goal to poland , which it became a national catchphrase , and `` can we not knock it ? '' .
he was also filmed berating the german linesman during the controversial and crippling defeat to the netherlands in a world cup qualifier .
taylor returned to club management in march 1994 , and achieved more success with watford .
the club was promoted to the premier league in 1999 , after slipping back down the leagues after taylor 's departure 12 years earlier .
his most recent managerial role was manager of aston villa , who he returned to in 2002 .
he left at the end of the 2002 -- 03 season .
taylor served as chairman of watford f.c. from 2009 until 2012 with whom he still holds position of honorary life-president , and currently works as a pundit for bbc radio five live .
