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Peter Thomas Taylor

Born

in Nottingham, The United Kingdom

July 02, 1928

Died

October 04, 1990

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Peter Thomas Taylor

(July 2, 1928 – October 4, 1990), was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest.

More notably, he was a successful coach at Derby County and Nottingham Forest alongside Brian Clough.

Taylor is most famous for his managerial partnership with Clough. The two first met in 1955 at Middlesbrough, where Taylor was a reserve goalkeeper and Clough an up-and-coming striker. Taylor was among the first to spot Clough's potential as a forward and helped him break into the first team.

While Clough inspired and motivated the team, it was Taylor who had the uncanny ability to spot talent and potential. Clough once said of his colleague: "I'm not equipped to manage successfu ...more

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“If there are two lads with football ability but unequal intelligence, you can be sure that the boy with the higher IQ will progress further in the game.”
― Peter Thomas Taylor, With Clough, By Taylor

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“We finished seventh from the bottom after that first season, an almost stratospheric placing for a team over-staffed with deadbeats and renegades whom we dared not leave alone for a moment; I’m not thinking of capers off the field but of their incapacity to absorb instructions on it. The poorer the footballer, the more attention he needs. Basic drills at throw-ins, corners and free kicks must be hammered into their thick heads and, even then, are often forgotten in the stress of a match.”
― Peter Thomas Taylor, With Clough, By Taylor

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“I have an old-fashioned idea about constructing successful football sides; I believe in strength down the middle – a good goalkeeper, a good centre-half, a good centre-forward. They are the spine of a side.”
― Peter Thomas Taylor, With Clough, By Taylor

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