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Peter Taylor, England football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor
England
3 January 1953
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Peter Taylor is an English former footballer, appointed manager of Canvey Island in May 2025. He was previously manager at Dartford, Enfield, Southend United, Dover Athletic, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City, Crystal Palace, Kerala Blasters, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers, Bradford City and (twice) Gillingham, Maldon & Tiptree. He also had two spells as head coach of the England under-21 team and took charge of the England national team as caretaker manager for one game against Italy, for which he made David Beckham captain of England for the first time. He managed the England under-20 team in 2013. Outside England, Taylor was the head coach of the Bahrain national football team.

During his time as a player with Crystal Palace during the 1970s, Taylor became one of the few players to have been selected for the senior England team when not playing in the top two flights of a domestic league.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Taylor at the 2011 Pan Arab Games
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Peter John Taylor
Date of birth: (1953-01-03) 3 January 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth: Rochford, England
Position(s): Winger
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Canvey Island
⚽ Youth career:
0000–1969: Canvey Island
1969–1971: Southend United
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973: Southend United 75 (12)
1973–1976: Crystal Palace 122 (33)
1976–1980: Tottenham Hotspur 123 (31)
1980–1983: Leyton Orient 56 (11)
1983: → Oldham Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
1983–1984: Exeter City 8 (0)
1984–?: Maidstone United
Heybridge Swifts
1985–1986: Chelmsford City 56 (16)
1986–1990: Dartford
1990–1991: Enfield
1995: Chelmsford City 3 (0)
Total: 450 (103)
⚽ International career:
1974–1975: England U23 4 (4)
1976: England 4 (2)
1984: England C 3 (0)
⚽ Managerial career:
1986–1990: Dartford
1990–1991: Enfield
1993–1995: Southend United
1995–1996: Dover Athletic
1996–1999: England U21
1999–2000: Gillingham
2000–2001: Leicester City
2000: England (caretaker)
2001–2002: Brighton & Hove Albion
2002–2006: Hull City
2004–2007: England U21
2006–2007: Crystal Palace
2007–2008: Stevenage Borough
2008–2009: Wycombe Wanderers
2010–2011: Bradford City
2011–2012: Bahrain
2013: England U20
2013–2014: Gillingham
2015: Kerala Blasters
2017: Gillingham (caretaker)
2018–2019: Dagenham & Redbridge
2021–2022: Welling United
2022–2023: Maldon & Tiptree
2025–: Canvey Island
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Channel Image 1988-89 Derby County - Peter Taylor interview - Dec 1988
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Channel Image Peter Taylor Retires From NFFC 1982
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Channel Image Clough And Taylor The Nottingham Forest Legacy 1975 1993
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Channel Image Peter Taylor on grass roots football
16 years ago • 555 views
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Channel Image Football 2nd; Brighton's Peter Taylor & Dick Knight 14/4/2002
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Channel Image Peter Taylor Central News Tribute On His Death
5 years ago • 6.91K views
Estimated Revenue • $19

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Channel Image England Then and Now - An Interview with Ex-England Manager, Peter Taylor
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Channel Image BRIAN CLOUGH AND PETER TAYLOR - THE PARTNERSHIP
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Channel Image My favourite shirt - Peter Taylor: Crystal Palace away 1975-76
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Channel Image BRIAN CLOUGH -Peter Taylor Post match Cup Win over Liverpool
17 years ago • 75.41K views
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Channel Image Rare Brian Clough Documentary (2000)
13 years ago • 130.27K views
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