Wainy316 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 16/01/2017 at 18:16, One For The Road said: I'd pay a lot of money for that away shirt in good condition. I've wanted it for decades. £200 for an XL here https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/1987-89-aston-villa-away-shirt-very-good-xl.html I got my 89-90 home shirt from this site and it's in great condition. Well until my sweaty pits went into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: £200 for an XL here https://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/1987-89-aston-villa-away-shirt-very-good-xl.html I got my 89-90 home shirt from this site and it's in great condition. Well until my sweaty pits went into it. Thanks for that. Sadly, I'm not anything like an XL or else I'd have snapped that up right away. Dam it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 59 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Thanks for that. Sadly, I'm not anything like an XL or else I'd have snapped that up right away. Dam it. Get some Balti pies in ya and work our way into it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NottingVilla Posted January 21, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Great tribute today. Edited January 21, 2017 by NottingVilla 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eastie Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Today football pays its respects to Graham Taylor whose funeral in Watford is 1pm - my thoughts are with his family today and I expect a huge turn out in respect of him . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) Seems a huge turnout in Watford - nice to see Tim sherwood , Stuart gray and David platt all there so far to pay their respects along with sir Alex , and many other football bosses . Summary Funeral taking place of former England and Watford football manager Graham Taylor The 72-year-old, who also managed Aston Villa and Wolves, died last month The service takes place at St Mary's Church in Watford at 13:00 BST and will be relayed to the public outside on big screens "Graham above all was a man of his word", says Rev John Samways - a close friend of Taylor who will be leading today's funeral live funeral coverage here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38422084 Edited February 1, 2017 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) Sorry for starting a new thread but wish to alert - For those wishing to follow the funeral it is live on BBC 3 counties radio from 1 pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7fq for those who cannot listen live there is a live coverage link here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38422084 Edited February 1, 2017 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks Eastie. I'm thinking about the great man today. I hope we can all spare him a thought today considering all he did for AV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 1, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2017 I'd love Villa and Watford to organise a game in his memory for charity this summer, seems like the sort of thing he would have wanted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Heretic said: Thanks Eastie. I'm thinking about the great man today. I hope we can all spare him a thought today considering all he did for AV. Listened for 2 hours to the live funeral coverage and the eulogies from his daughters and grand children brought tears to my eyes - lovely service and so fitting a tribute to him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 RIP Sir GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post mykeyb Posted February 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2017 RIP Graham, if everyone lived their life to the same values you lived yours the world would a much happier and safer place. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 10 hours ago, Eastie said: Seems a huge turnout in Watford - nice to see Tim sherwood , Stuart gray and David platt all there so far to pay their respects along with sir Alex , and many other football bosses. Martin Keown and Tony Daley were also in attendance. Fair play to Platty by the way, there were understandable questions posed about his lack of comment following Graham's passing but he was there to pay his respects on the day for the manager that made him into an England player. RIP Graham and thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 2 hours ago, John said: Martin Keown and Tony Daley were also in attendance. Fair play to Platty by the way, there were understandable questions posed about his lack of comment following Graham's passing but he was there to pay his respects on the day for the manager that made him into an England player. RIP Graham and thanks for the memories. And Platt was at the Villa Park tribute as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dAVe80 Posted February 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2017 On 01/02/2017 at 15:15, TrentVilla said: I'd love Villa and Watford to organise a game in his memory for charity this summer, seems like the sort of thing he would have wanted. From the BBC Quote Graham Taylor statue planned by Watford FC A statue is to be commissioned by Watford FC to honour the club's former manager Graham Taylor. Taylor, who also managed England from 1990 until 1993, died on 12 January, aged 72. His funeral was attended by hundreds of fans. A statue celebrating his footballing career will be erected at Watford's Vicarage Road ground, the club announced. A pre-season tribute fixture in Taylor's memory is also being planned. The exact location of the statue and details of its design have not yet been decided. Watford said it would be working on the plans with fans' representatives and the borough council. On its website, Watford FC described the proposed statue and pre-season match as "two significant tributes... to remember Watford's greatest ever manager". Taylor took Watford from the Fourth Division to a second-placed finish in the top flight in five seasons. He also guided the club to the only FA Cup final of their history - a 2-0 defeat against Everton in 1984 - and European football. He also had spells in charge of Lincoln City, Aston Villa and Wolves Has to be against us, surely? It would be a fitting tribute to the man, if we could get involved. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raver50032 Posted May 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2017 Hi all, I don't normally make a habit of bumping threads, but thought that this was a good time to pass on the news that London Midland (one of your local train companies) will be naming one of their Class 350 Desiro trains after Graham Taylor in a ceremony at Watford Junction station on 2nd June 2017. No idea what time, but it is a train that will be seen most days at Birmingham New Street on various LM services. I think this is a fabulous gesture and very welcome indeed to commemorate a great servant to English football. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 19, 2017 Administrator Share Posted May 19, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39960481 Quote A train which passes through a number of stations associated with former England manager Graham Taylor is to be named after him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted September 4, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2017 Another nice story about the giant of a man that was Graham Taylor. Linkings Quote Birmingham City old boy: How Aston Villa legend saved me from Winson Green prison stretch The former Aston Villa, Wolves and England manager passed away in January Tony Coton has revealed how Aston Villa legend Graham Taylor saved him from a possible five-year stretch at Winson Green prison in his younger days. Coton, who now works as Villa’s head of domestic scouting, signed for Taylor’s Watford side in 1984 after a lengthy stint as Birmingham City’s goalkeeper. Coton, 56, was facing prison at the time following a series of scuffles in his hometown of Tamworth - but Taylor stepped up and directed him towards the path of redemption. ‘I was wild and heading for prison until Taylor became my saviour’ Graham Taylor was portrayed as the devil incarnate with England but to me he was a miracle worker for keeping me out of prison and turning my career around. News of his death from a heart attack in January hit me like a sledgehammer because I'd always wanted to thank him for saving me from a life unfulfilled. When I signed for his Watford team at the age of 23, I'd already had a growing rap sheet from my first club Birmingham City. As a young pro, I'd been done for GBH after being caught up in a mass brawl during a weekend in Skegness. I was then convicted and fined £350 for ABH after going toe-to-toe with a bouncer during the season Blues were relegated in 1983/84. When I joined Watford in September 1984, another ABH case was hanging over me. I'd been out in Tamworth. A doorman had tried to close the door on us, I wasn't having that and jammed one of my size 11s through the door frame. Fists started to fly and a taxi driver recognised me when the altercation spilled into the road. I knew a knock on the door would come. ABH is an offence that carries a maximum sentence of five years and as he signed me, Graham said: 'Please tell me that I'm not about to waste three hundred grand of my chairman's cash on a goalkeeper who is going to be playing for a prison team in a few months.' I came up for sentencing early in March 1985. My new club appointed a barrister to represent me and he told Graham Taylor that my previous convictions for assault meant that I had run out of second chances. 'Wear a cheap suit,' he said. 'And ask a friend to drive you to court – because I don't think you will be going home.' Thankfully, the gaffer refused to give up on me. He stood up in Tamworth Magistrates' Court and delivered a character reference that painted me as a misunderstood fallen angel who needed help and understanding rather than a stretch in Winson Green. I didn't recognise the individual that Graham described, but he told the judge that he would stake his reputation on keeping Anthony Philip Coton on the straight and narrow. It was a performance Rumpole would have been proud of. The judge gave me a six-month sentence suspended for two years – I was a very lucky man. I thanked Graham Taylor profusely for his intervention. 'The man I described in that dock isn't the man you are,' said Graham. 'But it is the man I know you can become. Don't let me down.' 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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