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Graham taylor, obviously, hes a man that i played for, made me england captain — ill be eternally grateful for him for that. how did you get him in the first place? how did that happen? um, well, there was talk of us getting bobby moore and i think i spoke to bobby, but the board of directors werent keen on it. and muir stratford, who was one of our directors, he said, "theres a chap at lincoln city called graham "taylor and i think hes the best young manager" — and he was 28, i think, graha...

With graham taylor as well? yes, i went round to his house. it was a friendship — it seems you were very close. yeah, we socialised, we loved going round there and playing games. he was a dreadful loser, as i was, and rita was always a laugh. yes, i loved going round his house. and, yeah — we both came from similar roots. we both came from working class backgrounds at the same — you know, wejust clicked. he was — he was — he was terrifying sometimes. yeah, i can see he probably was som...

And to his credit, he came down and with rita, his wife, and sat down with me in my house in windsor, and i convinced him to be manager. but then, i think the thing that really convinced him was that bert millichip, of west bromwich albion, said, "what are you going there for? "you know, youre turning us down to go to that club." and i can see bert�*s point of view, absolutely. how did you sell the idea to him, then? because, obviously, he had other people that wanted him to go to their club. ...

And did you socialise with — with graham taylor as well? yes, i went round to his house. it was a friendship — it seems you were very close. yeah, we socialised, we loved going round there and playing games. he was a dreadful loser, as i was, and rita was always a laugh. yes, i loved going round his house. and, yeah — we both came from similar roots. we both came from working class backgrounds at the same — you know, wejust clicked. he was — he was, he was terrifying sometimes. yeah, i...

But i dont know if we actually thought we could achieve it. tell me about — i mean, graham taylor, obviously, hes a man that i played for, made me england captain — ill be eternally grateful for him for that. how did you get him in the first place? how did that happen? um, well, there was talk of us getting bobby moore and i think i spoke to bobby, but the board of directors werent keen on it. and muir stratford, who was one of our directors, he said, "theres a chap at lincoln city called gr...

Yes, i went round to his house. it was a friendship — it seems you were very close. yeah, we socialised, we loved going round there and playing games. he was a dreadful loser, as i was, and rita was always a laugh. yes, i loved going round his house. and, yeah — we both came from similar roots. we both came from working class backgrounds at the same — you know, wejust clicked. he was — he was — he was terrifying sometimes. yeah, i can see he probably was sometimes. yeah. terrifying for...

Hes a man that i played for, made me england captain — ill be eternally grateful for him for that. how did you get him in the first place? how did that happen? um, well, there was talk of us getting bobby moore and i think i spoke to bobby, but the board of directors werent keen on it. and muir stratford, who was one of our directors, he said, "theres a chap at lincoln city called graham "taylor and i think hes the best young manager" — and he was 28, i think, graham. youre getting somebody ...

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