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Graham taylor, obviously, he's a man that i played for, made me england captain — i'll 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 weren't keen on it. and muir stratford, who was one of our directors, he said, "there's a chap at lincoln city called graham "taylor and i think he's the best young manager" — and he was 28, i think, graham. you're getting somebody to close him down and then your other fella that's coming is coming ...

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 sometimes. yeah. terrifying for you as well, or...? he was never terrifying towards me. but i saw him i...

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, you're 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. i don't know. we just clicked. it was like — i've had two great relationships in my life in footb...

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 can see he probably was sometimes. yeah. terrifying for you as well, or...? he was never terrifying...

But i don't know if we actually thought we could achieve it. tell me about — i mean, graham taylor, obviously, he's a man that i played for, made me england captain — i'll 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 weren't keen on it. and muir stratford, who was one of our directors, he said, "there's a chap at lincoln city called graham "taylor and i think he's the best young manager" — and he was 28, i think, graham. you'r...