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

Peter Taylor

England

3 January 1953

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Peter Taylor is an English former footballer, who was last manager of Canvey Island. 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 73)
Place of birth: Rochford, England
Position: Winger

⚽ 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)
1984–1985: Maidstone United 20 (2)
1985: Heybridge Swifts
1985–1986: Chelmsford City 56 (16)
1986–1990: Dartford
1990–1991: Enfield
1995: Chelmsford City 3 (0)
Total: 470 (105)

⚽ 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