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Manager #17

Seasons:

1987-90

Games Managed:

150

Points per Game:

1.61

Win Rate:

46.00%

Graham Taylor

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From:

Saturday, 15 August 1987

To:

Saturday, 5 May 1990

Seasons:

3

Graham Taylor

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Seasons

1987-88
1988-89
1989-90

Age*

42
43
44

Division

D2
D1
D1

Position

2nd
17th
2nd

Games

150
51
47
52

Won

69
26
15
28

Drew

35
12
13
10

Lost

46
13
19
14

Win %

46%
51%
32%
54%

Lost %

31%
25%
40%
27%

Unbeaten %

69%
75%
60%
73%

Goals For

227
74
72
81

Goals Vs.

171
53
66
58

Goal diff

56
22
6
23

Goals / game

1.51
1.45
1.53
1.56

Conc / game

1.14
1.02
1.4
1.02

Clean sheets

27.33%
31.37%
12.77%
36.54%

Points / game

1.61
1.76
1.23
1.81

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Graham Taylor

Full Name

Graham Taylor

Birth Date

15 September 1944

Birth Place

Worksop, Nottinghamshire

Birth Country

England

Joined Club

May 1987

Appointed Manager

May 1987

Joined From

Watford

Aged

42

In

May 1987

Succeeded

Frank Upton (Caretaker)

Left Position

July 1990

Aged

46

Due to

England Manager

Succeeded by

Jozef Vengloš

Key Players

1977-89 Allan Evans |
1979-96 Nigel Spink |
1981-88 Mark Walters |
1983-91 Paul Birch |
1984-94 Tony Daley |
1987-91 Kevin Gage |
1987-89 Alan McInally |
1987-91 David Platt |
1988-92 Chris Price |
1989-92 Kent Nielsen |
1989-97 Paul McGrath |

Supported by

Served under

1987-90
Chairman, Herbert D. Ellis
Club Secretary, Steve Stride

Died

12 January 2017, aged 72

Previous Clubs Managed

1972-77 Lincoln City, Manager
1977-87 Watford, Manager

Trophies Won

1975-76 Fourth Division, Lincoln City
1977-78 Fourth Division, Watford

Villa Management Career

Games

150

Win Rate

46.00%

Loss Rate

30.67%

Unbeaten Rate

69.33%

Points per game

1.61

Honours

Managed the Villa

Runners Up

1989-90 Division One Runners Up

Villa Managerial Debut

15 August 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

Final Villa Managerial Game

5 May 1990, Villa 3-3 Everton, Goodison Park

League finishes

1987-88 | 2nd Division Two |
1988-89 | 17th Division One |
1989-90 | Runners Up Division One |

FA Cup finishes

1987-88 | 4th Round |
1988-89 | 4th Round |
1989-90 | Quarter Final |

League Cup finishes

1987-88 | 4th Round |
1988-89 | 5th Round |
1989-90 | 3rd Round |

European finishes

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1990-93 England, Manager
1994-95 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manager
1996-01 Watford, Manager
2002-03 Aston Villa, Manager

Trophies Won

1997-98 Division Two, Watford

Graham Taylor

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