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Les Brechin
January 12, 2017, 1:31pm

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Sad news indeed.

RIP Graham.


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January 12, 2017, 1:32pm

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Sad news. Do I not like that.

Met him at St James Church where he gave a great talk about his career and living down Hainton Avenue. Was a left footed right back if I remember rightly. Seemed a lovely bloke.




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January 12, 2017, 1:32pm

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He never forgot Town and often mentioned us .....thoughts with his family


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What a shame a former Mariner and true football man, RIP Graham.


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'Do I not like that'  


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January 12, 2017, 1:44pm
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Rip graham, seems to me that this bloke was one of the old school gentlemen of the game,honest and said it how it was...got treated shockingly by the gutter press but still had everyone's respect for the manner in which he conducted himself,if there were more like him in the game then it would be in a better place.
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Another part of my youth gone. RIP Graham. Graham was an excellent full back. He didn't need to be fast because he was football intelligent and it was obvious he would go into management.

I remember seeing his Watford side trounce Town at BP when he more or less invented Route One tactics with Luther Blissett and Ross Jenkins and later on John Barnes. Graham had read some research by a football fan academic in which every goal for several seasons had been examined. The results showed that most of them came from mistakes following a long ball out from defence. Graham took this to heart at Lincoln and then Watford. He adapted it a bit when Watford went into Europe but he was still in favour of the percentage game even as England manager, hence his choice of McMenemy as an assistant.

He was great to listen to. Very astute and always remembered his roots. He was the son of Tom Taylor who was "Poacher" reporting Scunthorpe games in the Saturday Telegraph.


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January 12, 2017, 1:55pm
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He was a top man. Showed kindness and generosity to me personally when he didn't need to. Thanks Graham!
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January 12, 2017, 1:59pm

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RIP Graham. Condolences to his family and friends. Very sad news.


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After the Mariners had beaten Bournemouth at Wembley in 1998, Alan Buckley bemoaned the fact that the team had an away fixture at Carlisle just two days later! He said that the fixture list was not compiled by 'football people'.

Alan' s idea of a football person would be someone like Graham Taylor who loved the game and spoke so knowledgeably about it. I was truly shocked to hear that Graham has passed away and feel proud to think that such a good football man was associated not just with Grimsby Town but Lincolnshire football in general. He was a true gentleman; we have lost the ultimate football person. Rest in peace, Graham.
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