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The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.
Graham Taylor
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Graham Taylor
Age: 72 †
Born: 1944
Born: September 15
Died: 2017
Died: January 12
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