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It was nothing personal: if it had been, I would have left him on so he could have suffered like everyone else.
Graham Taylor
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Graham Taylor
Age: 72 †
Born: 1944
Born: September 15
Died: 2017
Died: January 12
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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.
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I always dreamed of playing for the UK since I grew a huge UK fan but once I started visiting schools I fell in love with Miami University and decided it was the right place for me.
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He's a player you only miss when he's not playing
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