Peter Taylor

Biography

Peter Thomas Taylor (2 July 1928 – 4 October 1990) was an English football player and manager. A goalkeeper with a modest playing career, he went on to work in management alongside Brian Clough at Derby County and Nottingham Forest, winning the Football League with both clubs and the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest. He joined Coventry City in 1945 and spent the 1953–54 season as Coventry's first-choice goalkeeper but was otherwise mostly used as a reserve player. He was sold to Middlesbrough for £3,500 in 1955 and kept goal for the Second Division club for four full seasons after being promoted to the first-team in the 1956–57 campaign. He lost his first-team place in 1960 and in June 1961, joined Port Vale for a £750 fee. He took a free transfer to non-League Burton Albion in May 1962, where he ended his playing career. Throughout his playing career, he built for his future management career by learning from Coventry manager Harry Storer and building a close relationship with Middlesbrough striker Brian Clough, six years his junior. He was appointed as manager of Burton Albion in October 1962 after impressing the chairman with his knowledge of the game. He built a strong team and led the club to victory in the Southern League Cup in 1964. In 1965–66 season, Clough appointed him as his assistant at Hartlepool United, and Taylor helped Clough to rebuild the playing squad with a decent eighth place in the Third Division in the 1966–67 season. The pair moved on to Derby County in May 1967, taking the club to the Second Division title in 1968–69, then the First Division title in 1971–72, and the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1973. The duo resigned in October 1973 after their strained relationship with the club's board of directors became unworkable. Clough and Taylor moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion in November 1973, and Taylor stayed on as manager after Clough left Brighton in July 1974. In July 1976, Taylor left Brighton to work alongside Clough at No

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