Sir Graham Taylor

[class-of-82]

Villa legend
terrible sad news heard it on radio 5 as it was announced
Never ever forget the "graham Taylor's claret and blue army" at Everton in his final game even now if I meet a evertonian on holiday they still go on about it 26 years later

Sad loss to the footballing world
R.i.p. Sgt

[passport1]

A decent man. Condolences to his family.

[dave shelley]

Apologies for continuing to post on the thread but, memories and thoughts keep returning.  I think most of us elder lemons think that the renaissance of Villa after the ignominy of relegation to the third division began with Vic Crowe but, for me, Graham Taylor was the man who first put it into my head that we could actually become a meaningful challenger for first division honours, and so it proved.

[ChicagoLion]

Some of the story's on here are a great testament to a real decent human being.
Thanks for sharing and thank you Mr Graham Taylor.

[barrysleftfoot]

 That's a beautiful story Jon Crofts, absolutely beautiful, and if there is any one reason why we should be so proud to have had him as our manager, then that story encapsulates it.

 Too often ex-players/managers are called "legends", SGT was.

[dave.woodhall]

Some words get bandied around so often they lose their true meaning. Legend is one. Tragedy is another.

[Kingthing]

Theres a five live special tonight at 7pm

[Chris Smith]

Such a shock. Every so often we get a 'right man, right time' appointment and he was just that. Perfect answer to what had just happened and he put a smile back on all our faces. Shook his hand at Edgbaston a few years ago.

[Steve67]

The loss of a true footballing man, very passionate about the sport.  A great Manager for Aston Villa, a fete we all hope that Steve Bruce can repeat all these years on.  A sad loss for football.  Condolences to his family.

[Allan C]

Such a shock. A great man and a great manager. Loved to read his program notes. RIP x

[flybo]

RIP Sir Graham i am close to tears my thoughts are with his family thank you Graham 

[PeterWithe]

And not just a deep thinker on football, if you have time the link below is SGTs contribution to R2s Jeremey Vine Programme 'What makes us human' feature. Worth a listen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kszvb

[sirlordbaltimore]

Thanks for coming in and help save our club Graham. I shall forever hold you in the highest regard for that period. The second may not have gone to plan but that never clouded what happened previously

Rest in Peace x

[clash city rocker]

I've been going to villa park since the 60''s. ..I class 2 managers as legends. .Sir Ron and Sir Graham..RIP.....would love it in years to come if I could mention Sir Steve in the same sentence. ..I am gutted.

[go on the dog]

Top manager, Top bloke, hope we name a stand after him, he saved us from despair and brought God into our lives, Legend