Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)

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Peter John Taylor (born 3 January 1953) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Thailand national team. During his time as a player with Crystal Palace during the 1970s, Taylor became one of the few players to have been selected for the senior England national team when not playing in the top two flights of a domestic league. He was previously manager at Dartford, Enfield, Southend United, Dover Athletic, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City, Crystal Palace, Kerala Blasters, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers, Bradford City and (twice) Gillingham, Maldon & Tiptree. He also had two spells as head coach of the England under-21 team and took charge of the senior England national team as caretaker manager for one game against Italy, for which he made David Beckham captain of England for the first time. He managed the England under-20 team in 2013. Outside England, Taylor was the head coach of the Bahrain national team.

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