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Phil Henry Taylor |
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Job Title: Chief
Coach July 1954-30.04.1956; Manager 01.05.1956-17.11.1959 |
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Date of
Birth: 18.09.1917 |
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Dead:
01.12.2012 |
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With the Reds: 1936-1954
(player) & 1954-1959 |
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Former clubs:
Bristol Rovers; Bristol Rovers (2), Brighton & Hove Albion, Newcastle United,
Leeds United (wartime guest) |
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Former clubs as
staff: |
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Arrived from: Local |
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Signed for
LFC: 01.05.1956 |
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First game in charge:
18.08.1956 |
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LFC league games as manager:
143 |
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Total LFC games as manager:
150 |
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Contract expiry:
17.11.1959 |
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Birthplace:
Bristol, England |
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Honours as
staff: |
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Personal
honours as staff: |
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The Managerial Record Phil Taylor
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
% |
League |
143 |
73 |
31 |
39 |
283 |
201 |
51.05% |
FA Cup |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
10 |
42.86% |
Total |
50 |
76 |
32 |
42 |
294 |
211 |
50.67% |
Matches that are won or lost in a penalty shoot-out are counted as a draw
in those numbers. |
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STAFF
PROFILE
Phil Taylor has a somewhat unfortunate place among the elite few to have held the
Anfield hot-seat.
Not only is he best remembered for being Bill Shankly's predecessor, but he also
has the unenviable status of being the only Liverpool boss never to have managed in the
topflight.
A fine half back who signed for the Reds from Bristol Rovers in 1936, Taylor would
endure contrasting fortunes as a player and manager at Anfield.
On the field he had an impressive reputation throughout the game and would
eventually go on to captain the club. As his career came to a close, natural progression
saw him take up a coaching role with the Reds before he eventually took over the
managerial reigns from Don Welsh in 1956.
However, good players don't always make good managers, and the bid to gain
promotion from Division Two would be a bridge too far for Taylor.
Despite signing the likes of Johnny Wheeler and Roger Hunt, inconsistency would
shadow his tenure at the club. A third place finish in 1957 followed by fourth spot in
1958 might have been satisfactory enough at some other clubs - but not at Liverpool.
A new chairman, Tom (T.V.) Williams, had been appointed in 1956 and had ambitions
that certainly surpassed some of his predecessors.
Inevitably, the pressure began to mount and after a frustrating start to the
1959-60 season, Taylor finally resigned.
"No matter how great has been the disappointment of the directors at our
failure to win our way back to the first division, it has not been greater than
mine," he said when news broke of his departure.
"I made it my goal. I set my heart on it and strove for it with all the energy
I could muster. Such striving has not been enough and now the time has come to hand over
to someone else to see if they can do better."
Having been a magnificent servant to the club as a player, it was a shame that
Taylor's time in the hot-seat did not work out.
However, if it had not been for his departure our history could well have been
different. His successor would go on to have unprecedented glory and, in doing so, alter
the face of Liverpool Football Club forever.
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Update 11.12.2012 |
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