Peter Taylor

Peter John Taylor (born 3 January 1953) is an English retired footballer who is the manager of National League club Dagenham & Redbridge. He has been the manager of Dartford, Southend United, Dover Athletic, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City, Crystal Palace, Kerala Blasters, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers, Bradford City and Gillingham twice, leaving the last role at the end of 2014. He also had two spells as head coach of the England under-21 team and took charge of the England national team for one game against Italy where he made David Beckham captain. He recently managed England under-20 team in 2013. Outside England, Taylor was the head coach of the Bahrain national football 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 team when not playing in the top two flights of a domestic league.