I Couldn't Let Villa Drag Me Down . . . It Was Time to Go ; Regrets, He's Had a Few but, As Former Aston Villa Manager Graham Taylor Tells Chief Reporter Neil Connor, Leaving the Midlands Biggest Football Club for a Lucrative Career in the Media Was Not One of Them
With an almost telepathic and at times mystical bond with the Villa fans, Graham Taylor knows that he can speak to them in a direct and honest way.
He enjoyed the good times, which peaked with a standing ovation at Goodison Park on the final day of the 1989-90 season - a season in which Villa finished second in the former Division One only three years after being relegated.
I Couldn't Let Villa Drag Me Down . . . It Was Time to Go ; Regrets, He's Had a Few but, As Former Aston Villa Manager Graham Taylor Tells Chief Reporter Neil Connor, Leaving the Midlands Biggest Football Club for a Lucrative Career in the Media Was Not One of Them
He was also in the dug-out in the days when Villa couldn't even afford the players they had, let alone those who the manager wanted to buy.