Welcome back to It Was What It Was, the football history podcast. Co-hosts Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper continue on from last week’s episode with Jan Fjortoft to delve into how things went wrong for Graham Taylor during his time as England manager. In this first part of a three part series on Graham Taylor (following our episode with Fjortoft) we take a look at the high of Italia ’90 to the early warning signs of Graham Taylor’s troubled England reign, setting up the wider story of his eventual downfall. Central to the episode is Paul Gascoigne’s rise into “Gaza mania,” the off-field chaos and disciplinary problems that followed, including the 1991 FA Cup final knee rupture and subsequent setbacks. Taylor struggled to manage both the player and the circus around him. England qualified for Euro 1992 but drew twice, lost to Sweden and Taylor’s substitution of Gary Lineker became emblematic as tabloid ridicule culminate in a reputational collapse for Taylor.
The Impossible Job Era
Referees And Rotterdam
Italia 90 Reality Check
Gaza Mania Begins
Euro Qualifiers Begin
Ireland Away Selection
Taylor Press Tightrope
Cup Final Knee Rupture
Euro 92 Sweden Turning Point
Lineker Sub Controversy
Fitness Gap And Refuelling
Turnip Taylor Tabloid Sting
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