When England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup - Graham Taylor's reaction 

It's coming home...

England were cheated out of qualification, by some bizarre refereeing decisions in Rotterdam, but Graham didn’t mention that once in this interview. He believed that the damage was done in the two home qualification matches against Norway and Holland. Such was the decency of the man!!

Graham was always a true gentleman, as he handed his media interviews very well, despite certain members of the press acting despicably towards him. Looking back at 1993,it was a bitter disappointment not qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. I always wondered if England had made it, how well they could have done. I still think that was a very good squad, but alas:it was not to be. Rest in Peace Graham.

He was a good man. Respect from Scotland.

Now they play San Marino and Faroe Islands every year to qualify

It wasn’t the only big absence from the 1994 World Cup. Also France were knocked out in the qualifiers

To be fair to him he was very diplomatic when he was being asked about staying in the international set up, fair play to him

One of the greatest club managers of all time but also the kindest and most honest person I've ever met. RIP GT xxxxx

One of the nicest men in football, but a toxic cocktail of poor tactics, injures, a bad relationship with the press and just flat out bad luck was what cost England a place at the 1994 World Cup in America.

A really great club manager. What he did at Watford was outstanding! His 442 long ball direct football got found out at international level. As a footballing expert; honest and good analysis. RIP Mr Taylor 🙏

Always had a lot of time for Graham Taylor. He was treated horrifically by the right-wing rags.

Day 1 of asking for the moment Mike Ashley officially bought Newcastle United

When England failed to qualify I was angry and sad. I was 12. I wanted him out like most people. But now I look back and being older and more wiser the only emotion I feel is I wish we had qualified for Graham. He was a man of great integrity and kindness and he really did suffer and it wasn't all down to him. Terrible luck with injuries and problems within the games.

Graham is pure class.

It's Amazing how England and France didn't get through and yet cannon fodder Greece did get through...

0:06 when the kid with the Tesco mic joins the party

A hugely decent man of great integrity and honesty. I wish I had the pleasure of meeting him and that things had gone his way so he could have had international recognition to add to his wonderful legacy as a club manager and avoid such vilification- Robson got the breaks in 1990 and Taylor didn't, fine margins. . I feel more sad about this now than I did at the time. As he said in his autobiography perhaps the opportunity came too soon - we would certainly have liked to have him stay at the Villa a while longer.

Nice bloke but the job was too big for him. Should have gone after Euro 92. Venables should have had a crack at a World Cup as well. FA making a dogs dinner of everything as per!

5 years on we still miss you 💛🖤

Classy man, Taylor. RIP Lad.

Loving all of the Welsh, Scottish and Irish fans laughing when this is them every tournament. Thankfully we’re not tinpot enough for this to happen regularly. Let’s hope we’re competitive again in the Euros

"Do I not like that?"

Some foreshadowing at 2:11 when Taylor says "I'm sure that some sort of announcement will be made some time in the future" and then the stadium lights are turned off in the background. He resigned a week after this interview.

He was very much a gentleman which is the worst thing you can be as an English coach and the results go against you because the media will smell blood and go after you mercilessly. While I was a kid, I sniggered at the documentary (coupled with being Irish it went a little too easy) but when I saw it a few years back I was amazed at how open he was about the mistakes he made to the point where I couldn't believe he'd leave himself that open to be so brutalised. Tactics poorly planned and rushed training - a team that struggled to gel at times and I would argue that Chris Woods' injury must've undo some cohesion at the back. Ultimately they just weren't good enough especially against a generational Norwegian side and that's the stuff that did him in really.

I'm not english, just a fan of the Three Lions. England had a great team at the time and I still wonder how far they could reach at the world cup. The team missed important points against Norway and Netherlands at Wembley, and Poland away. Injuries and bad refereeing didn't help their way, either.

A good man, poorly let down by the media and a terrible crop of English players at the time. An unfit Gazza both physically and mentally, Lineker comming to the end of his career and suddenly you have OK league players that were nowhere near international standard against most other teams, such as Merson, Sharpe, Thomas, Salako etc. Just absolute dross and not one of them anywhere near Bergkamp, Cruyff etc.

They were trying to avoid another revolutionary war

do euro 2008

It was a sham not seeing England in USA 94 , as a 10 years old lad who played football with my friends we was confused, this s summer, then the team me and my friends got behind and stated to love and appreciate was Italy, that penalty, our hero blast over the Atlantic, into ellend road, we loved football me and my boys hope there all safe and sound

Why he never took Ian Wright to the Euros in 92 is just baffling? Especially as Wright had just finished a very good season with Arsenal and I support the other great London club :)

Didn't like his football but what a true gentleman he was. A paucity of them around these days. RIP Graham.

A man of honour and dignity, RIP god bless

One of the worst ever England managers the way he ended waddle and beardsleys international career was shocking.

People who think Southgate is bad have short memories We’ve always been average at best - and often catastrophically terrible

sky sports retro must know something we don't

What happened Nick Collins , he’s gone missing over the past 4 years

Taylor didn't help himself with his selection, where was Michael Thomas, Waddle and Peter Beardsley, Mark Wright?. Carlton Palmer and Dorigo, Walker was his undoing.

The brits loved Norway at that point LOL

Awful selections from Taylor during his entire reign as England manager. Barmy some of them. Not even playing any of the Arsenal back 4

Because the team was old lmao. Calling lampard gerrard scholes and ferdinand the golden generation is crazy they were all like 35

Was this the year half the Ireland team was English?

England’s biggest problem at that time was poor recruitment

This man was treated disgracefully, you could tell he loved his country and did his best but the pressure he was under and the media made it worse, disgusting behaviour by bully journalists shame on you. RIP GT

An Irishman’s dream

Holland and Poland qualified

This was my first world cup I can remember clear in my mind. Watching Rep' of Ireland beat the mighty Italia... England fans were fuming for not qualifying & that image of Taylor the turnip head was splashed all over the media!!

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France also failed to qualify

Referees cost me my job, you will thank him for me won't you

Rest in peace.. utterly decent man

Graham Taylor didn't deserve the treatment he got from the media and the fans Being called a turnip and having stuff chucked at his car when he was driving,was a disgrace And picking on his family Maybe international football wasn't in his blood,and he should have stuck to clubs,but he didn't deserve the treatment he got

USA 1994 has been the first World Cup after the war with no British teams. Sweden 1958 featured all the 4 British teams.

English football should remember Graham with respect and gratitude . At club level he brought standards and innovation to the game . His England journey did not end well , but then that has been the impossible job for every manager since Sir Alf . RIP Graham .

Hey upload Euro 2008 failed to qualify campaign ykwim

Norway beat England twice, in this group Norway 2-0 in Oslo. 1-1 Wembley.

We wasnt cheated. Platt was fouled. He gambled on going over for a penalty rather than stay on his feet to try to score. Norway and Holland at home cost England. Taylor was hugely out of his depth in international football. He was found out with his selections. No doubt he was an honest respectable man who knew football. He shouldnt have been insulted that way in the papers. Venables showed the difference between them.

The papers were brutal: Turnip Taylor 😥

0 5 seconds : would an assistant from household and leisure, please come to customer services thank you 😂

Shearer missed most of the qualification campaign. Had he been fit it might well have been a different story.

The abuse they get is wrong tbf they are clearly trying their best having taken a stance to manage their countries team and after all it’s a game of football anything can happen in tournament circumstances no matter how good you manage or train or how good your squad is

England were dire in all that qualification campaign. I remember them being lucky to draw in Poland and Norway took them apart with ease in Oslo.

I'm a firm believer that to win football matches you have to score more goals than the opposition

What a humble gentleman, didn’t deserve the savage treatment from the rag media and so called English fans

As a massive England fan it was heartbreaking not to have England in '94.

A man of high integrity. The abuse he got was a disgrace.

RIP Mr Taylor. It was wrong and sad how the press humiliated and vilified you during your stint as England manager.

Do I not like this video

Ref. was horrible.

Thet were losing to san marino 1-0 at one point 😂😂😂

What a true gentleman

RIP Graham

It ain't coming home 😪

how was he the best choice's to succeed bobby robson for the england surely they better mangers

Brazil and germany almost failed to qualify for 2002 world cup but thry went to final..

I was at Wembley when Jan Wouters elbowed Gazza that was another nail in our 1994 World Cup qualification coffin.

Here in 2024. For obvious reasons. What a decent and dignified man Mr Taylor was.

Crazy looking back, how TV coverage 31-years-ago looks like an alternate reality, now. But some of us actually lived it! 😂

Just shows how much influence media has. England, despite some really unfortunate injuries and very odd refereeing decisions, were a win away from qualifying and if you look at some of the 11s, had some competent players and performances. However, it's made to seem as if England were pumped 5-0 every game. Taylor was a gentleman, and as Gary Neville revealed, the media sports journos always had a sinister role in such lead ups.

Crazy the narrative round this absolutely legend despite the interview which shows the complete opposite and it’s all still true.

didnt even have a bad squad, carlton palmer was questionable but typical england, looks good on paper

2:40+ - You just know, Southgate has definitely studied this

Not a terrific England manager but always came a across like a top man

An honourable man and a good manager. He was saddled with one of if not the worst England teams of all time, a particularly bad one too. Carlton Palmer and Geoff Thomas were getting caps in those days 😂

When Norway beat England 1-1 at Wembley 😄

Norway had a top class team back then. No wonder this England team got beat.

We went from the failure to qualify to the semis of the euros two years later.

We've come a long way since this "did I not like that"

Why didn't he select ian wright?madness

And Grealish ex of Republic of Ireland qualified the year before he was born under Jackie Charlton and there were Irish Catholics at Man U. Not City ..

We would of won tha World Cup. Very Good team .

Yeah the Norway games cost us

What a dignified and decent guy

Goalkeepers: Seaman, Martyn, Flowers. Defenders: Pearce, Pallister, Adams, Walker, Dixon, Keown, Le Saux. Midfielders: Platt (c), Ince, Sharpe, Anderton, Batty, Merson, Palmer, Barnes. Forwards: Shearer, Ferdinand, Wright, Beardsley. How they didn't qualify is still unknown to scientists till this day.

You're going home

Do I not like that

Go Les

SHAME GAZZA WAS A CROCK.

DO I NOT LIKE THAT

The one time in history the Irish team was better then the English team

#taylorout