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Peter John TaylorPeter Taylor was the English national football team manager on a caretaker basis in 2000. He had previously been coach of the England U-21 side. At club level, Peter Taylor spent two years (1993-1995) as manager of Southend United but quit at the end of the 1994-95 season after failing to get them beyond the middle of the Division One table. He returned to club management two years later with Gillingham, and at the end of the 1999-2000 season guided them to victory over Wigan Athletic in the Division Two playoff final which marked the club's promotion to the upper half of the English league for the first time ever. A few weeks later he walked out on the club to take charge at Leicester City in the Premiership and for a few months he appeared to be doing very well. For 2 weeks in October, Leicester were Premiership leaders and there was much debate as to whether they could win the league championship for the first time ever. But 9 defeats in their final 10 Premiership fixtures (following a shock FA Cup quarter final defeat by Division Two strugglers Wycombe Wanderers) saw Leicester plummett down the Premiership table to finish 13th. Taylor was sacked two months after the start of the 2001-02 season with Leicester rooted to the foot of the Premiership but returned to management within two weeks, ironically to take charge at Brighton whose previous manager Micky Adams had become the new assistant manager of Leicester City. Taylor guided Brighton to the Division Two championship (marking their return to the upper half of the English league after an 11-year exile) but resigned from his job because he was frustrated at the club's lack of ambition and financial resources. In November 2002, Peter Taylor was appointed manager of Hull City who were weeks away from their big move to the 25,000-seat Kingston Communications Stadium. Taylor was unable to guide Hull to anything higher than a mid table finish (although they drew some of the largest crowds outside the Premiership) but in 2003-04 they achieved promotion as Division Three runners-up. Hull City currently look set for a top-three finish in the Coca Cola Football League One with 3 months left of the 2004-05 season. Peter Taylor has now established himself as one of the most competent managers outside the Premiership. Taylor, Peter
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