Latest news with #Maldon&Tiptree
Daily Mirror
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Former England boss takes on shock new job after two years out of management
Ex-England interim boss Peter Taylor has been appointed the new manager of Canvey Island in the seventh tier, marking the 19th club of his nomadic coaching career One-time England boss Peter Taylor has made a shock return to management in the seventh tier. Taylor, 72, has been announced as the new manager of Canvey Island, where he started his playing career in the 1960s. The former Three Lions manager, who took charge of one game before the late Sven Goran Eriksson's appointment in 2001, was sacked by Maldon & Tiptree in August 2023. Since then, Taylor has stayed away from the dugout. His coaching career started all the way back in 1986, spending four years as player-manager at Dartford before taking on the same role with Enfield. Following a move to Chelmsford City, Taylor focussed solely on playing before hanging up his boots in 1992. Sixteen clubs, three countries, two continents and nearly three decades later, Taylor has found his next job. The 72-year-old has put pen to paper on a deal with Canvey Island, who play in the Isthmian League Premier Division. Last season, they finished 17th. Boss Brad Wellmen resigned last month after four years in charge. A statement confirming the appointment of Taylor read: "The Board are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Taylor as First Team Manager. Peter returns to the club where he started his career as a youth team player. Peter has always kept in contact with Canvey and is delighted to be returning." For Taylor, seventh-tier football is a far cry from the brief pinnacle of his career. In November 2000, while he was managing Leicester, he was appointed caretaker for England's friendly with Italy, replacing former interim boss Howard Wilkinson. Manager elect Eriksson hadn't yet been appointed by the FA, so former under-21 boss Taylor was tasked with taking charge of the Three Lions on a wet and misty night at Turin's Stadio Delle Alpi, once home to Juventus. Gennaro Gattuso's powerful strike in the 58th minute was enough to condemn England to a 1-0 defeat. The match saw David Beckham captain the Three Lions for the first time while Taylor fleshed out the squad with youth. Six players who, at the time, were still eligible to play for the under-21s were involved, some of whom would go on to become England mainstays - namely Gareth Barry, Jamie Carragher, Kieron Dyer, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey and Seth Johnson.
BBC News
10-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Basildon name new boss to try and end 23-game winless run
Football can be a very tough game at times - just ask Premier League clubs Ipswich Town, Leicester City and struggling at the moment are non-league Basildon United, who have not won for 23 league games, a run stretching all the way back to a situation that has not been helped by having had four managers since the start of the Taylor left to take charge of Redbridge on 9 January, with Billy Cove named as his replacement - but he only lasted until 5 February before stepping down because of health Walther was put in interim charge, but following Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Tilbury, they have now appointed Dan Spinks, who certainly knows how to win games, having guided Romford to victory in last season's FA Vase final at Wembley."The whole atmosphere around the club is very difficult. Fans aren't enjoying it and we've seen a real dip in attendances this season," chairman Lee Connor told BBC Essex. "We've had to make a drastic change after Saturday's defeat to really try and see if we can put some fire in the bellies of the players by bringing a new manager in with fresh ideas."We've got nine games to go, we've got some winnable games within those nine, so I'm really hoping we can try and survive." Basildon's last victory came on 19 October when they beat Maldon & Tiptree have managed just four draws since then, and the downturn in form included a run of nine successive defeats between 7 January and 22 Connor talks of clubs having "heavily invested", one of those is fellow Essex club Maldon & Tiptree, who were recently taken over by Barrie and Scott Drewitt-Barlow in a multi-million pound deal."It is very stressful helping run a non-league football club, you can ask any chairman, it has its good points and bad points," said Connor. "We are going through a rough patch. This season you can see teams that have heavily invested, the likes of Brentwood Town, and you've got Maldon & Tiptree that have just been taken over and you can see an influx of money going in there. "For Basildon, it's a big town but it's a bit of a struggle when you haven't got the financial backing - to stay in the league for how long we've stayed in it for is amazing." 'The turnover of players has been huge' For now, Basildon are putting their faith in Spinks, whose most recent job was with Saffron has taken over with The Bees 20th in Isthmian League North, above only Sporting Bengal United and Ipswich Wanderers, but just four points from safety. Cooper says the turnover of players at the club has been "huge" but believes more fresh faces are needed if they are to survive in the fourth tier of non-league football."Unfortunately, Mike (Walther) wasn't able to bring in the calibre of players we probably needed to start winning of games," he added."Our new manager has said he's got some players ready to go, ones he feels are going to fight for the badge and give their all in helping the club survive.""Dan doesn't want to come in for the nine games. It's a rebuild. We'll see where we are at the end of the season and if unfortunately we did go down, Dan's there to try and get us back up."But I'm hoping and praying Dan comes in and we do stay up. We've done it before, and I'm hoping we do it again."The rescue mission Spinks has accepted starts on Saturday - but there is an irony about his first game in will be away to ninth-placed Redbridge, with former Basildon boss Taylor in the home dugout. Lee Connor was speaking to BBC Essex's Sonia Watson
BBC News
10-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Maldon & Tiptree could 'go anywhere'
Kevin Horlock believes non-league Maldon & Tiptree have the potential to "go anywhere" under their new owners after returning to the club as former Manchester City, West Ham and Ipswich midfielder left his previous job at Needham Market to drop two levels and return to the club where he was previously in charge from admits he was still "wet behind the ears" in his first spell at the club but now has the experience to bring success to The Jammers, who were bought by the Drewitt-Barlow Organisation in what they say was a "multi-million pound deal"."It could go to league football like they've said, (but) it's a process that has to be done slowly, it doesn't happen overnight, but the foundations are in place now and it's up to myself, the staff and the players to produce," Horlock told BBC new era did not begin auspiciously, with Maldon & Tiptree losing 2-1 at home to Haringey Borough on team have won only nine out of 30 Isthmian League North Division matches this season and are 15th in the speaking in the run-up to the game, Horlock said he would have a "healthy budget" to work with going forwards, compared to other clubs in the eighth tier of English football."It's exciting times, I've had to pinch myself a little bit," the 52-year-old ex-Northern Ireland international said."They've given me all the tools to be successful, so if I'm not, it's on me. "They're good people, they're serious about this football club and I'm lucky, and privileged, that they've trusted in me to be manager." Horlock guided The Jammers to the play-offs when he was first manager of the club, who have also done well in the FA Cup, reaching the first round proper in 2019-20 and again the following season. But he has vowed to be "quite stringent" with the money he has been given by Barrie and Scott Drewitt-Barlow and ruled out 'splashing the cash' as a short-cut to initial success."Just because they're wealthy people, I'm not here to waste money. I'll put a team together and if I can save money and do that, less than the budget, I will, of course," Horlock said."The pressure is on - but I like that. Pressure in football is something that I craved in my playing days, so to have that pressure on me to produce a team to get out of step four (of non-league football), I relish and look forward to it." He added: "I was wet behind the ears before. I understand football (now), I think I've learned a lot in terms of dealing with players, because everybody's different, they're individuals although it's a team sport. "I think my managerial credentials have gone up in that department and my biggest strength is bringing people together and players wanting to play for me. If players like you, they'll run through walls for you."
