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

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England needed to beat San Marino by at least 7 goals and see the Netherlands lose to Poland in order to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. San Marino took the lead after only 9 seconds and despite England scoring 7 goals they were unable to get the necessary margin. The Netherlands also defeated Poland 3-1 so England's qualifying campaign was over.
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[@SkySportsRetro]

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[@ztrsfgaming548]

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[@ztrsfgaming548]

Well hello there haha

[@rahulthapa1354]

It always sets homewards but falls short to the neighbours 😭

[@l.r9443]

"Everyone seems to know the score. They've seen it all befooooore. They just know. They're so sure. That England's gonna blow it away. Gonna throw it away. But I know they can play. Cause I remember..." C'mon guys let's start a chain for no apparent reason

[@damienabbott9805]

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!!

[@jonblazeinc]

The damage was done in the 2 home games against Holland and Norway, the Holland game I remember watching as a 14 year old no way should have allowed Holland to claw back 2 goals to draw we was dominating Holland most of the game

[@NoName-jq7tj]

Yeah I can remember this time. This was the time of the absolute height of Seria A but on the England front the Dutch game & the Norway game were the rot in the core of this qualifying campaign. But he was a very good man.

[@charlenegatt1769]

@@jonblazeinc and Rijkaard goal?

[@jonblazeinc]

@@charlenegatt1769 what about it ?

[@PressureOnJulian]

England were lucky not to be one down in Rotterdam before the Koeman incident - Frank Rijkaard scored a legitimate goal that was ruled out for offside, even though THREE defenders were playing him on!

[@DJ-jn3on]

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.

[@adamkinder543]

Graham is pure class.

[@alexorpin9893]

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

[@a.b8677]

Great guy, not a great manager

[@EnglandFootballFreak]

well said...you could not be wrong at all with saying that

[@veggie42]

@@a.b8677 Sad Bobby was sacked over him

[@domijean8023]

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 🙏

[@danielmurray569]

Worked for Jack Charlton

[@veggie42]

The irony of Southgate born in Watford ..

[@veggie42]

@@danielmurray569 and the irony now Jack Grealish was playing as a junior for ROI who didn't qualify for Euros again! he chose England🤣

[@danielmurray569]

@@veggie42 he is English so...Jack grealish has nothing to do with England or Ireland in the period when Taylor and Charlton were managers it makes as much sense as talking about the epsom Derby Thanks u anyway hope yr enjoying the football as I'm I

[@veggie42]

@@danielmurray569 The utony of his ancestry and he did used to play for ROI in their national youth teams..Until.under 21s he switched to England. Irony doesn't talk about it 🤣

[@Jack_The_Ladd]

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.

[@JasonC1782]

What bad luck are you referring to?

[@r4h4al]

@@JasonC1782 Koeman not getting sent off, and then England not receiving a penalty for the foul. Also cruising in the Norway game, game was dead and conceding a goal rifled into the top corner. That's what I think he means.

[@tyqwdybijo]

JasonC1782 England hit the woodwork twice against Holland away. Add to that the the koeman incident cited above. Desperately unlucky.

[@sickpup820]

@@JasonC1782 The Koeman incident.

[@veggie42]

Turnips

[@ztrsfgaming548]

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

[@manusiaganteng2753]

At the last kick too

[@siddh781]

Reg Yates Given that they reached the semifinals in 1990, I’d say yes

[@siddh781]

Reg Yates Have Turkey ever won the WC though?

[@siddh781]

Reg Yates Lol Uruguay are big boys too. Their absence too would be big. As for England, they had a pretty good team in 1994 (Wright, Ince, Shearer etc). It doesn’t take a genius to realise how much money Fifa would lose if England don’t play in the WC

[@joeysukhi6889]

@Reg Yates Uruguay are a big WC side. They have produced some of the greatest players ever and continue to produce world class players

[@christianbriancon108]

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

[@XddYas]

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

[@cian6393]

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

[@johndoe-mf4qj]

You don't play world cup qualifiers every year

[@hmu05366]

Wtf are you talking about? No they don’t

[@aaaabbbb2483]

Cian We haven’t played San Marino since 2015 And we haven’t played Faroe Islands for a very long time. Edit: we’ve never even played Faroe Islands So your comment is literally a lie.

[@timowerner6518]

@@aaaabbbb2483 dont take it seriously

[@cannedham8630]

Ah the Scottish and Irish being bitter.. well I never.. didn't Scotland get their asses handed to them by Kazakhstan in the last world cup qualifiers? 😂😂 . Perhaps qualify for a major tournament on a regular basis and then you can comment.

[@chrisbayes2972]

Classy man, Taylor. RIP Lad.

[@veggie42]

Turnips all round!

[@reganbrannigan3006]

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

[@jockmackay9582]

Tiny nations like Scotland, Wales and Ireland have no right to qualify regularly. For them occasional qualification is an achievement. A football loving country the size of England not qualifying is a disaster. If that's honestly your opinion then you are a "tinpot" fan. Get a sense of perspective you arrogant buffoon.

[@reganbrannigan3006]

@@jockmackay9582 I agree that it's a travesty when England don't qualify but I disagree that the other teams shouldn't qualify regularly. Football is still a major sport in each of those countries and when the likes of Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Croatia, Czech Republic are all qualifying much more regularly it's not exactly good reading is it? When was the last time any of the other four even got to a World Cup? Wales who have had a 'golden generation' have been the only team that have got anywhere near England's levels and still didn't qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

[@jockmackay9582]

Do you not understand what perspective means? Your reply would suggest you don't. Iceland qualify regularly do they? What a silly man

[@reganbrannigan3006]

Dion Dublin Football is the second biggest sport in Ireland only behind GAA (which includes numerous sports)

[@reganbrannigan3006]

@Dion Dublin I wouldn't have put them together but that was just what came up when I had a little research. They might be miles ahead in money invested but the source I had said that football was ahead in terms of participation for 9 years and is quite far ahead of rugby. Sure the country doesn't have teams that are even half decent but you could say the say the same about the majority of european leagues. You just drew with Bulgaria and they're league is probably no better. And they probably aren't scouted the way English clubs scout Ireland either

[@jonhill3328]

A man of honour and dignity, RIP god bless

[@user-bb1bx8hh2g]

Lets play a game : I'll sell my entire house if england win a trophy in my lifetime

[@wellhellothere313]

Looks like you're going to be in that house for a very, very long time

[@user-bb1bx8hh2g]

@@wellhellothere313 yep

[@raminybhatti5740]

I think you should specify the major trophies, such as World Cup and the Euros, because they've won small 4-team tournaments during the summer in the past, lol. You don't want to be homeless due to a technicality! 😁

[@rickoneillable]

Not just part of your house?

[@ZolaMagic25]

And buy another house?

[@liamkiney4124]

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.

[@enriquedawson9430]

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.

[@ukrobochips8817]

Add the outrageous elbow to Gazza by that dirty Koeman.

[@xpat73]

We were rubbish in 1994.

[@SuperTed19021]

Not to mention losing 2-0 away in Oslo.

[@Pathanlon77]

5 years on we still miss you 💛🖤

[@lewispetherick6753]

"Do I not like that?"

[@heliumtrophy]

"Can we not knock it?"

[@rachel7000rf]

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

[@enriquedawson9430]

Football has no logic

[@veggie42]

and we beat them 🤣 Becks Free Kick!

[@mfi_7419]

They ended up in a pretty weak qualifying group after Fifa unfairly banned Yugoslavia from the qualifiers.

[@nmorgan346]

@@veggie42 it was 2 - 2 final score

[@rohithraman6488]

Football is weird, last world cup Italy and Holland didn't get through and Iceland did

[@kazkhan1474]

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

[@heliumtrophy]

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.

[@TheCloneX2]

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.

[@chrisblair3445]

Lineker retired at euro 92 . However Taylor did choose to ignore waddle and Beardsley, two of England's more creative players.... hence picking some of the players not up to scratch. That was his decision

[@kailashpatel1706]

Andy Sinton and Palmer as well..

[@thecanberean]

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

[@shivutd]

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

[@chickenoriental1210]

Why ?

[@shivutd]

@@chickenoriental1210 wdym why

[@chickenoriental1210]

@@shivutd why do you want to see that vid ?

[@shivutd]

@@chickenoriental1210 it would be interesting to know why he actually did

[@chickenoriental1210]

@@shivutdfair enough he bought newcastle to promote his high street chains i.e sports direct to get free advertising to a global audience via the premier league whilst scifining all the money the club genrated into his bank account the fat cockney bastard thats why he bought the club

[@user-nn8hj4vm2y]

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.

[@shyamsundar4264]

They were trying to avoid another revolutionary war

[@alwilfrid]

At the opening ceremony of USA 94, US people with ancestry of the teams who qualified did a little show for each team. With none of the UK teams qualifying, that might have been just as well because British Americans don't seem to like their ancestry, are bought up with the independence story and that the British are the baddies.

[@philip3065]

sky sports retro must know something we don't

[@ztrsfgaming548]

Yes, kind of

[@yesyesyesimdoingallthetime2770]

Well they're playing vs Iceland. So. Y'know.

[@r4h4al]

Like what?

[@harold_Shitmum]

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

[@veggie42]

They nearly all get this treatment

[@charleshart6992]

A true gentleman!

[@G-Linka.]

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!!

[@veggie42]

Swedes 1 Turnips 0🤣

[@NoName-jq7tj]

Yes that Italian Side was absolutely star studied at the time. The entire back 4 of AC Milan was the Italian backline.

[@mikeeyles9635]

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!

[@veggie42]

I agree 98 they didn't give a chance.

[@veggie42]

Hoddle was too early. He needed more experience at club level

[@simonreeves3229]

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

[@omrex004]

do euro 2008

[@Ese96Agoaye]

Wally with a brolly...

[@r4h4al]

McClaren interview after Croatia.

[@veggie42]

that was later!

[@no.fourteen9316]

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

[@redandrawmtb]

no.fourteen what happened is. . Read more

[@flatoutflatbroke]

He got sacked along with a some other long standing Sky reporters e.g. Tim Abraham (cricket) at the end of 2016. Various people including Collins himself in his book have said it was cost saving after they overbid for that round of PL rights.

[@JW-zr4ju]

@@redandrawmtb Well done, you got me!

[@redandrawmtb]

JW 92 sweet

[@robinhood7874]

I MISS HIS SEXY MOUSTACHE

[@stephenfarrell77]

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.

[@kailashpatel1706]

I think the post 1990 squad (the 1990 squad being the most talented side since 1970) was simply not as good and i knew then the team would take a long time to readjust..

[@GrandpaVince]

Hi guys which Graham taylor clip do we all want to see next? Comment down below and we will do our best to make your dreams come true

[@jacobmilner9290]

what

[@anonymous0330]

England’s biggest problem at that time was poor recruitment

[@CronoXpono]

Didn't help they didn't get Clough during his heyday. :| But then again, that's also a recruitment issue as well, yeah?

[@veggie42]

Defence. It's been our problem and decent forwards who have stamina. Kane and Sterling two diamonds since Moore and Hurst

[@bardo0007]

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

[@jonblazeinc]

what do you mean beat England twice? you just stated the draw at Wembley

[@bardo0007]

@@jonblazeinc Yes the other time was in 1981 2-1. Famous commentator "Your guys took a hell of a beating tonight, Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?.... I am sure you remember that one.

[@jonblazeinc]

@@bardo0007 oh yes I'm aware of the 1981 game with the legendary commentary ..... thought you was on about the 2 games for WC94 qualifiers

[@bardo0007]

@@jonblazeinc nah ,we Norwegians remember the historic wins, only 2 so far. But plenty of draws.

[@jonblazeinc]

@@bardo0007 true.... England used to struggle against Scandinavian countries, I think I only witness us beating Denmark as a kid. Sweden and Norway used to be England's bogey teams

[@ashleyburns6752]

Was this the year half the Ireland team was English?

[@ADAMdinho1]

Half the English team are always African, Irish among other nationalities always the case too so what is your point?

[@veggie42]

and now we have half Irish Grealish for England🤣

[@scottsimpson9659]

Holland and Poland qualified

[@kevriley3298]

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

[@manusiaganteng2753]

Holland had a goal ruled out wrongly for offside in the 1st half

[@veggie42]

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 ..

[@Gamrider]

Why didn't he select ian wright?madness

[@DannyBoy777777]

He did

[@KVAA10]

he did but he just come back from 2 broke legs so he wasnt at his best till the year after according to my nan@@DannyBoy777777

[@niggin9271]

Hey upload Euro 2008 failed to qualify campaign ykwim

[@davidbeardsley9394]

Go Les

[@penaltygallery]

Hit Les!

[@rohithraman6488]

France also failed to qualify

[@mfi_7419]

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

[@veggie42]

No that was Steve McLaren with his Brolly

[@rigsby1454]

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

[@5eurocups2005]

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.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Walker's collapse as a player post 1990 was amazing..

[@silversteel6312]

A company man……

[@jayaiyer2295]

An Irishman’s dream

[@guillezorro]

Really? Wasn't he around during the qualifiers for Euro '92?

[@veggie42]

Grealish is laughing that he quit ROI and they didn't qualify last year ..

[@TheDvdral]

And that's all the Irish can dream about.

[@vipernolo]

Is he still alive?

[@thewomble1509]

no.He died in 2017.

[@jamesdenny5078]

DO I NOT LIKE THAT

[@R8FXX]

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

[@jamesdenny5078]

Because at club level he was a genius

[@veggie42]

Turnip didn't do the job so well as believed and it's a shame Harry Redknapp didn't try and Venables shouldn't have been sacked for Hoddle from 82!

[@TheDvdral]

There wasn't that much around at the time. Clough was near the end, the leading clubs managers were mostly Scottish I believe, Venables was busy playing CEO at spurs. Other than that you were looking at maybe Ron Atkinson or Howard Kendall. Taylor had done well with Watford and Villa and probably deserved his chance.

[@TheDvdral]

@@veggie42 Redknapp was manager of Bournemouth in 1990 so a bit early for him, maybe should have got it when Hodgson got it. Venables is a strange one, he definitely had other financial interests at the time and he never did a qualifying campaign as all his matches were friendlies until euro 96. Hoddle was decent, until his weird views on faith and karma came to the surface!

[@simonp7095]

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

[@taffymackem2596]

Do I not like that

[@scottsimpsom6624]

No France Portugal england Croatia Uruguay Denmark in the 94 would cup

[@geraldclydeabella3350]

Croatia wasn't yet a FIFA member

[@veggie42]

Yugoslavia* then Croatia later

[@robinhood7874]

SHAME GAZZA WAS A CROCK.

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

Paul Gascoigne should have join Chelsea back in 1995

[@robinhood7874]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 HE WASN'T WORLD CLASS IN 95

[@jacobmilner9290]

Robin Hood stop shouting

[@robinhood7874]

@@jacobmilner9290SHUT UP

[@hmu05366]

What is a crock?

[@meteozberk9776]

Ref. was horrible.

[@Taporeee]

Do I not like this video

[@pocolol8424]

We (England) shouldn’t have to qualify for any tournament

[@09weenic]

Don’t talk utter pish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shanebrown1544]

#taylorout

[@mustafaabdullahi5031]

Ty: Southgate is a cheat I hope England relegate the qualifications

[@stevengrimley]

Great content

[@That_Random_Bloke]

Clown 🤣

[@twoods5903]

Sigh.... see, this is what happens when too many people are using the internet.

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Says a man who supports an English club

[@m.y1152]

Overrated af

[@ZolaMagic25]

Hmm

[@thewomble1509]

Who do you coach?

[@adamwhite3347]

Nonsense. Saved Villa from Oblivion, and very nearly landed the big one + Watford = Great manager and top bloke.