The view from Asia

Taylor's troubled reign in Bahrain

October 23, 2012
By John Duerden
(Archive)
It is easy to spot the odd one out: Southend, Leicester, England Under-21s, Crystal Palace, Bradford City, Bahrain. Even under normal circumstances, to move from the English lower leagues to one of the Middle East's best national teams would be something of a culture shock; to do so with the Arab Spring almost at its height meant it was always likely that Peter Taylor's tenure would be remembered more for what happened off the pitch than on it.

Taylor, a former England player who also ...

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