Peter Thomas Taylor

(July 2, 1928 – October 4, 1990), was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest.

More notably, he was a successful coach at Derby County and Nottingham Forest alongside Brian Clough.

Taylor is most famous for his managerial partnership with Clough. The two first met in 1955 at Middlesbrough, where Taylor was a reserve goalkeeper and Clough an up-and-coming striker. Taylor was among the first to spot Clough's potential as a forward and helped him break into the first team.

While Clough inspired and motivated the team, it was Taylor who had the uncanny ability to spot talent and potential. Clough once said of his colleague: "I'm not equipped to manage successfully without Peter Taylor. I am the shop window and he is the goods in the back." Taylor himself described their partnership as: "We just gelled together, we filled in the gaps...My strength was buying and selecting the right player, then Brian's man management would shape the player."