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Wembley to Welling… via Bahrain and India! He made David Beckham England captain for the first time in 2000 and worked for cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar - now Peter Taylor is ready for his next adventure

Peter Taylor's 36-year managerial career has taken him from the glamour of the England national team to the travails of non-League football — via the Persian Gulf of Bahrain and Malabar Coast of India.

Few coaching journeys will have been as varied as that of Taylor, now 69. If God loves a trier, Taylor certainly loves a challenge. A glutton for punishment? Not in Taylor's eyes. It's clear the dugout is still the place he wants to be.

'I'm always learning,' Taylor tells Sportsmail. 'I'm a better manager now than 20 years ago because I've learned from mistakes I've made.