Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Watford captain Troy Deeney were among the mourners to attend Graham Taylor's funeral at St Mary's Church in Watford on Wednesday.
The former England, Watford and Aston Villa manager died on Jan. 12, aged 72, following a suspected heart attack.
An estimated 1,250 to 1,500 people gathered, many in the gold, black and red of Watford Football Club, to pay their respects. Some scaled a multi-storey car park to view proceedings.
Born on Sept. 15, 1944 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to his mother Dorothy, a postwoman, and father Thomas, a sports reporter for the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, Taylor enjoyed a solid, if unremarkable playing career with Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Lincoln.