Peter Taylor is new Wanderers boss

5:30pm Thursday 29th May 2008

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WYCOMBE Wanderers have appointed former England caretaker boss Peter Taylor as their new manager.

The man who gave David Beckham the England captaincy for the first time was unveiled at a press conference this afternoon.

The 55-year-old has signed a one year rolling contract at Adams Park and succeeds Paul Lambert, who resigned last weeky.

Taylor, who has achieved four promotions in his domestic managerial career, was the first and last choice for the Wanderers board.

They went after him the day after Lambert quit and he was the only candidate they interviewed despite receiving dozens of high calibre' applications.

Blues MD Steve Hayes said: "He was the one we wanted and we have turned down a lot of very good people to get him.

"We were looking for stability, someone to pull the club together and someone to win promotion and with Peter we believe we've got that."

Taylor, whose last job was with Conference side Stevenage Borough last season, chose Wanderers above a possible position at Newcastle United's academy.

He said: "I've got so much enthusiasm still to be a manager. I want to be out on the training pitch every day."

And he is a man on a mission.

He said: "I have come here to win promotion. I think Wycombe have under-achieved in the division they are in now and I feel that everybody connected with Wycombe thinks we should at least be in the next division."

Taylor inherits a club in turmoil though.

Some of the team's star players reacted to Lambert's resignation by saying they wanted to leave - and Taylor's first job will be to win them over.

But he says he won't be holding anything against anyone and that it is a fresh start.

He said: "I don't think there will be too many problems on that front."