NYON: David Taylor, former chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, has died aged 60. Taylor was in charge of the SFA for eight years from 1999 before joining European football’s governing body UEFA.

SFA president Campbell Ogilvie said: “David remained a friend and supporter of the Scottish FA and the game in this country. He will be dearly missed by all of us.”

Born in Forfar in 1954, Taylor was educated at Dundee High School before graduating from Edinburgh University with a degree in law.

He oversaw the appointments of Berti Vogts and Walter Smith as Scotland manager before leaving the SFA in 2007 to succeed Lars-Christer Olsson as UEFA general secretary after Michel Platini became president.

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