Delivery man takes last picture with Graham Taylor at his Kings Langley home - days before he died

Lee Tunnell took the selfie with football legend in Kings Langley and revealed: “He looked a picture of health.”

Arsenal fan Lee, 36, was making a delivery to a home in Alexandra Road when a chirpy voice called out: “Is it going to be a yes, is it going to be a no?”

The dad-of-three turned around and saw the ex-Watford manager in trainers, track suit bottoms and an overcoat smiling at him as he walked with his wife and dog.

Van driver Mr Tunnell quickly dropped-off the parcel and ran over the road for a chat with the former Watford, Aston Villa and Three Lions boss who died on Thursday, January 12.

Mr Tunnell, who lives in Hazlemere, told the Observer: “I heard someone say ‘will it be a yes or will it be a no’.

“I laughed then realised it was Graham Taylor talking to his wife.

“I ran across the road, held out my hand and said ‘very nice to meet you' and then we proceeded to have a chat about football.

“He told me he was enjoying his retirement and spending his time with his wife and family.

“We carried on chatting for a couple more minutes until he realised that his wife had carried on walking.

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“We took the picture, shook hands again then went our separate ways.”

Taylor, who is also an honorary freeman of Watford, said he was no longer a fan of the Premier League.

He told Lee there was too much money in the game and it was ruining Premier League football, and that he now preferred to watch the Championship.

Mr Tunnel said he was shocked to hear of the death, as he had seemed so fit and healthy when they met days earlier.

He added: "Well, I was shocked, when I was talking to him he was so chipper, he looked happy, fit and well. He was obviously physically OK from the way he was walking.

"To look at him, he was not a frail man in his 70s, you would have given him a couple more decades.

"It's a little spooky to think I probably took the last picture of a football hero."

Taylor's last public appearance in Watford was in November of last year when he helped open the new facilities at the Meriden Centre (below).

St Mary’s Church in Church Street, Watford, will host funeral on February 1, at 1pm, and will be followed by a private family committal later in the day.

The family have asked that flowers not be donated by the wider community, and instead to the charity of his choice, the National Memorial Arboretum.

The service will be relayed to those outside the church, with significant interest expected from members of the public wishing to pay their respects.

The service will be relayed to those outside the church, with significant interest expected from members of the public wishing to pay their respects.