Taylor genuinely is an Altrincham fan. He went school with my mate who said he was an Alty fan back then. Another mate of mine played for Alty and Taylor used to always speak to him about Alty when he saw him. And another mate of mine’s missus is mates with Taylor’s missus. Straight up, he’s an Altrincham fan.
I don’t get this weird fixation our fanbase has with Taylor being a United fan. We never used to have the same fixation with Lee Mason who claimed to be a Bolton fan but had been known to attend United games when he was younger. In fact, I can’t remember anyone in our fanbase ever mentioning it.
Even if Taylor was a Rag (his kids are), what does it matter? He’s taken charge of a few derbies now and refereed them all very fairly.