[8] He then joined Walsall in March of the same year, replacing Ray Shaw, but could not guide the Saddlers to promotion, leaving the club two months later at the end of the season.
[3] Graham is best remembered at Colchester for an FA Cup run in 1970–71, in which his team saw off Ringmer, Cambridge United, Barnet and Rochdale to reach the fifth-round.
[3][9][10][11] The win for Colchester was one of the biggest FA Cup shocks in the competition's history, earning the club a place in the quarter-finals.
[12] In the summer of 1971, the U's took part in the Watney Cup, a short-lived pre-season knock-out tournament for the highest goalscoring teams not promoted.
Graham resigned from Colchester United following a disagreement with a shareholder in September 1972, ending nine years of Football League management.
[5][13] After being to forced to retire from playing through injury, Graham took over a pub in Croydon, becoming a brewer's representative and part-time reporter alongside coaching with the Surrey FA.
[5] Graham was inducted into the Colchester United 'Hall of Fame' in 2007 in recognition of the famous FA Cup victory over Leeds,[9][10] becoming the first manager to be elected without having ever played for the club.
[3] Graham fractured his hip in December 2012, from which he slowly recovered in hospital, but an underlying heart condition worsened following his return home.