Tommy Taylor (footballer born 1951)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Tommy Taylor
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1951|9|26
cityofbirth = Hornchurch
countryofbirth = England
position = Defender
currentclub = Boston United (manager)
years = 19??-1970
1970-1979
1979-1982
1982-19??
clubs = Leyton Orient
West Ham United
Leyton Orient
Beerschot
caps(goals) = 114 (4)
340 (8)
116 (5)
00? (?)
nationalyears = 19??-19??
nationalteam = England U-23
nationalcaps(goals) =013 (?)
manageryears = 1991
1995-1996
1996-2001
2001-2002
2003
2004-2006
2007
2007-
managerclubs = Margate
Cambridge United
Leyton Orient
Darlington
Farnborough Town
King's Lynn
Peterborough United (caretaker)
Boston United

Tommy Taylor (born September 26 1951 in Hornchurch, Essex) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He is currently manager of Boston United.

Career

Taylor played for Leyton Orient, helping them to promotion to Division Two, and captained the England Youth team. He won 13 caps for the England Under 23 team, but never made a senior appearance.

Taylor joined West Ham United in October 1970 and was a member of the team that won the FA Cup in 1975. In 1977 played for Team Hawaii of North American Soccer League from may to august of this year.He returned to Orient in 1979 after losing his place to Alvin Martin. He played a total of 396 games and scored eight goals for the Hammers.

After a spell in Belgium with K. Beerschot V.A.C. [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/tommytaylor.htm] , Taylor joined Charlton Athletic as youth coach. He moved into football management in New Zealand for three years, then joined Maidstone United as a coach in 1989.

Taylor became youth team manager at Cambridge United in 1993 and went on to manage the first team in 1995. A year later, he returned to Brisbane Road to manage Leyton Orient.

In 2001, after five years at the club, he left Orient and joined Darlington. He didn't last long though, leaving in October 2002. Taylor then joined Conference side Farnborough Town, officially taking on the manager's role in May 2003.

In November 2004, Taylor was appointed manager at Kings Lynn. He brought the ire of the fans in November 2006, joining bitter rivals Peterborough United as assistant to Keith Alexander. At the time of his departure Kings Lynn were top of the Southern League. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/6120020.stm Taylor takes Posh coaching role] ] On 15 January 2007, following the departure of Alexander, he was appointed caretaker manager. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/6264357.stm Posh part company with Alexander] ] With the job going to Sir Alex Ferguson's son Darren five days later, Taylor became number two once again, after overseeing one loss for the East of England club.

In July 2007 he left Peterborough to become manager of Boston United, who had recently been double-relegated from League Two to Blue Square North. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6897482.stm Boston appoint Taylor as manager] ]

Honours

As a player

West Ham United
*FA Cup winner: 1974–75
*European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1975–76

Managerial statistics

References

*cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| id= ISBN 1 903135 50 8 |pages=199-200

External links

*soccerbase|7835|Tommy Taylor
*soccerbase (manager)|1239|Tommy Taylor

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