- Alex Taylor (footballer)
Infobox Football biography
playername= Alex Taylor
fullname = Alexander Taylor
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|6|13
cityofbirth =Glasgow
countryofbirth =Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=7
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982–1986
1986–1988
1988–1990
1990–1993
1993
1993–1995
1995–1997
1997–1999
1999–2001
clubs = Dundee United
Hamilton Academical
Walsall
Falkirk
→ Partick Thistle (loan)
Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers
Ross County
Forfar Athletic
Career
caps(goals) = 033 0(6)
067 0(5)
045 0(6)
059 0(4)
008 0(1)
063 0(7)
026 0(2)
060 0(8)
036 0(4)
397 (43)
pcupdate =Alexander (Alex) Taylor (born
13 June ,1962 inGlasgow ) is a Scottish former footballer who played as amidfielder .Career
Taylor began his career with Dundee United and played over thirty league games for the Tannadice team before leaving for Hamilton Academical in 1986. During his time at
Douglas Park , Taylor picked up aScottish First Division winners' medal and was crowned theSPFA Players' Player of the Year for the First Division before heading to Walsall in 1988. Taylor returned to Scotland in 1990 with Falkirk and went on to make just over fifty league appearances for the "Bairns". After spending the latter part of the 1992-93 season on loan at Partick Thistle, Taylor moved there permanently after the summer, playing sixty-three league matches over a two-year period. Similar spells with Raith Rovers, Ross County and Forfar Athletic followed, with Taylor picking up aScottish Third Division winners' medal during his time with County. After leaving Forfar in January 2001,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1114541.stm|title=Miller time for Brechin|date=2001-01-12 |publisher=BBC Sport website] Taylor was training with Airdrie but failed to win a deal as the club were struggling with severe financial issues.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/airdrieonians/1173761.stm|title=Airdrie thrown out of cup|date=2001-02-19 |publisher=BBC Sport website] Taylor subsequently retired from professional football and now runs a number of businesses in Hamilton andKirkaldy .Honours
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* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/alextaylor.htm Independent profile]
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