Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Taylor [1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1984 | Sheffield Wednesday | 125 | (21) |
1984–1985 | Derby County | 22 | (2) |
1985–1987 | Crystal Palace | 87 | (14) |
1987–1991 | Scunthorpe United | 157 | (25) |
– | Fryston C.W. | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Taylor (born 22 January 1961) is an English, retired professional footballer who scored 62 goals from 391 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County, Crystal Palace and Scunthorpe United. [3]
Taylor was born in Wakefield, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He began his football career as an apprentice with Sheffield Wednesday, made his first-team debut in January 1979, and stayed with the club for six years. [2] [3] In his last season with the club, he helped them to runners-up spot in the Second Division and promotion to the First, but was then sold to Derby County, then a Third Division team. [4] After only a few months he moved on to Crystal Palace, where he spent two-and-a-half years and played 99 games in all competitions. [5] In October 1987 he signed for Scunthorpe United, his last professional club, where his passing ability contributed to their reaching the play-offs three times in four years. [6] He went on to play non-league football for Fryston Colliery Welfare. [3]
After retiring, Taylor played into his late 40s playing for local teams such as Royston Ship (in which he won the Sheffield Cup scoring the decisive goal in a 1-0 win) and Royston WMC both of the Barnsley League.[ citation needed ]
Taylor also played for Royston Cross over 35s.[ citation needed ]
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