Shaun Taylor

Last updated

Shaun Taylor
Personal information
Full name Shaun Taylor [1]
Date of birth (1963-02-26) 26 February 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Torquay United (Head of Academy)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
– St Blazey
– Bideford
1986–1991 Exeter City 200 (17)
1991–1996 Swindon Town 212 (30)
1996–2000 Bristol City 105 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shaun Taylor (born 26 February 1963) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, playing for Exeter City, [2] Swindon Town [3] and Bristol City. [4]

Contents

Playing career

Taylor was born in Plymouth. A hard-tackling no-nonsense defender, he played non-league football for clubs including Holsworthy FC, St Blazey [5] and Bideford before moving to Exeter City in December 1986 at the age of 23. [6] He captained Exeter to the Fourth Division championship in 1989–90, and played 200 league games for the club before moving to Swindon Town in July 1991 for a £200,000 fee. [6] He was an ever-present as Swindon gained promotion to the Premier League in 1992–93, a season when he scored 13 goals including one in the play-off final, [7] a high total for a defender, and played every game in their only season in the top flight. After a second relegation, he captained Swindon to the Second Division title, and became the first player to win the club's Player of the Year award three times. He played 259 games in all competitions for the club before joining Bristol City in September 1996 for £50,000. [1]

After a further 105 league games for Bristol City, helping the club to promotion to Division One in 1998, [8] Taylor retired as a player.

Coaching career

He joined the club's coaching staff at Bristol City. Released in May 2005, [9] he moved to Conference National club Forest Green Rovers in June as assistant to manager Gary Owers; [10] their contracts were terminated by mutual consent after a poor start to the 2006–07 season. [11] In July 2009 Taylor rejoined Exeter City as youth coach. [6] He then became Assistant manager at Exeter City's Devon rivals Torquay United until he was dismissed in May 2013. [12]

Taylor's younger brother Craig was also a professional footballer. [13]

On 12 July 2013, Shaun was appointed Professional Development Coach with his hometown club Plymouth Argyle youth academy. [14] In January 2018 Shaun Taylor returned to Torquay United as their new Head of Academy Coaching.

Honours

Individual

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Trollope</span> Footballer (born 1972)

Paul Jonathan Trollope is a football coach and former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is currently joint-assistant manager of Luton Town Born in England, he represents Wales internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Blazey A.F.C.</span> Association football club in St Blazey, England

St Blazey Association Football Club is an English football club based in St Blazey, Cornwall. They compete in the Western League Premier Division. The club was formed in 1896 as a Junior side, attaining Senior status in 1910. St Blazey were a founding member of the South Western League in 1951, which they competed in until 2007 when the league merged with its Devon equivalent, the Devon County League, to form the South West Peninsula League.

Martin Ling is an English football manager and former player currently director of football for Leyton Orient. He played in over 100 Football League matches for each of Exeter City, Southend United, Swindon Town and Leyton Orient, before moving into management. He led Orient for more than five years from 2003 until 2009, and went on to manage Cambridge United, Torquay United and Swindon Town.

Stephen Marc Adams is an English former footballer.

Gareth Whalley is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland B team at international level.

Kevin Miller is an English former football goalkeeper who made more than 600 appearances in the Premier League and Football League.

Guy Peter Bromley Branston is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was most recently PDP Loans Manager at Leicester City.

Paul John Bodin is a Welsh former professional footballer and coach who is now the coach of the Wales under-21 team. His son, Billy Bodin, is also a professional footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Thorpe</span> English footballer (born 1974)

Anthony Thorpe is an English former professional footballer and manager of Melton Town

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Stewart</span> English footballer

William Marcus Paul Stewart is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1991 until 2011. He is currently Head of Player Development at Yeovil Town.

Michael Heathcote is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made 430 appearances in the Football League for Sunderland, Halifax Town, York City, Shrewsbury Town, Cambridge United and Plymouth Argyle.

David Charles Pook is an English former professional footballer. He was manager of Western League club Torrington until June 2007.

Paul Richard Curtis Williams is an English former professional footballer, probably most remembered for his time at Plymouth Argyle in the mid-1990s.

Jason Kenneth George Fowler is an English former professional footballer. During his career, he made over 250 appearances in the Football League in spells with Bristol City, Cardiff City and Torquay United.

Len Bond is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League, including 168 for Exeter City and 122 for Brentford.

The 1927–28 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's first season in the Football League and their first season in Third Division South. The season runs from 1 July 1927 to 30 June 1928.

George Walter Foster is an English former footballer and manager, who now works as assistant manager to James Rowe at National League club Chesterfield.

The 1922–23 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's second season in competitive football and their first season in the Southern League. The season runs from 1 July 1922 to 30 June 1923.

The 1924–25 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's fourth season in competitive football and their third season in the Southern League. The season runs from 1 July 1924 to 30 June 1925.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PFA Team of the Year (1990s)</span>

The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's English football; the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two, as well as the women's FA WSL, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". Peter Shilton currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the top division with 10 appearances. Steven Gerrard currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the Premier League era with eight appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 "Shaun Taylor". Swindon-Town-FC. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Exeter City : 1946/47–2002/03 & 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Swindon Town : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Bristol City : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "History of St. Blazey Football Club". St Blazey A.F.C. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 "City hero Taylor is back to nurture club's young talent". Express & Echo. Exeter. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "My favourite game: Swindon reach the promised land – thank Hod". The Guardian. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Why Carey is Bristol City's Mr Consistent". Evening Post. Bristol. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "City Release Taylor Statement". Bristol City F.C. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Shaun Joins Forest Green". Bristol City F.C. 21 June 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Manager Owers leaves Forest Green". BBC Sport. 27 August 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Taylor To Wait And See". Torquay Vital. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Bristol City vs Torquay United". Bristol City F.C. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  14. ↑ "Taylor Made". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  15. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 147.
  16. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  17. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN   978-1-85291-571-1.
  18. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN   978-1-85291-588-9.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.