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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Career
editTaylor 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]
References
edit- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
- ^ a b Bullock, Adrian. "Kevin Taylor". Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Stuart Jackson. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Kevin Taylor". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Struthers, Greg (11 December 2005). "Caught in Time: Sheffield Wednesday win promotion to First Division, 1984". The Sunday Times – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Appearances". Crystal Palace F.C. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "The Iron Alphabet". Scunthorpe United F.C. 22 June 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012.
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