Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)
Taylor at the 2011 Pan Arab Games
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter John Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochford, Essex | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1969 | Canvey Island | ||
| 1969–1971 | Southend United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1973 | Southend United | 75 | (12) |
| 1973–1976 | Crystal Palace | 122 | (33) |
| 1976–1980 | Tottenham Hotspur | 123 | (31) |
| 1980–1983 | Leyton Orient | 56 | (11) |
| 1983 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Exeter City | 8 | (0) |
| 1984–? | Maidstone United | ? | (?) |
| ?– 1986 | Chelmsford City | ? | (?) |
| 1986–1990 | Dartford | ? | (?) |
| Total | 388 | (87) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976 | England | 4 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986–1990 | Dartford (Player-manager) | ||
| 1991–1993 | Watford (Assistant) | ||
| 1993–1995 | Southend United | ||
| 1995–1996 | Dover Athletic | ||
| 1996–1999 | England U21 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Gillingham | ||
| 2000–2001 | Leicester City | ||
| 2000 | England (caretaker) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2002–2006 | Hull City | ||
| 2004–2007 | England U21 | ||
| 2006–2007 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2007–2008 | Stevenage Borough | ||
| 2008–2009 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2010–2011 | Bradford City | ||
| 2011–2012 | Bahrain | ||
| 2013 | England U20 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Gillingham | ||
| 2015 | Kerala Blasters | ||
| 2016– | New Zealand (Assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Peter John Taylor (born 3 January 1953) is an English retired footballer who is currently assistant coach of New Zealand. He has been the manager of Dartford, Southend United, Dover Athletic, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City, Crystal Palace, Kerala Blasters, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers, Bradford City and Gillingham twice, leaving the last role at the end of 2014. He also had two spells as head coach of the England under-21 team and took charge of the England national team for one game against Italy where he made David Beckham captain. He recently managed England under-20 team in 2013. Outside of England, Taylor was the head coach of the Bahrain national football team.
During his time as a player with Crystal Palace during the 1970s, Taylor became one of the few players to have been selected for the senior England team when not playing in the top two flights of a domestic league.
Taylor enjoyed a successful playing career as a winger. He began his youth career with Canvey Island, and had trials at Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace before signing as a junior with Southend United in 1971. Southend gained promotion to the old third division in 1972 and Taylor's part in their success brought him to the attention of Crystal Palace manager, Malcolm Allison, who signed him on 11 October 1973 for £110,000. Palace were relegated to the third tier at the end of that season but Taylor was named "Player of the Year" and remained at the club for two further seasons becoming player of the year again in 1976. The 1975–76 season was a high point in Taylor's career as Palace reached the FA Cup semi-final, Taylor scoring two goals in the quarter-final in a 3–2 away win at Chelsea and he also made four appearances for the full England team, scoring twice. However Palace's season tailed off after the semi-final and they did not achieve promotion to the second tier. At the end of the season Allison resigned and was replaced by Terry Venables and on 30 September 1976 Taylor was allowed to depart for top flight Tottenham Hotspur, for a fee of £400,000. Taylor had a mixed career at Spurs, suffering relegation in 1977 but the club was promoted in 1978. Taylor did not make another England appearance and in 1980 moved on to Leyton Orient having made 123 appearances for Tottenham scoring 31 times. Taylor played 56 times for Orient scoring 11 times in three seasons and had a brief loan spell at Oldham Athletic. In 1983–84 Taylor made eight appearances for Exeter City before moving into non-league football with firstly Maidstone United, and then Chelmsford City and Dartford.
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