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Tommy Taylor (footballer b. 1951)

Tommy Taylor
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Personal information
Full name Thomas Frederick Taylor
Date of birth (1951-09-26) 26 September 1951 (age 65)
Place of birth Hornchurch, Essex, England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Fløy (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1970 Leyton Orient 114 (4)
1970–1979 West Ham United 340 (8)
1977 Team Hawaii (loan) 19 (0)
1979–1982 Leyton Orient 116 (5)
1982–1983 Beerschot 27 (0)
Total 616 (17)
National team
1971–1973 England U-23 13 (0)
Teams managed
1991 Margate
1995–1996 Cambridge United
1996–2001 Leyton Orient
2001–2002 Darlington
2003 Farnborough Town
2004–2006 King's Lynn
2007 Peterborough United (caretaker)
2007–2008 Boston United
2009–2010 Grenada
2010 CD Torrevieja
2011 Belper Town
2013–2014 PS Kemi Kings
2015– Fløy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas Frederick Taylor (born 26 September 1951 in Hornchurch, Essex) is an English football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender. He is the current manager of Flekkerøy IL in the 2. Divisjon, Norwegen's third tier.

Taylor played for Leyton Orient, helping them to promotion to Division Two, and captained the England youth team. He won 13 caps for the England Under-23 team, but never made a senior appearance.

Taylor joined West Ham United in October 1970 and was a member of the team that won the FA Cup in 1975. In 1977 he played for Team Hawaii of North American Soccer League from May to August of this year on loan from West Ham. He returned to Orient in 1979 after losing his place in the Hammers side to Alvin Martin. He played a total of 396 games and scored eight goals for the Hammers.

Taylor had a spell in Belgium with K Beerschot.

Taylor joined Charlton Athletic as youth coach. He moved into football management in New Zealand for three years, then joined Maidstone United as a coach in 1989.

Taylor became youth team manager at Cambridge United in 1993 and went on to manage the first team in 1995. A year later, he returned to Brisbane Road to manage Leyton Orient.

In 2001, after five years at the club, he left Orient and joined Darlington, leaving in October 2002. Taylor then joined Conference side Farnborough Town, officially taking on the manager's role in May 2003.


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