Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Frederick Taylor | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Hornchurch, Essex, England | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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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.