Tommy Taylor (footballer b. 1951)

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For the Manchester United player, see Tommy Taylor.

Tommy Taylor (born September 26, 1951 in Hornchurch, Essex) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He is currently first-team coach of Peterborough United.

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. He returned to Orient in 1979 after losing his place to Alvin Martin. He played a total of 396 games and scored eight goals for the Hammers.

After a spell in Belgium with Antwerp, 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. He didn't last long though, leaving in October 2002. Taylor then joined Conference side Farnborough Town, officially taking on the manager's role in May 2003.

In November 2004, Taylor was appointed manager at Kings Lynn. He brought the ire of the fans in November 2006, joining bitter rivals Peterborough United as assistant to Keith Alexander.^[1] At the time of his departure Kings Lynn were top of the Southern League. On 15 January 2007, following the departure of Alexander, he was appointed caretaker manager.^[2] With the job going to Alex Ferguson's son Darren five days later, Taylor became number two once again, after overseeing two losses for the East of England club.

[edit] References

Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 199-200. ISBN 1 903135 50 8.

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