Fred Taylor (footballer, born 1884)

Fred Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Taylor^[1]
Date of birth	1884^[1]
Place of birth	Rotherham, England^[1]
Date of death	1954 (aged 69–70)
Place of death	Peterborough, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Rotherham Town
1905	Gainsborough Trinity	21	(10)
	Kimberworth Old Boys
1907–1909	Gainsborough Trinity	84	(1)
1909–1917	Chelsea	155	(4)
1919–1920	Brentford	22	(1)
	Maidstone United
1921	Rochdale	19	(0)
	Fletton United
National team
	Football League XI	1	(0)
Teams managed
1936–1937	Peterborough United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Fred Taylor (from Rotherham) was an English footballer who played for in the Football League for Chelsea, Gainsborough Trinity and Rochdale. He was a reliable right half-back who worked hard and liked to move up the field during attacks.^[2] He made one appearance for the Football League XI.^[3]

Club career

Taylor started his league career playing for Second Division side Gainsborough Trinity but in 1909 he transferred to Chelsea.^[2] He was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. In addition to his 155 league appearances he played in 16 FA Cup games for Chelsea.^[4] He transferred to Brentford in June 1919 and was awarded a testimonial by Chelsea in 1920.^[3]

Managerial career

Taylor was manager of Peterborough United for the 1936–37 Midland League season.^[5] He also served the club as trainer and groundsman.^[5]

Honours

Chelsea

FA Cup: Runners Up 1915

References

1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 283. ISBN 190589161X.
1 2 Unknown (1915). Cup Final Programme.
1 2 "The Leader Board". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
↑ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. p. 409. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
1 2 "Peterborough United FC History". www.theposh.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.

Peterborough United F.C. – managers

Porter (1934–36)
F. Taylor (1936–37)
Poulter (1937–38)
Haden (1938–48)
Blood (1948–50)
Gurney (1950–52)
Fairbrother (1952–54)
Swindin (1954–58)
Hagan (1958–62)
Anderson (1962^c)
Fairbrother (1962–64)
Anderson (1964^c)
Clark (1964–67)
Rigby (1967–69)
Iley (1969–72)
Cantwell (1972–77)
Barnwell (1977–78)
Hails (1978–79^c)
Morris (1979–82)
Wilkinson (1982–83)
Wile (1983–86)
Fuccillo (1986^c)
Cantwell (1986–88)
Jones (1988–89)
Booth (1989^c)
Lawrenson (1989–90)
Booth (1990–91^c)
Turner (1991–92)
Fuccillo (1992–93)
Turner (1993–94^c)
Still (1994–95)
Halsall (1995–96)
Fry (1996–2005)
Wright (2005–06)
Bleasdale (2006)
Fry (2006^c)
Alexander (2006–07)
T. Taylor (2007^c)
Ferguson (2007–09)
Cooper (2009–10)
Gannon (2010)
Johnson (2010–11)
Oldfield (2011^c)
Ferguson (2011–15)
Robertson (2015)
Westley (2015–)

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