David Taylor (Welsh footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Wales | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Caersws (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Conwy United | 17 | (8) |
| 1993–1994 | Porthmadog | 59 | (58) |
| 1994–1995 | Inter Cardiff | 19 | (11) |
| 1995 | Conwy United | 12 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Newtown | 16 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | Holywell Town | 31 | (18) |
| 1997 | Newtown | 19 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Welshpool Town | 38 | (14) |
| 1999–2000 | Flexsys Cefn Druids | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Oswestry Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Caersws | 2 | (1) |
| Total | 225 | (118) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007– | Caersws (assistant manager) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
David Taylor (born 25 August 1965) is a retired Welsh footballer and current manager. A former forward, he is most notable for his spell in Porthmadog, where he won the European Golden Shoe during the 1993–94 season. He is now assistant manager of Caersws in the Welsh Premier League.
Career
A regular goal-scorer in the Welsh Premier who played in the first season of the then League of Wales with Conwy United before a move to Porthmadog, scoring 23 times from 28 appearances for the two clubs, but his most prolific period came a season later when his 43 goals from 38 games put him top of the European goal charts. He left the Traeth in season 1993/4 for Inter Cardiff, before a move back to Morfa Conwy. There followed spells at Newtown, Holywell Town, Welshpool, Flexsys Cefn Druids and Oswestry Town, bringing a total of 117 league goals from 163 appearances, plus 44 as sub.
After his playing career he became a manager and managed Buckley to their first-ever Cymru Alliance title in 2004/05, after Buckley he returned to the Welsh Premier as assistant manager of Caersws in the summer of 2007.