Tony Taylor (footballer)

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Tony Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Tony Taylor
Date of birth	6 September 1946 (1946-09-06)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1962–1964	Kilmarnock
1964–1967	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1967–1968	Morton	22	(8)
1968–1974	Crystal Palace	195	(8)
1974–1976	Southend United	56	(1)
1975–1976	→ Hamilton Academical (loan)	8	(2)
1976–1977	Swindon Town	26	(0)
1977	Bristol Rovers	12	(0)
1977–1978	Portsmouth	17	(0)
1978–1979	Kilmarnock	2	(0)
1979	Albion Rovers	3	(0)
1979–1980	Northampton Town	4	(0)
1980	Panhellenic Toronto
	Totals	345	(19)
Teams managed
1988–1989	Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Tony Taylor (born 6 September 1946 in Glasgow) is a former professional footballer.

Taylor played left back in 195 league games for Crystal Palace between 1968 and 1974, scoring 8 goals. He also played for Kilmarnock, Celtic, Morton, Southend United (to whom he transferred on leaving Palace), Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, and Northampton Town. In 1980 he moved to Canada and played for Panhellenic, a Greek team in the National Soccer League, a semi-pro Toronto league. The high point with this team was playing in a tournament against Benfica, Toronto Italia and Partizan Belgrade.

After working as an assistant coach with Celtic, Taylor became coach of Canada's national boy's youth team in the 1980s. He also served as the (senior) national team manager during an unsuccessful bid to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.

Taylor is now the Technical Director of the Burlington Youth Soccer Club in Burlington, Ontario.

External links

• Newcastle Fans profile
• Sporting-heroes.net Taylor's photograph and statistics with Crystal Palace