Ernie Taylor (footballer, born 1925)

Ernie Taylor
Personal information
Full name Ernest Taylor
Date of birth (1925-09-02)2 September 1925
Place of birth Sunderland, County Durham, England
Date of death 9 April 1985(1985-04-09) (aged 59)
Place of death Birkenhead, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1942 Hylton Colliery
1942–1951 Newcastle United 107 (19)
1951–1958 Blackpool 217 (53)
1958 Manchester United 22 (2)
1958–1961 Sunderland 68 (11)
1961 Altrincham 6 (0)
1961–1962 Derry 8 (1)
Total 414 (85)
International career
1953 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
1964–1965 New Brighton (NZ)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Taylor (2 September 1925 – 9 April 1985) was an English footballer who played for four clubs in a 19-year professional career.

After Blackpool's defeat by Newcastle United in the 1951 FA Cup Final, it is said that Stanley Matthews told his manager, Joe Smith, that he would like the Magpies' inside-right in the Blackpool team.[1] On 10 October that year, Taylor signed for Blackpool for £25,000.

Born in Sunderland, County Durham, in 1925, Taylor was a naval submariner when he joined Newcastle in 1942. At only 5 ft 4 in, he was one of the shortest players in the game, but his defence-splitting passes caused problems amongst the opposition. It was his back-heel that set up one of Jackie Milburn's goals in the 1951 Final.

Taylor signed for Blackpool on 10 October 1951 and made his debut three days later in a 2–1 home loss to Charlton. When Matthews had recovered from an injury, the pair created a well-respected right-wing partnership.[1] On 25 November 1953, Walter Winterbottom employed the same partnership in England's match against Hungary. England lost 6–3 in what was Taylor's only appearance for his country.

Earlier in 1953, he had been a member of Blackpool's famous FA Cup-winning side that beat Bolton Wanderers. In the same competition in 1958, he helped the devastated Manchester United to an albeit unsuccessful appearance in the FA Cup Final soon after the Munich air disaster.

On 12 December 1958 Taylor signed for Sunderland for £6,000, and later played for Altrincham[2] and Derry before emigrating to New Zealand, where he coached New Brighton and also played for Auckland club East Coast Bays.

Honours

Newcastle United

Blackpool

Manchester United

Notes

  1. ^ a b Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, p.119
  2. ^ "Altrincham FC Legends".
  3. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 489. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
  4. ^ a b Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.

References

  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.