Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968)

Ian Taylor
Taylor in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ian Kenneth Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England[2]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Municipal Officials
Shirley Crusaders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Moor Green
1992–1994 Port Vale 83 (28)
1994 Sheffield Wednesday 14 (1)
1994–2003 Aston Villa 233 (28)
2003–2005 Derby County 81 (14)
2005–2007 Northampton Town 66 (8)
Total 477 (79)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Kenneth Taylor (born 4 June 1968) is an English former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

A midfielder, he had a fifteen-year career in the Football League and Premier League, scoring 103 goals in 577 league and cup competitions. He made the move from non-League Moor Green to Port Vale in 1992. With Vale, he lifted the Football League Trophy in 1993. His impressive performances earned him a place on the Second Division PFA Team of the Year in 1992–93 & 1993–94, as well as the club's Player of the Year award in 1993. He made a million-pound move to Sheffield Wednesday in June 1994, and he was sold on for another million to Aston Villa later in the year. He lifted the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final with the club he had supported as a boy. In 2003, he signed with Derby County, helping the club to the Championship play-offs before signing with Northampton Town in June 2005. He helped the club to win promotion out of League Two in 2005–06 before he announced his retirement in April 2007.

Playing career

Moor Green to Port Vale

Taylor played for Municipal Officials and Shirley Crusaders and was a forklift trucker driver when he started his career with Southern League Premier Division side Moor Green.[4] He scored 23 goals in one season with the club and scored 17 goals in the 1991–92 campaign.[5] He had an unsuccessful trial with Birmingham City.[5] He got a move into the Football League in May 1992 after scoring in Green's Midland Floodlit Cup final victory, when Port Vale paid the club £15,000 (this figure later rose to £25,000 due to instalments based on appearances).[6][7] He was spotted playing for Moor Green against Burton Albion by Ray Williams, who had intended to scout Burton player Darren Roberts.[8] Williams said that, "within 30 seconds I could see he had ability, pace and bravery" and that he demonstrated his character by playing on despite injury.[5] Rudge saw him as a potential replacement for Robbie Earle.[6] His debut came on 7 August 1992, in a 5–0 win over De Graafschap in the TNT Tournament. He became a regular in the side and in 1992–93 scored 15 goals to become the club's top scorer and earn himself the Player of the Year award, as well as a place on the PFA Second Division team. He was once again selected in the PFA's divisional team of the season for the 1993–94 season.[7] He also lifted the Football League Trophy, scoring a "stunning overhead back heel" against Fulham in the opening round, and going on to play in the final as Vale beat Stockport County 2–1 at Wembley Stadium.[9] He would later state: "John Rudge... gave me the opportunity to play professional football. He put me in the team and had faith in me. That was the bedrock of my career".[10]

Sheffield Wednesday

In June 1994, Taylor signed with Premier League club Sheffield Wednesday. The next month, a tribunal decided upon a £1 million fee, plus £100,000 for an England appearance and £25,000 for every ten goals up to a maximum of fifty goals as well as 15% of the profit of any future sale.[7] As it happened he was shifted on to Brian Little's Aston Villa in December that year for £1 million plus Guy Whittingham. Therefore, the "profit" for Wednesday was Whittingham himself, meaning all the would-be bonuses were irrelevance. Taylor played just eighteen games for Wednesday.

Aston Villa

A lifelong supporter of the "Villans", as a child, he used to stand on the Holte End at Villa Park. This fact, combined with his utterly committed displays and knack of scoring crucial goals, quickly established him as a fans' favourite.[3] Villa narrowly stayed in the Premier League in 1994–95 after finishing three points and one place above relegated Crystal Palace. Villa finished fourth in 1995–96, and Taylor scored in wins over Manchester United, Wimbledon, Leeds United, and Southampton. He also played and scored in the Aston Villa side that won the 1996 League Cup final 3–0 against Leeds.

He played 36 domestic games in 1996–97, scoring in wins over Leeds, Wimbledon, and Liverpool. He scored 9 goals in 44 games in 1997–98, and maintained his first-team place under new manager John Gregory. Taylor also netted important goals in Villa's 1997–1998 UEFA Cup run, when they would eventually be knocked out by Atlético Madrid on away goals at the quarter-final stage.

He scored four times in 38 games in 1998–99, and again Villa won all games in which he found the net, including a 2–1 victory at Coventry City in which Taylor scored both Villa's goals. He was prolific in 1999–2000, scoring ten goals in 42 games, helping Villa to reach the 2000 FA Cup final, where they lost out 1–0 to Chelsea. Taylor hit five goals in 35 games in 2000–01, including both goals in a 2–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur. However, he was restricted to just eighteen appearances in 2001–02, as manager John Gregory was replaced by Graham Taylor in January. After only nineteen appearances in 2002–03, Taylor released him at the end of the campaign.[11]

Derby County

Taylor joined First Division side Derby County,[12] where he was made captain. He was the club's top-scorer in 2003–04 with twelve goals, as Derby avoided relegation by a single point. He played 44 games in 2004–05, as Derby reached the Championship play-offs, where they were defeated by Preston North End in the semi-finals. Taylor was released in May 2005.[13]

Northampton Town

In June 2005 he signed with League Two club Northampton Town.[14] The "Cobblers" won promotion in 2005–06 as League Two runners-up, with Taylor making 38 appearances. He was named to the PFA Team of the Year for his performances. Northampton retained their League One status in 2006–07, as Taylor played another 36 games. Taylor announced that the game at home to Huddersfield Town on 27 April would be the last of his career before retiring as a professional player.[15] A small number of Aston Villa fans attended this match. At Villa's away match against Manchester City the day after Taylor's final game, the travelling Villa fans sang "There's only one Ian Taylor".

International career

Taylor was born in Birmingham, England and is of Barbadian descent through his mother.[16] In May 2004, he was considered by Barbados manager Kenville Layne for a call-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying double-header against Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004. Taylor revealed that he had turned down a similar approach from the nation five years previously, as he wanted to play for England.

Post-retirement

Taylor is now an occasional football co-commentator for the Aston Villa website's Villa TV and can regularly be seen at Aston Villa games as he was appointed as a Club Ambassador in February 2011.[17] He also makes occasional appearances on Sky TV and TNT Sports.[18] During the 2007–08 season, he has been given a regular column as the final feature in Aston Villa's matchday programme, titled 'Tayls Talking'. Still held in very high esteem by Villa fans, he maintained his cult status in October 2005, when instead of sitting with the directors and VIPs for the Second City derby against Birmingham City at St Andrew's, he was amongst the travelling Aston Villa contingent; Taylor did the same thing again in Villa's game against Blues on 11 November 2007.[3]

In 2012, Taylor created his own brand of headphones and speakers called iT7 Audio, worn by a host of celebrities and sportspeople supporting the brand.[19] Taylor is also a director of Optima Sport, which brings academy football teams from across the world to compete against academies in the UK.[20] He also runs his own consultancy in the solar and renewable energy industry, being UK Ambassador for SNRG in the renewable energy and sustainability sector and is an Ambassador for car company Express Vehicle Contracts.

In January 2024, Taylor was named by Aston Villa as a member of the Honorary Anniversary Board ahead of the club's 150th anniversary season.[21]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[22]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Port Vale 1992–93 Division 2 41 15 4 1 2 1 9[a][b] 2[a] 56 19
1993–94 Division 2 42 13 2 0 2 1 4[a] 2[a] 50 16
Total 83 28 6 1 4 2 13 4 106 36
Sheffield Wednesday 1994–95 Premier League 14 1 0 0 4 1 — 18 2
Aston Villa 1994–95 Premier League 22 1 2 0 0 0 — 24 1
1995–96 Premier League 25 3 3 1 6 1 — 34 5
1996–97 Premier League 34 2 0 0 3 1 — 37 3
1997–98[23] Premier League 32 6 3 0 1 0 8[c] 3[c] 44 9
1998–99[24] Premier League 33 4 1 0 1 0 3[c] 0 38 4
1999–2000[25] Premier League 29 5 5 0 8 5 — 42 10
2000–01[26] Premier League 29 4 1 0 1 0 4[d] 1[d] 35 5
2001–02[27] Premier League 16 3 1 1 1 0 — 18 4
2002–03[28] Premier League 13 0 1 0 2 1 3[d] 1[d] 19 2
Total 233 28 17 2 23 8 18 5 291 43
Derby County 2003–04[29] First Division 42 11 1 0 1 1 — 44 12
2004–05[30] Championship 39 3 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 44 3
Total 81 14 3 0 2 1 2 0 88 15
Northampton Town 2005–06[31] League Two 33 7 3 0 1 0 1[a] 0 38 7
2006–07[32] League One 33 1 3 0 0 0 — 36 1
Total 66 8 6 0 1 0 1 0 74 8
Career total 477 79 32 3 34 12 34 9 577 104
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) and goal(s) in the Football League Trophy.
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the play-offs.
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) and goal(s) in the UEFA Cup.
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) and goal(s) in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Honours

Moor Green

  • Midland Floodlit Cup: 1992[6]

Port Vale

Aston Villa

Northampton Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 412. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Player Profile: Ian Taylor". threematchban.com. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ^ "The Guardian: Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Baggaley, Mike (16 June 2024). "Getting the message across at Vale Park". Valiant's Substack. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Ian Taylor: the OVF interview". onevalefan.co.uk. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 287. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  8. ^ "Port Vale: England hit-man Ricky Lambert was so close to joining the Valiants after being spotted by Ray Williams". The Staffordshire Sentinel. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ Fielding, Rob (4 March 2017). "Five great Port Vale goals". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  10. ^ Baggaley, Michael (27 May 2022). "Promotion hero Ian Taylor talks Port Vale and return to Wembley". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Villa release veteran pair". BBC Sport. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Taylor joins Derby". BBC Sport. 26 June 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Quartet are released by Rams boss". BBC Sport. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Cobblers complete quartet capture". BBC Sport. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Taylor set for final appearance". BBC Sport. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  16. ^ "Taylor considering Barbados call". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  17. ^ Brown, Paul (23 February 2011). "Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website". Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  18. ^ Vincent, Bobby; Challies, Josh (17 June 2020). "Ian Taylor sums up how every Aston Villa fan is feeling after major controversy". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  19. ^ Beeston, Dave. "Ian Taylor: Villa Legend to Entrepreneur". avillafan.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  20. ^ "OPTIMA SPORT". Optima Sport. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  21. ^ "AV 150: Honorary Board Announced". Aston Villa Football Club. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  22. ^ Ian Taylor at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  23. ^ "Games played by Ian Taylor in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  24. ^ "Games played by Ian Taylor in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  25. ^ "Games played by Ian Taylor in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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  33. ^ Kent, Jeff (1993). The Port Vale Record 1879–1993. Witan Books. p. 236. ISBN 0-9508981-9-8.
  34. ^ "Milosevic gives; Villa a touch of magic". The Independent. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  35. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.
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