Carl Taylor (footballer)

Carl Wilson Taylor (born 20 January 1937) is an English former footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Aldershot and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Penrith and Burton Albion.[2]

Carl Taylor
Personal information
Full name Carl Wilson Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1937-01-20) 20 January 1937[1]
Place of birth Kirkby Stephen,[1] England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kirkby Stephen
1953–1954 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1954–1955 Penrith
1957–1960 Middlesbrough 11 (1)
1960–1962 Aldershot 78 (13)
1962–1963 Darlington 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Taylor was born in Kirkby Stephen, which was then in Westmorland, in 1937.[1] He represented the county at youth level,[3] and played in the Westmorland League for his hometown club, from where, just after his 16th birthday, he was invited to join First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers.[4] By 1954, he was back home and playing for Northern League club Penrith.[5]

Taylor turned professional with Second Division Middlesbrough in January 1956.[1][6] He made his first-team debut in November 1957, deputising for Lindy Delapenha away to Notts County, and scored on his second appearance five months later, in a 3–2 defeat at Sheffield United, but played only infrequently thereafter,[7][8] Billy Day being preferred when his National Service commitments allowed.[9][10]

Having played just once for Middlesbrough's first team in the 1959–60 season, Taylor moved on to Fourth Division club Aldershot.[8] According to a profile on an Aldershot F.C. historical website, he was "a talented player who was able to shoot with both feet and was the provider of accurate crosses from dead ball [and] tight marking situations."[6] He was a regular for Aldershot for just over two seasons, with 13 goals from 78 league appearances.[1] He submitted a transfer request,[6] and in September 1962 signed for fellow fourth-tier club Darlington, for whom he scored once in 18 league matches.[1]

On the recommendation of Brian Clough, Southern League club Burton Albion signed Taylor from Darlington – he had played alongside both Clough and Burton's manager, Peter Taylor, at Middlesbrough – but it was not a successful move.[11] After leaving football, Taylor ran a building firm in his native Kirkby Stephen.[6]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. "Carl Taylor". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. "Westmorland County Football Association: The Post War Years and Beyond: 1946–1997" (PDF). Centenary Booklet. Westmorland County Football Association. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. "25 years Penrith". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. "25 years Penrith". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. "Where are they now? J–Y". Aldershot Football Club 1926–1992. Mark Elliott. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  7. Hermiston, Roger (2011). Clough and Revie: the rivals who changed the face of English football. Random House. p. 150. ISBN 9781845969233.
  8. "Carl Taylor". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  9. "Promotion? It's a gamble". Daily Mirror. London. 26 April 1958. p. 16. Billy Day, centre forward, may not get Army leave to fly over from Germany. If he can't make it then Carl Taylor, 19, will deputise.
  10. Holden, Bill (24 January 1959). "Army grounds the flying Cup winger...". Daily Mirror. London. p. 17.
  11. Francis, Tony (2013). Clough: a biography. Random House. p. 52. ISBN 9781448148912.
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