Stuart Taylor (footballer, born 1974)

Stuart Taylor (born 26 November 1974 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer and former manager of League of Ireland side Limerick. He is currently the assistant manager at Ipswich Town.

Stuart Taylor
Personal information
Full name Stuart Taylor
Date of birth (1974-11-26) 26 November 1974
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ipswich Town (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1998 St Mirren 79 (8)
1998–2002 Airdrieonians 85 (14)
2002–2003 Drogheda United 22 (2)
2003 Falkirk 13 (7)
2003–2004 Partick Thistle 13 (1)
2004–2005 St Johnstone 9 (1)
2005–2006 Ross County 13 (1)
2006–2007 Airdrie United 36 (4)
2007–2009 Hamilton Academical 16 (4)
Teams managed
2007–2011 Hamilton Academical (assistant)
2012–2013 Al-Khor Sports Club (assistant)
2013–2014 Limerick
2018 Stoke City (assistant)
2018– Ipswich Town (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In July 2002 Taylor signed for Drogheda United[1] and made his League of Ireland debut on the opening day of the 2002–03 League of Ireland season. In his next game he scored his first goal at Tolka Park.

Coaching career

Taylor began his coaching career at Hamilton Academical, where he joined as assistant manager to Billy Reid from 2007 to 2011, when the club won the Scottish First Division and promotion to the Scottish Premier League.

In August 2012, he joined Al-Khor Sports Club in Qatar as assistant manager to László Bölöni.[2]

In January 2013, Taylor was appointed manager of Limerick on a three-year deal.[3][4] [5] Taylor resigned as the manager of Limerick in July 2014.[6]

Taylor then joined Aston Villa in July 2014 as Under-23 head coach.

He joined Paul Lambert as first team coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 2016. Taylor and most of Lambert's back-room staff left the club in May 2017.

He once again joined up with Lambert as his assistant manager at Stoke City in January 2018. He left Stoke at the end of the 2017–18 season as Lambert also left the club.[7]

Taylor joined up with Lambert for the third time as his assistant manager at Ipswich Town in October 2018.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics
As of 28 March 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Limerick 11 January 2013 7 July 2014 51 16 14 21 031.4
Total 51 16 14 21 031.4

Honours
Airdrieonians

References
  2. https://www.extratime.ie/articles/19032/stuart-taylor-my-family-were-distraught-to-be-leaving-limerick---but-it-was-the-right-time-to-resign/
  3. "Limerick boss takes inspiration from Barca". Irish Independent. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. "Limerick announce Stuart Taylor as new manager". Goal.com. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. "Limerick looking for new manager as Taylor departs". Irish Independent. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  7. "Introducing Paul Lambert's back room team: Who's who at new-look Stoke City". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. "Airdrie retain Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.}}
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