Les Taylor (footballer)

Les Taylor
Personal information
Full name Leslie Taylor
Date of birth (1956-12-04) 4 December 1956
Place of birth North Shields, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Wallsend Boys Club
Oxford United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Oxford United 219 (15)
1980–1986 Watford 172 (13)
1986Reading (loan) ? (?)
1986–1989 Reading 75 (3)
1989–1990 Colchester United 52 (1)
Total 518 (32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Taylor (born 4 December 1956) is an English former footballer who captained Watford in the 1984 FA Cup Final. He played as a hard-working central-midfielder. Graham Taylor, his Watford manager, described him as "sniffer and a ratter".