Steve Taylor (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Jeffrey Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Royton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | Bolton Wanderers | 40 | (16) |
| 1975 | → Port Vale (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 1977–1979 | Oldham Athletic | 47 | (25) |
| 1979 | Luton Town | 20 | (1) |
| 1979–1980 | Mansfield Town | 37 | (7) |
| 1980–1983 | Burnley | 86 | (37) |
| 1983–1984 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | (7) |
| 1984 | Stockport County | 26 | (8) |
| 1984–1986 | Rochdale | 84 | (42) |
| 1986–1987 | Preston North End | 5 | (2) |
| 1987–1988 | Burnley | 45 | (6) |
| 1988–1989 | Rochdale | 17 | (4) |
| 1993 | Mossley | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 445 | (158) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993 | Mossley | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steven Jeffrey Taylor (born 18 October 1955) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 157 goals in 441 league games in a 15-year career in the Football League.
He began his career at Bolton Wanderers, turning professional in October 1973. He was loaned out to Port Vale in October 1975, before signing with Oldham Athletic in October 1977 for £38,000. He transferred to Luton Town in January 1979 for a £75,000 fee before moving on to Mansfield Town for the same fee a few months later. He signed with Burnley in 1980, and helped the "Clarets" to the Third Division title in 1981–82. He switched to Wigan Athletic in 1983 before spending a brief spell with Stockport County the following year. He was signed by Rochdale in November 1984 and had a prolific two-year spell at the club before he was bought by Preston North End for £20,000. He quickly returned to Burnley and featured in the 1988 Football League Trophy final. He returned to Rochdale for the 1988–89 campaign before he retired from professional football. He later had an unsuccessful time as manager of Northern Premier League club Mossley in 1993.