Colin Taylor (footballer, born 1971) explained

Colin Taylor
Fullname:Colin David Taylor
Birth Date:25 December 1971
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Everton
Youthyears1:19xx–1987
Youthclubs2:Wolverhampton Wanderers
Youthyears2:1987–1990
Years1:1990–1993
Years2:1992
Years3:1992
Years4:1993
Years5:1993–1995
Years6:1995–1996
Clubs1:Wolverhampton Wanderers
Clubs2:Wigan Athletic (loan)
Clubs3:Preston North End (loan)
Clubs4:Doncaster Rovers (loan)
Clubs5:Telford United
Clubs6:Runcorn
Caps1:19
Goals1:2
Caps2:7
Goals2:2
Caps3:4
Goals3:0
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Nationalteam1:England U18
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:2

Colin David Taylor (born 25 December 1971) is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career

Taylor joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1987 as a YTS apprentice, before signing professional forms in March 1990. He made his senior debut on 25 September 1990 as a substitute in a goalless League Cup tie at Hull. His only league goals for Wolves came on 22 December 1990 when he scored twice against Millwall in a Second Division fixture.

Although the striker had a prolific record at youth and reserve team level, first team opportunities at Molineux were at the time limited due to the goalscoring duo of Steve Bull and Andy Mutch. Taylor instead had several loan spells at lower league teams to gain playing time, representing Wigan Athletic in the 1991–92 season (scoring twice), and both Preston and Doncaster in 1992–93.

After a total of 24 appearances (scoring 3 times) for Wolves he was freed to join non-league Telford United in July 1993. He remained with Telford for two seasons before moving to fellow Conference National side Runcorn. In his later career he played for numerous clubs at non-league level.

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