Tony Taylor

Who is Tony Taylor?

Tony Taylor is a former professional footballer.

Taylor played left back in 195 league games for Crystal Palace between 1968 and 1974, scoring 8 goals. He also played for Kilmarnock, Celtic, Morton, Southend United, Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, and Northampton Town.

Taylor agreed to take over as player/manager of Athlone Town A.F.C. in August 1977 but despite playing some pre season friendlies resigned before the 1977-78 League of Ireland season commenced.

In 1980 he moved to Canada and played for Panhellenic, a Greek team in the National Soccer League, a semi-pro Toronto league. The high point with this team was playing in a tournament against Benfica, Toronto Italia and Partizan Belgrade.

After working as an assistant coach with Celtic, Taylor became coach of Canada's national boy's youth team in the 1980s. He also served as the national team manager during an unsuccessful bid to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.

Taylor is a Technical Staff Member of the Burlington Youth Soccer Club in Burlington, Ontario.