Player  -  Phil Taylor  1936 - 1954      
   
England
    Phil Henry Taylor:  Striker / Defender
    Nickname: 
    Date of Birth:  18.09.1917
    Dead:  01.12.2012
    With the Reds:  1936-1954 & 1954-1959 (staff)
    Height:  
    Weight:  
    Bought from:  Bristol Rovers
    Signed for LFC:  J5,000 + Ted Hartill - March 1936
    Debut:  28.03.1936 (Aged 18)
    Last match:  09.01.1954
    Debut goal:  28.03.1936
    1st team league games:  314
    1st team league goals:  34
    Total 1st team games:  345
    Total 1st team goals:  34
    Total Wartime 1st team games: 
    Total Wartime 1st team goals: 
    Contract expiry:  July 1954, work in staff LFC.
    International caps:  3 England (3 as LFC - 19.11.1947)
    International goals: 
    International debut:  18.10.1947 v Wales
    Characteristics:  
    Former clubs:  Bristol Rovers; Bristol Rovers (2), Brighton & Hove Albion, Newcastle United, Leeds United (wartime guest)
    Birth Place:  Bristol, England
    Honours:  1 Division One Championship 1946-47

  Runners up:  1 FA Cup 1949-50
    Personal Honours:

  Total LFC games/goals

  League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Total
Seasons App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
1935-36 7 2                 7 2
1936-37 14 3                 14 3
1937-38 29 6 5               34 6
1938-39 39 14 3               42 14
1939-40 2 2                 2 2
1945-46     1               1  
1946-47 35 1 6               41 1
1947-48 34   2               36  
1948-49 30 1 4               34 1
1949-50 37   7               44  
1950-51 36 2                 36 2
1951-52 24 1 2               26 1
1952-53 21 2                 21 2
1953-54 6   1               7  
Total 314 34 31               345 34

  A more detailed look at the player's appearances

  Total   started/substitutions     Total   Competition
  345   Started     314   League
        31   FA Cup

  Career Milestones for Phil Taylor:

  Appearances in all competitions

Date Against Result Venue Competition
1 28.03.1936   Derby County 2-2   Baseball Ground League
50 15.04.1938   Middlesbrough 1-1   Ayresome Park League
100 04.09.1946   Middlesbrough 0-1   Anfield League
150 11.10.1947   Chelsea 3-0   Anfield League
200 01.01.1949   Sunderland 2-0   Roker Park League
250 15.04.1950   Fulham 1-1   Anfield League
300 29.09.1951   Derby County 2-0   Anfield League

  Goals in all competitions

Date Min Against Result Venue Competition
1 28.03.1936 89   Derby County 2-2   Baseball Ground League

  Notes:

  - Since the 1993-94 season players have a fixed number.

     PROFILE

  Liverpool legend Phil Taylor changed from a promising centre forward into a classy centre-half who took over the captaincy from Jack Balmer in the 1949-50 season.

  Taylor was born in Bristol in September 1917 and played briefly for his home-town club Rovers before joining Liverpool in March 1936 for a fee of five thousand pounds. He scored a last-minute goal at Derby on his debut on March 28, 1936, to save a point in a 2-2 draw and made a further 6 First Division appearances before the season closed, also netting against Blackburn Rovers. Liverpool finished in 19th place that year and only one place higher the following year before climbing to mid-table respectability by the end of the decade as the Second World War drew ever closer.

  Liverpool won the first post-war League championship and Phil, by now approaching his peak at 29-years-old, played in 35 of the 42 League matches and would continue to a regular and reliable member of the team's defence for the next four years. He captained Liverpool through their run to the club's first-ever Wembley cup final in 1950 but there was only disappointment after a 2-0 defeat by Arsenal. Once he had passed his 30th birthday, Taylor was selected less frequently and he made the last of his 314 Football League appearances for Liverpool at West Bromwich Albion on Christmas Day, 1953. Phil remained at Anfield when he retired as a player in 1954, serving as chief coach before replacing Don Welsh as manager in May 1956. But failing health and the stress of just missing out on promotion in three successive seasons eventually led to his resignation in November 1959. A terrible FA cup defeat at non-League Worcester City earlier in the year must have put extra pressure on him but when none of the five League fixtures Liverpool played in October 1959 were won, he felt that his position at the club was no longer tenable. It was over 23 years since he had first arrived at Anfield as an 18-year-old player.

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  Update: 11.12.2012		  
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