Charlie James Taylor (born 1 December 1985) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who was last attached to

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

Career

Taylor started his career as a trainee with

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...

and

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, before dropping into

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. Taylor signed for

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football. History Welling United Foot ...

before leaving in 2004 to join

Hornchurch Hornchurch is a suburban town in East London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross. It comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential area. It historically formed ...

. He then had spells at Fisher Athletic,

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

and Dulwich Hamlet F.C., Dulwich Hamlet before joining Grays Athletic F.C., Grays Athletic in 2009. He scored once in 11 games for Grays, away at Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town in the 1–1 draw in the Conference National on 29 August. In July 2010, Taylor had an unsuccessful trial with EFL Championship, Championship club Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, before eventually signing for Barnet F.C., Barnet on 31 August 2010 from Isthmian League Premier Division club Sutton United F.C., Sutton United. Taylor made his debut on 25 September for Barnet in their 2–2 away draw with Morecambe F.C., Morecambe in EFL League Two, League Two, replacing Steve Kabba in the 65th minute as a Substitute (association football), substitute. Taylor was given a three-match ban for spitting at an opponent in a game against Aldershot Town F.C., Aldershot Town in October 2011. Taylor was sent off for violent conduct in the Football League Trophy Area Final against Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town in February 2012 after coming on as a substitute and playing for 10 minutes. It was announced on 13 April 2012, that Taylor had left the club by mutual consent. In October 2012 he joined

Style of play

Football manager, Mark Stimson described Taylor as "a striker who plays off the shoulder".

References

External links

Barnet profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Charlie Living people 1985 births English men's footballers Footballers from the London Borough of Lewisham People from Lewisham Charlton Athletic F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Hornchurch F.C. players Margate F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Men's association football forwards