Ernest James Taylor (4 July 1871 – 13 November 1944)[1] was an English amateur footballer who played for Southampton in the club's first two years in the Southern League.
Even with the future founder of football in Brazil, Charles Miller[5] playing at outside-left, the "Saints" were "outplayed fairly and squarely on every point",[6] losing 8–0.
[7] For the start of their League career, Saints signed several new players on professional contracts, including Baker, Littlehales and Thomson from Stoke and Fred Hollands from Millwall Athletic.
[2] Taylor was described at the time as being "a versatile player with ample resource and a great variety of methods: he plays a defensive as well as offensive game with equal success".
In the FA Cup, Saints reached the First Round proper for the first time, where they were drawn against Nottingham Forest, going down 4–1 to the Football League First Division side.