He made his first-team debut for Birmingham City as a 16-year-old substitute against Leeds United in the last match of the 1987–88 season, and turned professional a few months later.
[3] He received media coverage during the 1995 Football League Trophy Final when, after scoring the winner, he revealed a T-shirt reading "Shit on the Villa", aimed at City's rivals Aston Villa.
[4] He was fined two weeks' wages for the incident,[4] which was echoed in the same fixture eleven years later by Swansea City players.
[5] Tait had loan spells with Millwall and, towards the end of his time at Birmingham, with Northampton Town.
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