Although featuring for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City, he notably had lengthy and prolific spells with Leyton Orient, Brentford and Gillingham.
He notably scored for the Gills at Wembley Stadium in the 1999 Division Two Play-off final against Manchester City, only months before he would join The Blues.
Taylor also played professionally for Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United.
He retired in 2003 following a brief spell with non-League side Gorleston, although whilst manager of Diss Town he did make three more senior appearances between 2008 and 2012.
[5] He played five games and scored one goal for Mjølner in the second tier of the Norwegian league during a loan spell that lasted until the end of the season in Norway.
In August 1991, Taylor began a trial with Birmingham City[6] which led to a one-month contract in September,[7] but he made no first-team appearances.