A hard-tackling no-nonsense defender, he played non-league football for clubs including Holsworthy FC, St Blazey[5] and Bideford before moving to Exeter City in December 1986 at the age of 23.
[6] He captained Exeter to the Fourth Division championship in 1989–90, and played 200 league games for the club before moving to Swindon Town in July 1991 for a £200,000 fee.
[1] After a further 105 league games for Bristol City, helping the club to promotion to Division One in 1998,[8] Taylor retired as a player.
Released in May 2005,[9] he moved to Conference National club Forest Green Rovers in June as assistant to manager Gary Owers;[10] their contracts were terminated by mutual consent after a poor start to the 2006–07 season.
[13] On 12 July 2013, Shaun was appointed Professional Development Coach with his hometown club Plymouth Argyle youth academy.