Neil Taylor

Position:	Defender
Contract Date:	June 2016
Previous Clubs:	Wrexham

Signed by in 2010 from Wrexham for Â£150,000, the Welsh left back played 32 times in the Championship in our promotion season, though missed the Play Off Final due to being sent off against Nottingham Forest in the first leg.
Taylor played in 36 Premier League games, working well with Scott Sinclair on the flanks and was assured at the back. Impressing Stuart Pearce enough to pick him for the GB Football term in the 2012 Olympics, where he played at right back.
Neil Taylor was out injured for the majority of last season, where Ben Davies filled in for him brilliantly. The competition for the left back position is strong for the coming season. Taylor has also played 9 times for Wales

Player Ratings for Neil Taylor

Date	Opposition	V	Score	Reports	Rating
5 Aug	Birmingham City	H	1 - 1	0		N/A
8 Aug	Northampton Town CC1st Round	H	3 - 0	0		N/A
12 Aug	West Bromwich Albion	A	3 - 2	1		N/A
19 Aug	Coventry City	H	1 - 1	0		N/A
26 Aug	Preston North End	A	2 - 1	0		N/A
29 Aug	AFC Bournemouth CC2nd Round	H	2 - 3	1		N/A

2 Sep	Bristol City	H	1 - 2	0		N/A
16 Sep	Cardiff City	A	2 - 0	1		N/A
19 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 - 1	2		N/A
23 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3 - 0	0		N/A
30 Sep	Millwall	A	0 - 3	1		N/A

4 Oct	Norwich City	H	2 - 1	1		N/A
7 Oct	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 - 3	0		N/A
21 Oct	Leicester City	H	1 - 3	1		N/A
24 Oct	Watford	H	0 - 1	1		N/A
28 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 1	1		N/A

4 Nov	Sunderland	H	0 - 0	1		N/A
11 Nov	Ipswich Town	A	3 - 2	2		N/A
25 Nov	Hull City	H	2 - 2	2		N/A
29 Nov	Leeds United	A	3 - 1	0		N/A

2 Dec	Huddersfield Town	H	1 - 1	1		N/A
9 Dec	Rotherham United	A	1 - 2	0		N/A
12 Dec	Stoke City	A	1 - 1	0		N/A
16 Dec	Middlesbrough	H	1 - 2	1		N/A
22 Dec	Preston North End	H	2 - 1	0		N/A
26 Dec	Southampton	A	5 - 0	6		N/A
29 Dec	Coventry City	A	2 - 2	1		N/A

1 Jan	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 - 0	0		N/A
6 Jan	Morecambe FAC3rd Round	H	2 - 0	0		N/A
13 Jan	Birmingham City	A	2 - 2	1		N/A
20 Jan	Southampton	H	1 - 3	14		N/A
25 Jan	AFC Bournemouth FAC4th Round	A	5 - 0	0		N/A
30 Jan	Leicester City	A	3 - 1	0		N/A

3 Feb	Plymouth Argyle	H	0 - 1	0		N/A
10 Feb	Hull City	A	0 - 1	1		N/A
13 Feb	Leeds United	H	0 - 4	0		N/A
17 Feb	Ipswich Town	H	1 - 2	1		N/A
24 Feb	Sunderland	A	1 - 2	1		N/A

2 Mar	Blackburn Rovers	H	2 - 1	0		N/A
6 Mar	Watford	A	1 - 1	0		N/A
10 Mar	Bristol City	A	1 - 0	0		N/A
16 Mar	Cardiff City	H	2 - 0	2		N/A
29 Mar	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 - 1	1		N/A

1 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	H	0 - 1	3		N/A
6 Apr	Middlesbrough	A	2 - 0	2		N/A
10 Apr	Stoke City	H	3 - 0	0		N/A
13 Apr	Rotherham United	H	1 - 0	0		N/A
20 Apr	Huddersfield Town	A	0 - 4	0		N/A

Player Stats for Neil Taylor

	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Other
Season	Apps	Subs	Goals	Apps	Subs	Goals	Apps	Subs	Goals	Apps	Subs	Goals
2021-2022	14	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-2021	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

News Stories for Neil Taylor

Has Russell Martin got any choice but to do this ? Thu 02nd Mar 2023
Swansea City will leave in the direction of Bedfordshire tomorrow to prepare for their away championship game at Kenilworth Road, Luton on Saturday ( Kick Off 3pm ) Russell Martin finds himself as the head coach of a Swansea side that hasn’t experienced such a low time - potentially going back to the dark days of 2002.

Charlie Adam tackles Russell Martin over Morgan Whittaker : He must be Parched ! Mon 23rd Jan 2023
Ex footballer Charlie Adam who played just under thirty games for Liverpool and over sixty games for Glasgow Rangers has joined in the Morgan Whittaker transfer conversation from Swansea City to the Glasgow club.

Rodgers quotes regards Swansea City and the club that made him Thu 12th May 2022
It’s a well trodden path for some, but when you look at todays content makers on YouTube and beyond, it’s potentially something they as the new generation of swans fans would look back on with pride, but nothing more. The expectation of premier league football every season became the norm, and the new and younger fans knew nothing else.

Swansea City v Middlesbrough TEAM NEWS Sat 23rd Apr 2022
The swans take on an out of form but determined Middlesbrough side today at the swansea.com stadium. Boro see this as their last chance to maintain a play off push. Kick offs is 3pm and you can buy tickets right up to the game starting.

We gave Middlesbrough a very poor goal, finishing was outrageous Sun 05th Dec 2021
Russell Martin described his teams finishing as ‘outrageous’ in the second half as more points were dropped at the Riverside. In another dominant performance against a side looking for their first home win under new manager Chris Wilder the swans had at least four decent chances to score yesterday.

Middlesbrough v Swansea City TEAM NEWS Sat 04th Dec 2021
Swansea City have a full strength squad to choose from but Morgan Whittaker hasn’t travelled north to Middlesbrough. The game kicks off at 3pm UK time at the Riverside stadium, Middlesbrough. Tickets for home and away fans are still available. Cash only sales to Swansea City fans.

The Swansea City academy Wales ‘Euros’ back four Sat 12th Jun 2021
It’s an incredible thing, four of Wales finest defensive products, that is Wales players developed in the principality have all come from Swansea City FC. Gruff mentioned this earlier, if they were from Cardiff City other media would be hammering it down our throats.

The Steve Cooper football story - a 20 year coaching journey (Part One) Sun 07th Feb 2021
It has been a pretty long haul for Swansea City manager and coach Steve Cooper, encouraged by Brian Flynn to concentrate on coaching and management when under his guidance at Wrexham things have worked out well. A nineteen year journey that led him to Swansea thereafter is his story, the application of certain football strategies in to his teams primary. This is part one of Steve Coopers football journey.

Clement On The Window's Unfair Advantage Tue 31st Jan 2017
You have to admit that Paul Clement has a point when he talks about this transfer window which closes on a night when more than half the division is in action giving six teams a potential advantage.

Is That Our Window Closed? Mon 30th Jan 2017
It certainly seems from the comments of Paul Clement at this afternoon's press conference that the Swans transfer dealings will be all but over when the deal to bring Jordan Ayew to the Liberty is completed and Neil Taylor heads in the opposite direction.

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