Matthew Taylor

Matthew Taylor Date of Birth: Nov 27, 1981

Rejected by his home town club Oxford United for being too fat, Matthew joined Luton as a Youth Trainee before making his League debut for the Hatters on the opening day of the 1999/00 season at Notts County.

With the Town in receivership at the time, promising young talent needed to be pitched in perhaps before they were ready but 17 year old Matthew looked like he had been playing in the first-team for years such was his maturity.

A left sided midfielder or attacking full back Matthew possessed both pace and a fierce shot and quickly picked up a host of ‘Player of the Year’ awards at Kenilworth Road. After helping the Hatters to promotion in 2002 it came as no real surprise when Portsmouth stepped in with a bid.

After a long career, mostly at the top level, Matthew took up a coaching role at Tottenham.