page_title: Matthew Taylor (footballer)
section_title: Bolton Wanderers
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew Taylor (footballer) / Club career / Bolton Wanderers
caption_attribution_description: English: West Ham United player, Matt Taylor warming up before their game against Millwall at The Boleyn Ground in 2012
context_page_description: Matthew Simon Taylor is an English former professional footballer and coach who played as a midfielder, most recently for League One club Swindon Town. He previously played for Luton Town, Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United, Burnley and Northampton Town.
context_section_description: After losing his place in the Portsmouth team to Niko Kranjčar in the first half of the 2007–08 season, Taylor moved to Bolton Wanderers on 17 January 2008 for an undisclosed fee, after rejecting an offer from Sunderland. On 29 March 2008, Taylor scored his first goals for Bolton with a brace in the 3–2 home defeat to Arsenal. On 11 May 2008, Taylor scored his first away goal for Bolton with a last minute equaliser, gaining Bolton a 1–1 draw against Chelsea on the last day of the 2007–08 Premier League season. In July 2008, having previously worn number 32, Taylor was given the number 7 shirt previously worn by Stelios Giannakopoulos. Taylor scored the 50th goal of his career in a 3–1 win at West Ham United on 5 October 2008 and reached double figures in the league for the first time when scoring against Chelsea on 11 April 2009. In July 2009, he signed a new long term contract at Bolton Wanderers. In the 2009–10 season, after the Blackburn Rovers game blood tests showed that Taylor had developed glandular fever.
caption: Taylor training with West Ham United in 2012
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