Jake Taylor (footballer, born 1998)

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Jake Taylor
Personal information
Full name Jake Jon Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England[3]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Port Vale
Number 17
Youth career
20??–2014 Manchester United
2015–2019 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Port Vale (loan) 18 (5)
2020–2021 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 13 (0)
2021– Port Vale 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Jake Jon Taylor (born 8 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Port Vale.

He began his career at Nottingham Forest, though never made a first-team appearance for the club. He spent time on loan at Port Vale and Scunthorpe United, before joining Port Vale on a permanent transfer in January 2021.

Playing career[]

Nottingham Forest[]

Taylor was a pupil at Moorside High School in Swinton, Greater Manchester and was associated with Manchester United as a schoolboy until he was not offered a scholarship at Old Trafford at the age of 16.[4] In July 2015 he began a two-year apprenticeship at Nottingham Forest's youth-team.[5] On 30 August 2019, he joined EFL League Two side Port Vale on loan after impressing manager John Askey in training games during a trial spell.[6] Taylor said that "Port Vale have strong links with Forest, as you have seen with Adam Crookes and also Toby Edser came in. Phil Sproson is good friends with the academy manager Gary Brazil so the link is there. They have shown an interest and I have jumped at it."[7] He made his debut the following day, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Cristian Montaño in a 1–0 win over Cambridge United at Vale Park.[8] He later said that "I knew it would be physical but I think I have dealt with that quite well. Probably the speed of the game has surprised me."[4] On 24 September, he scored his first goal in senior football in a 3–2 victory at Macclesfield Town in the EFL Trophy.[9] He scored his first league goal four days later, bending the ball into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area in a 3–3 draw at Leyton Orient.[10] On 2 November, he scored the only goal of the game at local rivals Crewe Alexandra.[11] He picked up an injury early in January, but nevertheless had his loan spell extended until the end of the 2019–20 season.[12] The loan deal was extended after Forest rebuffed two transfer bids from the Vale.[13] However he was unable to add to his tally of seven goals in 25 appearances as the league was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[14]

On 1 October 2020, Taylor joined League Two club Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[15][16] Taylor was recalled from his loan at Glanford Park in January, having made 14 appearances for Neil Cox's "Iron".[17]

Port Vale[]

On 11 January 2021, Taylor signed on a permanent deal with Port Vale on a three-and-a-half year deal.[18] Rather than pay Nottingham Forest a transfer fee, the club agreed to a large sell-on clause.[19] New manager Darrell Clarke dropped Taylor from the starting line-up after saying he needed to "add that bit of steel to his game", though added that "I see him having a bright future".[20] He was sidelined with injury in early April, having scored once from 13 appearances for the club in the second half of the 2020–21 season.[21] His agent, Phil Sproson, commented that "he has to have a good pre-season and then see what develops... he just needs to recapture the form he had when he first came on loan".[22] He missed all of the pre-season and the start of the 2021–22 regular season with a thigh injury.[23] He made 11 appearances before a reoccurrence of a quad injury saw ruled out of action "for a substantial time" in January.[24]

Style of play[]

Taylor describes himself as a "ball-playing midfielder", though can also play at left-back.[25]

Statistics[]

As of match played 20 November 2021
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 2019–20[26] EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21[27] EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottingham Forest total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2020–21[27] EFL League Two 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Port Vale (loan) 2019–20[26] EFL League Two 18 5 3 0 0 0 4[a] 2 25 7
Port Vale 2020–21[27] EFL League Two 12 1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 13 1
2021–22[28] EFL League Two 7 0 1 0 0 0 3[a] 1 11 1
Port Vale total 37 6 4 0 0 0 8 3 49 9
Career total 50 6 5 0 0 0 8 3 63 9
  1. ^ a b c Appearance/s and goal/s in the EFL Trophy.

References[]

  1. ^ "Club List of Registered Players As At 18th May 2019" (PDF). EFL. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ Jake Taylor at Soccerbase
  3. ^ a b "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2020/2021". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b Baggaley, Michael (20 September 2019). ""That is why I'm here" - Nottingham Forest midfielder loving spell at Port Vale". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Moorside High School - Jake Taylor Offered Apprenticeship In Sporting Excellence At Nottingham Forest". www.moorsidehigh.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Port Vale sign Shaun Brisley & add Nottingham Forest's Jake Taylor on loan". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. ^ Baggaley, Michael (2 September 2019). "'I have to earn trust at Port Vale' - Nottingham Forest midfielder". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Port Vale v Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. ^ Baggaley, Michael (24 September 2019). "Macclesfield 2, Port Vale 3 Trophy match report". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ Baggaley, Michael (30 September 2019). "Port Vale's Nottingham Forest midfielder Jake Taylor on lessons learned and goal". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  11. ^ Baggaley, Michael (3 November 2019). "Crewe Alex 0, Port Vale 1 recap - Jake Taylor fires Vale to victory". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. ^ Baggaley, Michael (17 January 2020). "Port Vale and Nottingham Forest agree deal in principle for Jake Taylor". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  13. ^ Baggaley, Michael (23 January 2020). "How Port Vale won the race to sign Nottingham Forest's Jake Taylor". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  14. ^ Baggaley, Michael (17 May 2020). "Nottingham Forest midfielder says fond farewell to Port Vale after loan success". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Taylor moves out on loan". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Jake Taylor signs on loan from Nottingham Forest". www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  17. ^ Baggaley, Michael (4 January 2021). "'One of three' - Port Vale alerted to Nottingham Forest's Jake Taylor". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Vale re-sign Taylor on deal until 2024". BBC Sport. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  19. ^ Baggaley, Michael (11 January 2021). "Story behind the transfer deal as Port Vale win race for Jake Taylor". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  20. ^ Baggaley, Michael (19 March 2021). "Every word from Port Vale manager ahead of Colchester game". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  21. ^ Findlater, James (1 May 2021). "Latest injury news and match odds as Grimsby Town face Port Vale". GrimsbyLive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  22. ^ Baggaley, Michael (18 May 2021). "Sproson's view about Port Vale fortunes of Taylor, Brisley and Crookes". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  23. ^ Baggaley, Michael (23 August 2021). "Port Vale update on Gibbons and Taylor ahead of friendly". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  24. ^ Baggaley, Michael (13 January 2022). "Jake Taylor injury blow for Port Vale". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  25. ^ Smith, Peter (30 August 2019). "Nottingham Forest midfielder becomes Port Vale's second signing of the day". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  26. ^ a b "Games played by Jake Taylor in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  27. ^ a b c "Games played by Jake Taylor in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Games played by Jake Taylor in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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