Eric Tait (born 17 June 1951) is an English former

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player and

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Football career

Tait's footballing career started at

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side

Coldstream Coldstream () is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream was where the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, originated. Description Coldstream li ...

. He joined the

Berwick Rangers Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England, who play in the Scottish football system. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite being ba ...

in 1969, remaining with the club for nineteen years. He holds the club records both for number of appearances (435) and goals scored (114) in

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matches. During his time at the club he played in every position, including goalkeeper, and acted as

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between 1983 and 1987. After leaving Berwick in 1988 he coached Morpeth Town and had a spell as manager of

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References

1951 births Living people Footballers from Northumberland English men's footballers English football managers Berwick Rangers F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Newcastle Blue Star F.C. managers Men's association football utility players Coldstream F.C. players {{England-footy-manager-stub