Jamie Taylor (born 16 December 1982) is an English

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who plays for Broadbridge Heath as a

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Career

Born in

Crawley Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...

, West Sussex, Taylor played for Broadbridge Heath, scoring 17 times during the 2000–01 season, before moving to

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

at the start of the 2001–02 season. In November 2001 he scored 9 times in three matches, all within 12 days. He moved to Aldershot Town in August 2002. He struggled to establish himself with Aldershot and had a number of loan spells with other clubs, including Horsham in February 2003, and

Carshalton Athletic Carshalton Athletic Football Club is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. They currently play in the and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground. The club also field a women's team playing in the Lo ...

in December 2003, before being released in February 2004. He joined

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional Association football, football club, based in London Borough of Merton, Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 EFL Leagu ...

in March 2004, helping them gain promotion to the Isthmian First Division, before returning to Horsham in October the same year. In the 2006, Taylor joined

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

and in March 2007 he joined

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

. With Dagenham promoted to the football league at the end of the season, Taylor made his league debut on 18 August 2007 as a second-half substitute for Chris Moore in the 2–2 draw at home to

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

. On 22 February 2008, Taylor joined

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

on loan for a month, which was later extended until the end of the 2007–08 season. Taylor scored nine goals in 16 appearances for the Blues, finishing as second top goal scorer to Danny Kedwell. Following his impressive loan spell at Grays Athletic, he was offered a two-year contract at the start of the 2008–09 season. Taylor signed for fellow

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outfit Eastbourne Borough on 10 July 2009. He was voted the Supporters & Players' Player of the Year for the

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season. However, he turned down a new deal with the club following their drop in division. Taylor signed for Lincoln City on a two-year deal on 1 July 2011. After an injury hit first season, Taylor helped the Imps survive in the Conference Premier in a difficult 2012–13 season, finishing as top scorer. At the end of his contract, Taylor left to return to his native South Coast. In August 2018, he joined

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before, in January 2019, returning to Broadbridge Heath who he had first joined when just fifteen years old.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Jamie 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Crawley Footballers from West Sussex English footballers Association football forwards Broadbridge Heath F.C. players Horsham F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Woking F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Margate F.C. players Three Bridges F.C. players Isthmian League players National League (English football) players English Football League players