Gerry Taggart

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Gerry Taggart
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Personal information
Full name Gerald Taggart
Date of birth (1970-10-18) 18 October 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Manchester City 12 (1)
1990–1995 Barnsley 212 (16)
1995–1998 Bolton Wanderers 69 (4)
1998–2004 Leicester City 117 (9)
2003–2004 → Stoke City (loan) 8 (2)
2004–2006 Stoke City 47 (3)
2007 Tamworth 2 (0)
Total 547 (44)
International career
1990–2002 Northern Ireland 51 (7)
Managerial career
2007 Leicester City (caretaker manager)
2010– Oldham Athletic (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerald "Gerry" Taggart (born 18 October 1970) is a former professional footballer. He played for Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City, Manchester City and Stoke City as well as the Northern Ireland national team.

Taggart began his career as an trainee with Manchester City in 1989 but joined Barnsley in 1990 after being unable to break into the first team at Maine Road. He soon became a popular player with the "Tykes" supporters due to his passionate and committed performances. After spending five years with Barnsley making 249 appearances he joined Bolton Wanderers where he helped them to win the Division One title in 1996–97. He signed for Leicester City in 1998 and played in back to back League Cup Finals with Leicester winning the cup in 2000. He remained with Leicester until 2003 when he joined Stoke City. He spent three seasons at the Britannia Stadium and after a short spell with Tamworth he retired from playing.

After his retirement in 2007, he began his coaching/managing career for Leicester. On 10 June 2010, he was announced as the new assistant manager at Oldham Athletic.[1] He was placed on garden leave by the club on 31 December 2012 following a run of poor results.

Playing career

Manchester City

Taggart started his career as a trainee with Manchester City in 1989. Taggart spent one season with the club making 13 appearances, and scoring one goal.

Barnsley

Limited chances in the Manchester City team saw Taggart drop down a division to take up the option of joining Barnsley where he spent five seasons, making the Northern Irish national team in the process. Taggart spent most of his time at Barnsley under former Northern Ireland player Danny Wilson, where he made 247 appearances and scored 20 goals for the club.

Bolton Wanderers

He signed for Bolton Wanderers for a club record £1.5 million on 1 August 1995, as they prepared for the Premier League after winning promotion from Division One. However, he was unable to prevent them from being relegated after just one season among the elite.[2]

In his second season with the club, Taggart helped Bolton reach the Premiership after they had amassed 98 points and scored 100 goals in that season and gained promotion as Champions of the First Division. The following season Taggart was relegated back to the First Division. In a total of three seasons with the club, Taggart made 81 appearances, scoring 5 goals for Bolton, with one such goal coming in the last ever game at the clubs old Burnden Park ground against Charlton Athletic in April 1997.

Leicester City

Taggart again played in Premiership football when he signed for Leicester City on 16 June 1998. Taggart was often partnered with Steve Walsh and Matt Elliott in Leicester's defence. In 2000 he won a League Cup winners medal with Leicester.

He scored his last European goal in a 1–1 UEFA Cup draw against Red Star Belgrade on 15 September 2000, at Filbert Street.[3] In the 2001–02 season Leicester were relegated from the Premier League and Taggart opted to remain with the "Foxes" and helped them regain their top-flight status. He was over looked for the first team squad in the Premier League and joined Stoke City on loan then on a permanent basis.

Stoke City

He joined Stoke City on loan on 9 December 2003.[4] He instantly impressed Stoke manager Tony Pulis with his leadership qualities.[5] His loan deal was extended for another month on 6 January 2004.[6] But he was recalled by Leicester.[7]

He joined Stoke on a permanent basis on 26 February 2004 until the end of the 2003–04.[8] He then signed an extension at Stoke turning down an approach from Derby County.[9] He formed a decent defensive partnership with Michael Duberry in the 2004–05 season Pulis was sacked at the end of it though and was replaced by Johan Boskamp. Boskamp used Taggart as a coach during his one season spell and he was not offered a new contract at the end of the season.[10]

Tamworth

Taggart had spent the 2006–07 season back with his former club Leicester City to take his coaching badges. He signed for Conference North division side Tamworth on 16 May 2007.[11] He played twice for the "Lambs" leaving to become assistant manager at Leicester.[12]

International career

Taggart played international football for his native Northern Ireland, making his debut in 1990 and spending 13 years at the back for Northern Ireland with his final appearance coming in 2003 while at Leicester. Taggart earned 51 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring seven goals. He retired from his Northern Ireland and international football career on 18 August 2003.[13]

International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 February 1991 Belfast, Northern Ireland  Poland 1–1 3–1 Friendly match
2 5 February 1991 Belfast, Northern Ireland  Poland 3–1 3–1 Friendly match
3 13 November 1991 Odense, Denmark  Denmark 1–2 1–2 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
4 28 April 1992 Belfast, Northern Ireland  Lithuania 2–0 2–2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 2 June 1993 Riga, Latvia  Latvia 2–0 2–1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 9 November 1996 Nuremberg, Germany  Germany 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 3 June 1998 Santander, Spain  Spain 1–2 1–4 Friendly match

Coaching career

Taggart returned to Leicester on 13 September 2007 as first team coach under Gary Megson.[14] He and Frank Burrows became caretaker managers following Megson's departure to Bolton Wanderers on 25 October 2007.[15]

Taggart left Leicester on 10 June 2010, when it was announced he would become the new assistant manager at Oldham Athletic alongside former Leicester team mate Paul Dickov.[1] He was placed on garden leave by the club on 31 December 2012 following a run of poor results.[16]

After football

In July 2014, Taggart was appointed as a match summariser for Leicester City matches on BBC Radio Leicester during the pre-season, replacing the popular Leicester striker, Alan Young.[17] He also appeared on the station's weekly Leicester City Football Forum talk show. Taggart's media career was brief; less than 3 weeks later he resigned from the role in order to take up a coaching role elsewhere in football.[18] It still remains unclear which club this role is with.

Career statistics

  • Sourced from Gerry Taggart profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 1988–89 Second Division 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1989–90 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1
Barnsley 1989–90 Second Division 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 25 3
1990–91 Second Division 30 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 38 2
1991–92 Second Division 38 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 42 3
1992–93 First Division 44 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 50 5
1993–94 First Division 38 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 45 3
1994–95 First Division 41 3 4 0 0 4 1 0 49 4
Total 212 16 17 2 14 1 6 1 249 20
Bolton Wanderers 1995–96 Premier League 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 1
1996–97 First Division 43 3 2 0 5 1 0 0 50 4
1997–98 Premier League 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
Total 69 4 4 0 8 1 0 0 81 5
Leicester City 1998–99 Premier League 15 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 23 1
1999–2000 Premier League 31 6 5 0 8 1 0 0 44 7
2000–01 Premier League 24 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 28 3
2001–02 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002–03 First Division 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1
2003–04 Premier League 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 117 9 9 0 14 2 2 1 142 12
Stoke City 2003–04 First Division 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
2004–05 Championship 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 2
2005–06 Championship 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 55 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 5
Career Total 465 35 31 2 36 4 9 2 541 43
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members Cup, UEFA Cup.

Honours

Club

Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers
Leicester City

Individual

References

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