He began his professional football career with Exeter City in June 1992 and made 5 first team appearances before dropping into the non-leagues with Dorchester Town. In April 1997 he joined Swindon Town for a fee of £25,000 playing over 60 games for the First Division (now known as The Championship) Club. He had a month on loan with Plymouth Argyle from October 1998 and moved to Plymouth in August 1999 for a fee of £30,000.
Taylor was made captain of his home team, making almost 100 appearances during his spell there.
A broken ankle against Southend United put Taylor out for the best part of 2 years. In February 2003, Taylor joined Torquay United on loan, initially for a month"s cover as both Sean Hankin and Steve Woods were sidelined with injuries.
The loan deal was extended to the end of the season and he signed for Torquay on a free transfer in June 2003. The following season (2003/2004) he captained The Gulls to promotion to the First Division of the Football League.
He spent much of the early part of the 2006-2007 season out of the Torquay side due to injury, but returned to the squad as an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat at home to Boston United on 16 December 2006.
On his last appearance Taylor played in the 1-1 draw with Leyton Orient, scoring Torquay"s only goal. Taylor retired from football in May 2007 due to recurring back and ankle injuries.
