Jake Taylor Completes Exeter Move

26 January 2016
By Hob Nob Anyone?

Jake Taylor has completed his move to League Two side Exeter City after the two clubs agreed he could sign on a free transfer.

Taylor became part of the first team set-up at Reading after moving through from the youth teams. He made his Reading debut in August 2010 but only made one more appearance for Reading that season before moving to Aldershot and then Exeter on loan. He is well known at Exeter after his successful spell with the club in the 2011/2012 season where he made 26 starts for the side and scored three goals.

His best spell with Reading was the start of the 2014/2015 season when he became a regular in the first team squad before losing his place later in the season. In total he clocked up 36 Reading appearances and scored three goals before again finding himself shipped out on loan. An unsuccessful spell in Scotland on loan at Motherwell eventually ended early, allowing him to join Exeter City on a permanent contract.

Jake Taylor has completed his move to League Two side Exeter City after the two clubs agreed he could sign on a free transfer.
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Taylor became part of the first team set-up at Reading after moving through from the youth teams. He made his Reading debut in August 2010 but only made one more appearance for Reading that season before moving to Aldershot and then Exeter on loan. He is well known at Exeter after his successful spell with the club in the 2011/2012 season where he made 26 starts for the side and scored three goals.
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His best spell with Reading was the start of the 2014/2015 season when he became a regular in the first team squad before losing his place later in the season. In total he clocked up 36 Reading appearances and scored three goals before again finding himself shipped out on loan. An unsuccessful spell in Scotland on loan at Motherwell eventually ended early, allowing him to join Exeter City on a permanent contract.

Discussion On This Story:

  tidus_mi2

» 25 Jan 2016 16:30

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/midfielder-jake-taylor-signs-for-exeter-city-2920538.aspx
Not unexpected but very much out of the blue, asked Charles Watts if there were any add ons, he said it was just a free transfer, guess the club are just allowing him to move on.

  maffff

» 25 Jan 2016 16:36

Found his level. Good luck to him.

  CountryRoyal

» 25 Jan 2016 16:39

Big mistake. Jake Taylor was the most talented youngster to come out of our academy, we will regret this.
No ambition from the Thais.

  Armadillo Roadkill

» 25 Jan 2016 16:40

In a few years he'll suddenly pop up doing well at a Championship rival, and we'll be asking ourselves just why we thought he wasn't good enough to get a chance here.
Yes. I am confidently predicting we'll be no higher than the Championship in the next few years

  John Smith

» 25 Jan 2016 16:41

Good club Exeter, I like them. Went to the DIdcot FA game and they had some good players. Namely Troy Brown the centre back

  Sutekh

» 25 Jan 2016 16:49



Damn, knew we should have got rid of Kuhl, Keown, Fosu, Tanner and Stacey instead.

  CountryRoyal

» 25 Jan 2016 16:56



Damn, knew we should have got rid of Kuhl, Keown, Fosu, Tanner and Stacey instead.

Nibble nibble. We've got one. :wink:

  wingnut

» 25 Jan 2016 17:03

Wasn't he out of contract at the end of this season anyway? Certainly when he went out on loan for the season everyone seemed to think that was it for his time with us.
Best of luck to him anyway. Hope he can work his way back up the leagues.

  linkenholtroyal

» 25 Jan 2016 17:04

Antonio???

  Nameless

» 25 Jan 2016 17:05



Antonio what ?

  linkenholtroyal

» 25 Jan 2016 17:07

players that come back to look better than we thought from lower leagues??

  Nameless

» 25 Jan 2016 17:11

Not really, with both him and Cox we knew they were good players, they just weren't quite ready for the first team and wanted to move on to get football.

With Taylor I think it's been clear this is not his level and a move makes sense. I hope it goes well for him but I can't see him popping up in the Premiership in a couple of years time.

  Pepe the Horseman

» 25 Jan 2016 17:12

The fact that he played so many games for us just shows what a weak squad we had last season. Nice chap mind. Good luck Jakey.

  Victor Meldrew

» 25 Jan 2016 17:21

Good luck to the lad-that is probably his level.

Maybe we will see a few more moving on this week.

  andrew1957

» 25 Jan 2016 17:30

Very pleased for Taylor. In truth his failed loan at Motherwell at SPL level suggests that he is not ever likely to be Championship standard and so Exeter is a good move for him and for the club to offload a wage.
Good luck to him and I hope works out.

  Ian Royal

» 25 Jan 2016 17:40

I liked Taylor, didn't really get used in what I thought would be his best position though.
Wasn't at the standard we needed. He'll inject some needed quality at Exeter and I'd expect him to be plying his trade in League One within 3 seasons.
Might still progress to this level. Best of luck Jake.

  P!ssed Off

» 25 Jan 2016 20:29

2 goals, 3 assists in 1,348 minutes at Championship level for Reading.
2 goals, 3 assists in 1,454 minutes at Championship level for Reading.
One is Jake Taylor. One is Matej Vydra.

Can you guess which is which?

  Nameless

» 25 Jan 2016 20:33



Clearly neither is Vydra.

  Blakey's Chin

» 26 Jan 2016 12:08

He's 24, didn't cut it in any of his loans spells bar Exeter, so not surprised to see him go back there. Can't see him playing in the Championship again, League 1 max. Good luck to him however

  Coppelled_Streets

» 26 Jan 2016 13:58

Thought he'd end up in League One, not League Two. Shame he didn't cut it here, especially when you see the likes of Simon Church rob a living at this level. Good lad. Wish him all the best, and a decent club too, Exeter City!

  SCIAG

» 29 Jan 2016 22:15

17 years of loyal service. Just not quite good enough. Best of luck to him.
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