Maik Taylor
Encyclopedia
Maik Stefan Taylor is a professional footballer who plays for Leeds United
and is a former Northern Ireland
international.
Taylor previously played for Barnet
, Southampton
, Fulham
and Birmingham City
, where he spent eight years before his release at the end of the 2010–11 season. In international football, he played for Northern Ireland
, qualifying for that country through his British
passport which, as he was born abroad, entitled him to play for any of the Home Nations
.
, Germany, to a German mother and an English father who was serving as a staff sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(REME) regiment of the British Army
. Taylor began his football career at ASC Nienburg of Nienburg, Lower Saxony
in Germany before moving to England as a schoolboy. He later followed in his father's footsteps by joining the REME based at Arborfield
in Berkshire
, where he attended Princess Marina College.
He later moved to Bordon
in Hampshire
where he played football for his regiment and the Army & Combined Services representative sides. During this period he also played for Petersfield Town
, Basingstoke Town
and Farnborough Town
with whom he won the Southern League Premier Division
Championship in 1993–94.
In June 1995, he joined Barnet
of the Football League Third Division
for a fee of £700. Eighteen months later he was signed by Southampton
of the Premier League for a fee of £500,000.
brought him to The Dell in January 1997, no-one was more delighted than Taylor himself. Taylor immediately went into the first-team, replacing Dave Beasant
, making his debut on 11 January in a 1–0 victory at Middlesbrough
. During his first season at Southampton, the team struggled near the foot of the table, missing relegation by one point, having been in last place with five matches to play.
Souness left the club in the summer of 1997, being replaced by Dave Jones who brought in several new players, including goalkeeper Paul Jones
from his previous club, Stockport County
. Taylor spent the rest of his time at Southampton on the bench and was sold to Fulham in November 1997.
in 1997 from Southampton at a cost of £800,000. Fulham's manager Kevin Keegan
rated him as the "best taker of a cross I've ever seen" and he proved to be a good signing for the Cottagers, helping them to the Second Division
title in 1999. The First Division
championship followed in 2001 and thus promotion
to the Premier League.
Whilst at Craven Cottage
, Taylor earned his first international cap for Northern Ireland
in a 3–0 defeat by Germany
on 27 March 1999, going on to make over 80 appearances for his adopted country.
He was the first-choice 'keeper at Craven Cottage until Fulham reached the Premier League, when manager Jean Tigana
signed Edwin van der Sar
, thus relegating Taylor to the bench. Taylor made only one Premier League appearance in 2001–02, but an injury to Van der Sar sustained at Newcastle
on 21 December 2002 ruled him out for several months, allowing Taylor to return to the side, and he retained his place for the remainder of the season.
in August 2003, initially on a year-long loan deal with the possibility of a permanent contract. Manager Steve Bruce
made the contract permanent in March 2004 for a £1.5 million fee. Taylor continued his impressive form and was rewarded by being nominated as the goalkeeper for the Premiership team of the 2003–04 season.
Taylor is renowned for his shot stopping and great aerial ability. He was voted Premiership fans' goalkeeper of the season in Birmingham City's 2003–04 campaign.
Taylor was replaced as Birmingham's first choice goalkeeper in February 2007 by Colin Doyle, but regained his place after the first three matches of the 2007–08 Premier League season. He was again replaced as the first choice keeper in the 2009–10 Premier League season by loan signing Joe Hart
, playing only the two fixtures against Hart's parent club, Manchester City. He spent the rest of the season on the bench.
In May 2010, Taylor signed a new one-year deal with Birmingham just after they had signed new keeper Ben Foster
from Manchester United. He played only four matches in 2010–11, all in cup competitions, and was on the bench as Birmingham won the 2011 Football League Cup Final
. He was not offered a new contract at the end of the season.
XI, Taylor signed a short-term contract, until January 2012, with Championship club Leeds United
.
at international level. He is a regular in the Northern Ireland national team
, and has played 88 matches, including the famous 1–0 victory over England in September 2005. His debut was against Germany
in 1999, where Northern Ireland lost 0–3.
Taylor was replaced by Lee Camp as first choice goalkeeper, but was recalled to the Northern Ireland squad in August 2011 despite not being registered with a club since leaving Birmingham City. He made his 88th and final appearance for Northern Ireland on 11 October 2011, captaining his country in a 3–0 defeat away to Italy
in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Barnet
||rowspan="2"|Third Division
||45||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||49||0
|-
|1996–97||25||0||4||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||33||0
|-
|1996–97||Southampton
||Premier League||18||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||0
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="6"|Fulham
||rowspan="2"|Second Division
||30||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||0
|-
|1998–99||46||0||7||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||58||0
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|First Division
||46||0||4||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||57||0
|-
|2000–01||44||0||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||50||0
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="2"|Premier League||2||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|2002–03||19||0||4||0||2||0||2||0||27||0
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="8"|Birmingham City
||rowspan="3"|Premier League||34||0||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||39||0
|-
|2004–05||38||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||42||0
|-
|2005–06||34||0||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||41||0
|-
|2006–07||Championship
||27||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||31||0
|-
|2007–08
||Premier League||34||0||1||0|||0||0||colspan="2"|–||35||0
|-
|2008–09||Championship
||45||0||1||0|||0||0||colspan="2"|–||46||0
|-
|2009–10
||Premier League||2||0|||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|2010–11
||Premier League||0||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|2011–12
||Leeds United
||Championship
||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
489||0||44||0||38||0||2||0||573||0
Fulham
Birmingham City
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
and is a former Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
international.
Taylor previously played for Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
, Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
, Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
and Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
, where he spent eight years before his release at the end of the 2010–11 season. In international football, he played for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
, qualifying for that country through his British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
passport which, as he was born abroad, entitled him to play for any of the Home Nations
Home Nations
Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...
.
Early life and career
Taylor was born in HildesheimHildesheim
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...
, Germany, to a German mother and an English father who was serving as a staff sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...
(REME) regiment of the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. Taylor began his football career at ASC Nienburg of Nienburg, Lower Saxony
Nienburg, Lower Saxony
Nienburg is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Situated on the scenic German Framework Road, Nienburg lies on the river Weser, approximately southeast of Bremen, and northwest of Hanover...
in Germany before moving to England as a schoolboy. He later followed in his father's footsteps by joining the REME based at Arborfield
Arborfield Garrison
Arborfield Garrison is a British Army garrison in the English county of Berkshire, approximately south east of the village of Arborfield Cross. The Garrison and its associated housing estates are split between the civil parishes of Arborfield and Newland and Barkham...
in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, where he attended Princess Marina College.
He later moved to Bordon
Bordon
Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 5.4 miles southeast of Alton and forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill, the adjoining village. Both settlements are on the A325 road and close to the A3 road between London and Portsmouth...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
where he played football for his regiment and the Army & Combined Services representative sides. During this period he also played for Petersfield Town
Petersfield Town F.C.
Petersfield Town F.C. are an English football club based in Petersfield, Hampshire, England. They are currently members of Wessex League Division One. They play at the Love Lane Stadium....
, Basingstoke Town
Basingstoke Town F.C.
Basingstoke Town Football Club is an English football club based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Camrose, named after their late benefactor, Lord Camrose. Their motto, 'Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum', means 'No stepping...
and Farnborough Town
Farnborough Town F.C.
Farnborough Football Club is an English football team currently in the Conference South after finishing top of Southern League Premier Division in 2009–10. Their home ground is known as the Rushmoor Stadium, formerly Cherrywood Road, based in Farnborough, Hampshire...
with whom he won the Southern League Premier Division
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
Championship in 1993–94.
In June 1995, he joined Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
of the Football League Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
for a fee of £700. Eighteen months later he was signed by Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
of the Premier League for a fee of £500,000.
Southampton
Taylor had become a "Saints" fan as a schoolboy so when Graeme SounessGraeme Souness
Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...
brought him to The Dell in January 1997, no-one was more delighted than Taylor himself. Taylor immediately went into the first-team, replacing Dave Beasant
Dave Beasant
David John "Dave" Beasant, is a retired English football goalkeeper who began his career in the late 1970s. A well-travelled player, Beasant's former clubs include Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wigan...
, making his debut on 11 January in a 1–0 victory at Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
. During his first season at Southampton, the team struggled near the foot of the table, missing relegation by one point, having been in last place with five matches to play.
Souness left the club in the summer of 1997, being replaced by Dave Jones who brought in several new players, including goalkeeper Paul Jones
Paul Jones (footballer)
Paul Steven Jones is a retired Welsh international football goalkeeper. During his playing career, he played for several clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stockport County and Southampton.-Career history:...
from his previous club, Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...
. Taylor spent the rest of his time at Southampton on the bench and was sold to Fulham in November 1997.
Fulham
Taylor was bought by FulhamFulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
in 1997 from Southampton at a cost of £800,000. Fulham's manager Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
rated him as the "best taker of a cross I've ever seen" and he proved to be a good signing for the Cottagers, helping them to the Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
title in 1999. The First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
championship followed in 2001 and thus promotion
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
to the Premier League.
Whilst at Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....
, Taylor earned his first international cap for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
in a 3–0 defeat by Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
on 27 March 1999, going on to make over 80 appearances for his adopted country.
He was the first-choice 'keeper at Craven Cottage until Fulham reached the Premier League, when manager Jean Tigana
Jean Tigana
Jean Amadou Tigana is a manager and former French international footballer, having played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and 1 goal for the France national football team during the 1980s.-Playing career:Tigana started his...
signed Edwin van der Sar
Edwin van der Sar
Edwin van der Sar OON is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national football team's history...
, thus relegating Taylor to the bench. Taylor made only one Premier League appearance in 2001–02, but an injury to Van der Sar sustained at Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
on 21 December 2002 ruled him out for several months, allowing Taylor to return to the side, and he retained his place for the remainder of the season.
Birmingham City
Taylor signed for Birmingham CityBirmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
in August 2003, initially on a year-long loan deal with the possibility of a permanent contract. Manager Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruce is an English football manager and former player. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by a number of professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham...
made the contract permanent in March 2004 for a £1.5 million fee. Taylor continued his impressive form and was rewarded by being nominated as the goalkeeper for the Premiership team of the 2003–04 season.
Taylor is renowned for his shot stopping and great aerial ability. He was voted Premiership fans' goalkeeper of the season in Birmingham City's 2003–04 campaign.
Taylor was replaced as Birmingham's first choice goalkeeper in February 2007 by Colin Doyle, but regained his place after the first three matches of the 2007–08 Premier League season. He was again replaced as the first choice keeper in the 2009–10 Premier League season by loan signing Joe Hart
Joe Hart
Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national football team and was previously a regular for the England under-21 team....
, playing only the two fixtures against Hart's parent club, Manchester City. He spent the rest of the season on the bench.
In May 2010, Taylor signed a new one-year deal with Birmingham just after they had signed new keeper Ben Foster
Ben Foster (footballer)
Benjamin Anthony "Ben" Foster is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion, on loan from Birmingham City, and internationally for the England national team.-Stoke City:...
from Manchester United. He played only four matches in 2010–11, all in cup competitions, and was on the bench as Birmingham won the 2011 Football League Cup Final
2011 Football League Cup Final
The 2011 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Football League Cup, the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and the Football League. The match was contested by Arsenal and Birmingham City, at Wembley Stadium in...
. He was not offered a new contract at the end of the season.
Leeds United
After training with the club for two weeks in November 2011, and saving a penalty in a friendly against a ChelseaChelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
XI, Taylor signed a short-term contract, until January 2012, with Championship club Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
.
International career
As the holder of a British passport who was born abroad, Taylor was eligible to represent any of the Home NationsHome Nations
Home Nations is a collective term with one of two meanings depending on the context. Politically, it means the nations of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom...
at international level. He is a regular in the Northern Ireland national team
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
, and has played 88 matches, including the famous 1–0 victory over England in September 2005. His debut was against Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
in 1999, where Northern Ireland lost 0–3.
Taylor was replaced by Lee Camp as first choice goalkeeper, but was recalled to the Northern Ireland squad in August 2011 despite not being registered with a club since leaving Birmingham City. He made his 88th and final appearance for Northern Ireland on 11 October 2011, captaining his country in a 3–0 defeat away to Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
Career statistics
|-|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
||rowspan="2"|Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
||45||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||49||0
|-
|1996–97||25||0||4||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||33||0
|-
|1996–97||Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
||Premier League||18||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||0
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="6"|Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
||rowspan="2"|Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
||30||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||0
|-
|1998–99||46||0||7||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||58||0
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
||46||0||4||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||57||0
|-
|2000–01||44||0||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||50||0
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="2"|Premier League||2||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|2002–03||19||0||4||0||2||0||2||0||27||0
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="8"|Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
||rowspan="3"|Premier League||34||0||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||39||0
|-
|2004–05||38||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||42||0
|-
|2005–06||34||0||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||41||0
|-
|2006–07||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||27||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||31||0
|-
|2007–08
Premier League 2007–08
The 2007–08 Premier League season was the sixteenth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 11 August 2007, and the season ended on 11 May 2008...
||Premier League||34||0||1||0|||0||0||colspan="2"|–||35||0
|-
|2008–09||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||45||0||1||0|||0||0||colspan="2"|–||46||0
|-
|2009–10
Premier League 2009–10
The 2009–10 Premier League was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a Premier League record 103 goals in the process...
||Premier League||2||0|||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|2010–11
2010–11 Premier League
The 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...
||Premier League||0||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|2011–12
2011–12 Football League
The Football League 2011–12, called the Npower Football League, is the 112th season of the Football League. It began in August 2011 and will conclude in May 2012, with the promotion play-off finals....
||Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
489||0||44||0||38||0||2||0||573||0
Honours
Farnborough TownFarnborough Town F.C.
Farnborough Football Club is an English football team currently in the Conference South after finishing top of Southern League Premier Division in 2009–10. Their home ground is known as the Rushmoor Stadium, formerly Cherrywood Road, based in Farnborough, Hampshire...
- Southern League Premier Division champions: 1993–94
Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
- Second DivisionFootball League Second DivisionFrom 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
champions: 1998–99 - First DivisionFootball League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
champions: 2000–01
Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
- The ChampionshipFootball League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
runner-up: 2006–07 - The ChampionshipFootball League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
runner-up: 2008–09 - Football League CupFootball League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
winner: 20112011 Football League Cup FinalThe 2011 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Football League Cup, the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and the Football League. The match was contested by Arsenal and Birmingham City, at Wembley Stadium in...