Former Portsmouth, Bolton and West Ham midfielder Matt Taylor retiring at end of the season to call time on 20-year playing career

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Former 首相 League player Matt Taylor has 確認するd his 意向 to retire from playing at the end of the 現在の season.

The 37-year-old, who is 現在／一般に with League Two Swindon, 発表するd the news in a 声明 on his Twitter 料金d.

Taylor started his career at Luton and went on to play in the 首相 League for Portsmouth, Bolton, West Ham and Burnley.

Former 首相 League midfielder Matt Taylor has 発表するd he will retire in the summer

Taylor is perhaps most famous for his time at Portsmouth, where he played in the 最高の，を越す flight

He played for West Ham between 2011 and 2014; he is pictured during a game at Upton Park

Taylor 地位，任命するd a long message to his 44,000 信奉者s on Twitter on Tuesday morning

Taylor wrote: 'After 20 years as a professional footballer, the time has come for me to retire at the end of the 現在の season.

'I have loved every minute from leaving school at 16 years of age to 追求する my dream and will look 支援する on it all with the fondest of memories.'

After leaving Burnley in 2016, Taylor moved on to Northampton before joining his 現在の club Swindon in 2017.

He is 現在／一般に a player-coach at the League Two 味方する, who sit 13th in the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する.?

Taylor played 139 times for Bolton; he is pictured taking on Jose Bosingwa at Stamford 橋（渡しをする）

Taylor celebrates 得点する／非難する／２０ing for West Ham against Burnley, a team he would go on to play for