{"id":560374,"date":"2020-07-31T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=560374"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:24:39","slug":"oxford-united-complete-permanent-signing-of-matty-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/31\/oxford-united-complete-permanent-signing-of-matty-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United Complete Permanent Signing of Matty Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>League One side Oxford United have completed the permanent signing of Matty Taylor from Bristol City. The 30-year-old spent the 2019\/20 season on loan with the U&#8217;s after failing to settle in the Championship and went on to hit 13 league goals in 26 appearances.<\/p>\n<h2>Matty Taylor Completes Permanent Move to Oxford United<\/h2>\n<h3>Taylor Returns<\/h3>\n<p>This becomes Taylor&#8217;s third spell with the club having started his career with Oxford back in 2007. However, he only played seven times back then before dropping down into non-league with North Leigh and Didcot Town.<\/p>\n<p>He then moved to Forest Green Rovers before linking up with Bristol Rovers, where his career really took off. In two-and-a-half seasons at the Memorial Stadium, Taylor scored 61 times in 118 games before completing a controversial cross-city switch to Bristol City.<\/p>\n<p>Despite featuring 67 times in the league for the Robins, Taylor struggled to find the net. He scored just seven times for City before finding himself on loan at Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>His form last season helped Karl Robinson&#8217;s side to reach the League One play-off final after overcoming Portsmouth in the semi-finals. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/14\/mistakes-failed-chances-and-organised-opponents-how-oxford-united-lost-to-wycombe-wanderers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford were defeated<\/a> at a sparsely-populated Wembley by Gareth Ainsworth&#8217;s Wycombe Wanderers.<\/p>\n<h3>Taylor Delighted to Return<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website about returning to his hometown team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oufc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/july\/matty-taylor-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor said<\/a>: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier. It\u2019s my local club, the players and staff here are fantastic and the fans have been amazing. It\u2019s a big move for me but I know it\u2019s the right one and I can\u2019t wait to get started again. What happened in the play-offs hurt us but we have to use that as fuel and motivation to go even better next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U&#8217;s manager Robinson added: \u201cIn a normal season he\u2019s a 20 goal striker and every team is looking for that. I want to thank the board for backing us and Matty for buying into what we are dong here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"XL4KdspXSqJtBo7GbdiGyw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1179848984\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'XL4KdspXSqJtBo7GbdiGyw',sig:'qDUtVKAQ2KxndFnEIy0bZ0TXNcOgSDzO2NpBSVm5c_0=',w:'594px',h:'410px',items:'1179848984',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>League One side Oxford United have completed the permanent signing of Matty Taylor from Bristol City. The 30-year-old spent the 2019\/20 season on loan with the U&#8217;s after failing to settle in the Championship and went on to hit 13 league goals in 26 appearances. 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