{"id":584935,"date":"2026-05-15T05:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584935\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:39:17","slug":"matt-taylor-reappointed-as-exeter-city-manager-after-interim-spell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584935\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Taylor reappointed as Exeter City manager after interim spell"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Exeter City captain, Taylor helped them win back-to-back promotions on the field from what is now the National League to League One between 2008 and 2009 – scoring 20 goals in 162 appearances between 2007 and 2011.<\/p>\n

He left to join Charlton Athletic in 2011 before going on to play for clubs including Bradford and Cheltenham.<\/p>\n

Taylor returned to Exeter as an academy coach and was under-23s boss when he succeeded Tisdale.<\/p>\n

He went on to lead the Grecians to a fifth-placed finish in his second season but they were beaten in the 2020 League Two play-off final by Northampton Town.<\/p>\n

Two years later, he led Exeter to promotion after finishing second in League Two as they missed out on the title on goal difference to Forest Green Rovers.<\/p>\n

He takes over an Exeter City side facing financial cuts this summer after losses last season.<\/p>\n

A number of experienced players, such as Ilmari Niskanen and Josh Magennis, have left at the end of their contracts this month as Taylor warned of “drastic” squad cuts.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m grateful to the supporters for their backing,” added Taylor.<\/p>\n

“Over the 20 years I have been involved with the club they have time and again proved their loyalty and commitment.<\/p>\n

“We’ll be working to bring the younger players through, supported by more senior members of the squad. <\/p>\n

“We want to have more local players, players who have grown up in the area and truly reflect the fact they are ‘one of our own’. <\/p>\n

“We know our supporters appreciate this aspect of the club and perhaps are prepared to be more understanding and give them a little more time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Exeter City captain, Taylor helped them win back-to-back promotions on the field from what is now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-584935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}