Matt Taylor: Northampton Town sign ex-Portsmouth, West Ham & Burnley midfielder

Matt Taylor has scored 76 career goals from left-back and midfield

League One side Northampton Town have signed former Burnley midfielder Matt Taylor on a one-year-contract.

The ex-Portsmouth, Bolton and West Ham man, aged 34, was released by Burnley after playing 28 games last term and helping them to win the Championship.

Taylor, who has made 617 career appearances, turned down contracts from two Championship clubs to move closer to his family in Oxfordshire.

The Cobblers are at home to Fleetwood on the opening day of League One.

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