KRIS TAYLOR

Albion Career : Dec 2004 - Jan 2005

Appearances: 6

Goals: 4

Debut: 18/12/04 v Stevenage Boro (h)

Last Game: 22/01/05 v Halifax Tn (a)

Despite only playing half a dozen games for the Brewers, Kris Taylor will probably be regarded as one of the best players in the clubs history. He joined the club on loan from Walsall after impressing Nigel Clough by scoring two goals for the Saddlers in a Birmingham Senior Cup match at Eton Park.

His first appearance was low key in a shocking 3-0 home defeat to Stevenage Borough, but in his second game he really came to life. He opened his goal account in a 2-1 win away at York and then went on a run of scoring a goal in each of his next three games as well. He scored a stunning 35 yard goal at Tamworth (which each time the scoring is retold will probably be another few yards out) and showed his complete repertoire with another great goal against Hereford United in another memorable win and followed it up with a stunning 'Beckham-esque' free kick in the FA Trophy against York City.

Although his impressive goals and performances had a big bearing on revitalising, what up until then, had been a disappointing season, it ultimately spelt the end of his Albion career. Walsall realised the talent that they had and quickly recalled him in a bid to turn their own fortunes around.

Although it was always inevitable that a player of Kris's talent was never going to be at Burton in the long term, there was a collective air of sadness when he left.

Read the exclusive interview with Kris Taylor from January 2005 HERE