Tylor Golden
{{short description|English footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tylor Golden
| image =
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| fullname = Tylor Reed Golden{{Cite web |title=Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Wigan Athletic |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2018-19.pdf |access-date=28 August 2020 |publisher=English Football League |page=43 }}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ipswich, England
| height =
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Altrincham
| clubnumber = 23
| youthyears1 = 2014–2017 | youthclubs1 = Wigan Athletic
| years1 = 2017–2020 | clubs1 = Wigan Athletic | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019 | clubs2 = → Droylsden (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → Nantwich Town (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = Salford City | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021 | clubs5 = → Notts County (loan) | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2024 | clubs6 = FC Halifax Town | caps6 = 78 | goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2024– | clubs7 = Altrincham | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 1
| club-update = 22:51, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
}}
Tylor Golden (born 8 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Altrincham.
Club career
=Early career and Wigan Athletic=
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk to parents Tony and Tania,{{cite web |last=Searle |first=Maddy |url=https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/move-moggies-dog-cafes-next-big-thing-uk-animal-lovers-72116 |title=Move over moggies – dog cafes are the next big thing for animal lovers in the UK |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=i}} Golden moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States in 2000. Golden moved back to Ipswich, England in 2008 and spent a year with Ipswich Town alongside his brother Deven.{{cite web |url=https://www.coastfa.com/about-us-1/news/golden-brothers-chasing-pro-contracts |title=Golden Brothers Chasing Pro Contracts |date=21 August 2018 |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=Coast FA}} After spells with Manchester City, Rochdale and Blackburn Rovers, Golden joined Wigan Athletic in 2014, and was included as a substitute for the senior team for the first time for a match against Scunthorpe United in October 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/kids-are-all-right-insists-cook-720412 |title=The kids are all right, insists Cook |date=12 October 2017 |accessdate=4 August 2021 |work=Wigan Post}} He made his first-team debut during their EFL Trophy tie against Middlesbrough U23s later in the month, setting up a goal for mentor Noel Hunt in a 4–1 victory.{{cite web |url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2017/october/watch-youngster-tylor-golden-on-making-first-team-debut/ |title=Youngster Tylor Golden on making first team debut |date=25 October 2017 |accessdate=4 August 2021 |work=Wigan Athletic F.C. Official Website}} Golden signed his first professional contract in April 2018.{{cite web |last=Wylie |first=Jack |url=https://www.lfe.org.uk/news/latics-offer-pro-deals-to-academy-pair/ |title=Latics Offer Pro Deals To Academy Pair |date=20 April 2018 |accessdate=3 August 2021 |work=League Football Education}} In 2019, he had spells on loan at Droylsden,{{Cite web |date=15 March 2019 |title=Development squad defender Tylor Golden joins Droylsden on loan |url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2019/march/development-squad-defender-tylor-golden-joins-droylsden-on-loan |access-date=28 August 2020 |website=wiganathletic.com |publisher=Wigan Athletic F.C. Official Website}} where he made four appearances,{{cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/droylsden/appearances/2018-2019/tyler-golden/717661 |title=Droylsden – Appearances – Tyler Golden – 2018-2019|website=footballwebpages.co.uk |accessdate=1 September 2020}} and Nantwich Town{{Cite web |date=20 December 2019 |title=U23 full back Tylor Golden set for a spell with the Dabbers |url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2019/december/Tylor-Golden-joins-Nantwich-Town-on-loan/ |access-date=28 August 2020 |work=Wigan Athletic F.C. Official Website}} before being released by Wigan at the end of June 2020.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=2019–20 Wigan Athletic retained list |url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2019/may/2019-20-wigan-athletic-retained-list/ |access-date=28 August 2020 |website=wiganathletic.com |publisher=Wigan Athletic F.C. Official Website}}
=Salford City=
On 31 August 2020, it was announced that Golden had joined the development squad of League Two side Salford City.{{cite web|url=https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/development-squad-2020-21-introduction/|title=Introducing… The Development Squad|publisher=Salford City F.C.|date=31 August 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}} He made his competitive début for the club on 9 September in an EFL Trophy game against Manchester United Under-21s.{{cite web |last=Plant |first=Michael |url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/salford-city-0-man-utd-6-match-report-in-the-efl-trophy |title=Manchester United Under-21s hit six at Salford |date=10 September 2020 |accessdate=10 September 2020 |work=Manchester United F.C. Official Website}} Golden made his Football League début on 26 September, playing the whole match and helping to keep a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Forest Green Rovers,{{cite news |title=Salford City 0 - 0 Forest Green Rovers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54215234 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=28 September 2020}} and he received praise from manager Graham Alexander for his "flawless" performance.{{cite web |url=https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/tylor-golden-debut-260920/ |title=Tylor Golden Enjoys League Two Debut |date=26 September 2020 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |work=Salford City F.C. Official Website}}
On 22 February 2021, Golden joined National League side Notts County on a one-month loan deal.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2021/february/golden-signs-220221/ |title=Golden joins on loan |publisher=Notts County FC |date=22 February 2021 |accessdate=22 February 2021}} He made only one appearance for County, against Oxford City in the FA Trophy, where he scored an own-goal and was criticised for his performance by County fans.{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Leigh |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-player-ratings-vs-5054001 |title=Notts County player ratings vs Oxford City |date=27 April 2021 |accessdate=4 August 2021 |work=Nottingham Post}} During the match, Golden suffered an injury and eventually returned to Salford at the end of April without playing another match.{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Leigh |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-tylor-golden-salford-5353331 |title=Notts County make transfer decision on defender |date=28 April 2021 |accessdate=3 August 2021 |work=Nottingham Post}}
He was released by Salford at the end of the 2021–22 season.{{cite web |title=Player news |url=https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/retained-and-released-list-210522/ |publisher=Salford City FC |access-date=21 May 2022 |date=21 May 2022}}
=FC Halifax Town=
In July 2022 he signed for FC Halifax Town.{{cite news |last1=Scargill |first1=Tom |title=FC Halifax Town sign former Wigan Athletic and Salford defender Tylor Golden |url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/fc-halifax-town-sign-former-wigan-athletic-and-salford-defender-tylor-golden-3756024 |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=Halifax Courier |date=4 July 2022}}
Style of play
Former Salford manager Graham Alexander has described him as a player who sticks to his defensive tasks but who enjoys going forward and being directly involved in the game, as well as showing the "right enthusiasm and attitude towards the game".{{cite web |last=Rudravajhala |first=Sanny |url=http://www.salfordnow.co.uk/2020/09/28/i-came-off-the-pitch-with-a-big-smile-on-my-face-class-of-92-watches-on-as-golden-makes-the-most-of-opportunity/ |title="I came off the pitch with a big smile on my face!" – Class of '92 watches on as Golden makes the most of opportunity |date=28 September 2020 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |work=Salford Now}} Neal Ardley, his manager at Notts County, said he was a player who would "run up and down that line as much as he physically can" and that he is "physically robust, puts himself about and defends for his life".{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Leigh |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/notts-county-fans-told-new-5033321 |title=Notts County fans told new signing has 'all the qualities' as he makes quick impression |date=22 February 2021 |accessdate=3 August 2021 |work=Nottingham Post}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 16 March 2024}}{{Cite news |title=T. Golden |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tylor-golden/514861/ |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=7 November 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4" valign="center"|Wigan Athletic
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFL|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|rowspan="2"|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Droylsden (loan)
|Northern Premier League Division One West |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| Nantwich Town (loan)
|Northern Premier League Premier Division |colspan="10"|No data | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Salford City
|7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=EFL}} | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|League Two |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFL}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Notts County (loan)
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Halifax Town
|National League |36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|name=FAT}} | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24
|National League |34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=FAT}} | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!83 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 107 | 3 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Soccerway}}
{{FC Halifax Town squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Category:American men's soccer players
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Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Wigan Athletic F.C. players
Category:Droylsden F.C. players
Category:Nantwich Town F.C. players
Category:Salford City F.C. players
Category:Notts County F.C. players
Category:FC Halifax Town players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Northern Premier League players