Matt Taylor returns to Exeter City as interim manager | OneFootball

Exeter City have announced that Matt Taylor will be back in charge of the club until the end of the season.

The former defender played for the Grecians before his retirement and went on to manage the team from the start of the 2018/19 season until leaving for Rotherham United in October 2022.

With 15th-place Exeter looking to replace another boss who also left for another club, Gary Caldwell, Taylor has returned until the end of the season.

"I’m extremely pleased to return to Exeter City," Taylor said on his return. "This Club and its supporters have always held a special place in my heart, and it is somewhere where I spent 10 amazing years, first as a player and then as manager.

"The supporters are like no other, and I’m looking forward to getting to know our players and staff and leading the team as we step out onto the pitch at St James Park tonight for the match against Burton Albion."

During the 44-year-old's previous stint in charge he helped the team move up to League One after finishing second in the fourth tier in the 2021/22 season.

Taylor's first game in charge of his second stint will come later tonight as his side host 17th-place Burton Albion.