contract with Leeds United on 3 July 2014. Taylor revealed that he was hoping to challenge for the number 1 spot, after revealing that Leeds were also looking to sign another goalkeeper. On 8 July, Leeds signed a new number 1 goalkeeper in Marco Silvestri from Chievo Verona. On 1 August, Taylor was assigned the Leeds number 13 shirt for the 2014–15 season. Taylor made his Leeds United debut on 12 August 2014, starting the League Cup match against Accrington Stanley. Taylor started for Leeds on 27 August in the 2–1 defeat against Bradford City in the League Cup. Taylor made his league debut in the game against Charlton Athletic on 18 April 2015 in a 2–1 loss, with Taylor giving away a penalty. On 13 May 2015, upon the expiry of his contract, Leeds announced that they would not be renewing Taylor's contract at the club. Taylor, who had played only 9 games between 2012 and 2015, considered retirement: "You go round thinking things will happen, that surely you will get games, and it becomes very demoralising. I was fed up." He turned down the chance to join clubs in League One and League Two as he felt that even if he played more matches, it would be an admission that he was not good enough to play in the Premier League: "People will say I am wrong, but I wanted to play at the highest level I thought I could play at. I felt I was good enough to be in the Premier League." Southampton On 26 August 2016, after a year without a club, Taylor joined Southampton on a one-year contract. Taylor joined knowing he would be third-choice behind Fraser Forster and Alex McCarthy: "nobody promised me anything. I know my role." On 13 July 2017, Southampton announced that Taylor's contract had been extended for another year. On 30 June 2018, Taylor left Southampton after his contract expired, without having made a first-team appearance. In an interview with the New York Times in December 2017, Taylor talked about his career and the frustrations he had at barely playing and becoming known for being a third-choice keeper: "There is definitely a perception of me... [as a man who] loves going round clubs, earning money for doing nothing." He dismissed suggestions that he "sits around doing nothing, turning up for training, having a jolly, messing about" and had become