West Ham made progress to the quarter finals and Taylor scored both goals as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at Highbury. The semi-final against Ipswich Town ended goalless and went to a replay at Stamford Bridge, with Taylor again scoring both goals in a 2-1 win, the second of which clinched a place in the Wembley final with just eight minutes to go. In the final, West Ham played Fulham, and the game was tightly-contested until Taylor stepped in with two goals which won West Ham the FA Cup. Taylor made all the headlines as West Ham won 2-0, especially as he had scored three consecutive FA Cup braces and had been a player in the lowest division of English football just six months previously.

 

It took eleven years before another player scored two goals in the FA Cup final. Taylor retired from the game in 1989 after playing for other clubs such as Norwich City, Cambridge United, Hull City, Burnley and Bury, plus some time in Canada at Vancouver Whitecaps.