Eric Tait is an English

England

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 former football

Football (soccer)

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 player and manager.

Football career

Tait's footballing career started at East of Scotland League side Coldstream

Coldstream F.C.

Coldstream Football Club are a Scottish football club from Coldstream in the Scottish Borders. The team plays in the East of Scotland Football League and home matches are played at Home Park. The team's strip is blue and white. The team was formed in 1895 ....

. He joined the Berwick Rangers

Berwick Rangers F.C.

Berwick Rangers Football Club are a football team based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, although they play in the Scottish Football League Third Division...

 in 1969, remaining with the club for nineteen years. He holds the club records both for number of appearances (435) and goals scored (114) in Scottish League

Scottish Football League

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 matches. During his time at the club he played in every position, including goalkeeper, and acted as player-manager between 1983 and 1987.

After leaving Berwick in 1988 he coached Morpeth Town and had a spell as manager of Newcastle Blue Star

Newcastle Blue Star F.C.

Newcastle Blue Star F.C. was a football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was established in 1930 and joined the Wearside League in 1973. In 1978, it won the FA Vase. Having won promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2008/09 season via the...

 in Northern League Division One.

Post-football career

Tait ran a sports shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed or simply Berwick is a town in the county of Northumberland and is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is situated 2.5 miles south of the Scottish border....

. He spent time managing at Tow Law Town F.C.

Tow Law Town F.C.

Tow Law Town A.F.C. is an English non-league football club from Tow Law, County Durham, currently playing in the Northern League Division One. The team, nicknamed "The Lawyers", play their home games at Ironworks Road...

in the Northern League.