Antony James Towner (born 2 May 1955) is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a winger.[3]
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Full name | Antony James Towner[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1955-05-02) 2 May 1955 (age 67)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Brighton,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1978 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 162 | (24) |
1978–1980 | Millwall | 68 | (13) |
1980–1983 | Rotherham United | 108 | (11) |
1983 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | (2) |
1984–1985 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | (2) |
1985–1986 | Rochdale | 5 | (0) |
1986–1987 | Cambridge United | 8 | (0) |
– | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A right winger, he spent much of the 1970s with his hometown club Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Millwall later in the decade. Towner was sold to Rotherham United along with John Seasman for a joint fee of £165,000 in 1980. £95,000 believed to be Towner's fee. He also had a brief loan spell at Sheffield United before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £100,000, where he spent a season in top-flight football. He later played for Charlton Athletic, Rochdale and Cambridge United.
Towner was a skilful, pacy right winger and great crosser of the ball who formed a great partnership with another Rotherham legend Ronnie Moore. Towner was a key figure in Rotherham's 1981 Division 3 winning side.
Jesper Olsen was rumoured to have based his winger play on Tony which led to his move to Manchester United
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