Tony Towner Football player

Antony J. "Tony" Towner (born 2 May 1955 in Brighton) is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a winger.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.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 02, 1955
Birth place
England , Brighton , Sussex

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Football player

position
Midfielder
teams
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Sheffield United F.C.
Millwall F.C.
Rotherham United F.C.
Ebbsfleet United F.C.
Rochdale A.F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Cambridge United F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Tony Towner on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,10367~85386,00.html
  2. http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=EDW4