Tony Towner

Tony Towner

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-05-02) 2 May 1955
Place of birth	Brighton, England
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

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.

References

• Greatest XI (MillersMad)
• Millwall FC Hall of Fame