Nick Townsend

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Nick Townsend
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Peter Townsend[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Solihull,[3] England
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Barnsley
Number 13
Youth career
– Callowbrook Swifts
200?–2013 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2013 → Oxford City (loan) 9 (0)
2014 → Lincoln City (loan) 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Lincoln City (loan) 17 (0)
2015 → Barnsley (loan) 0 (0)
2015– Barnsley 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Nicholas Peter Townsend (born 1 November 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Barnsley. A goalkeeper, he began his career with Birmingham City, but never appeared for their first team. He spent time on loan with Conference North club Oxford City and Lincoln City of the Conference Premier before joining Barnsley, initially on loan, in 2015.

Early life and career

Townsend was born in Solihull, West Midlands, where he attended Alderbrook Secondary School.[3] He and his father had season tickets at Birmingham City F.C., and the seven-year-old Townsend was at the 2002 play-off final at which the club were promoted to the Premier League for the first time.[4] He joined Birmingham City's youth academy as an under-nine,[3] and took up a scholarship in July 2011.[1]

He was given a squad number in January 2013 after previous third-choice goalkeeper David Lucas left the club,[5] and, with the sale of first-choice goalkeeper Jack Butland pending, he was an unused substitute as Colin Doyle started the FA Cup third round defeat against Leeds United.[6] Butland signed for Stoke City, but was loaned back until the end of the season,[7] so Townsend returned to third choice. He spent a spell on loan at Oxford City,[8] for whom he went straight into the starting eleven and played nine Conference North matches and two in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup.[9]

Professional football

At the end of the season, Townsend signed a one-year professional contract with Birmingham City, with the option of a further year.[10] A fractured hand kept him out of the 2013–14 pre-season friendlies, but he was given a squad number and a place on the bench for the League Cup second-round match at Yeovil Town in late August after Darren Randolph sustained a broken nose and gashed hand during the previous match.[11]

Lincoln City (loans)

After Lincoln City's regular goalkeeper, Paul Farman, was injured in February 2014, Townsend joined the Conference Premier club on a month's youth loan;[12] he was recommended by fellow Birmingham youngster Charlee Adams who was already on loan there.[13] He went straight into the starting eleven for the home match against Kidderminster Harriers, kept a clean sheet,[14] his performance in his second game, a 1–1 draw with Chester, earned him a spot in The Non-League Paper's Team of the Week,[3] and he kept his place for the remaining 12 matches of the season.[15]

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Birmingham took up their option on Townsend's contract[16] and gave him squad number 30.[17] After a trial in pre-season with Mansfield Town[18] came to nothing, and no other League clubs showed any interest, Townsend reportedly told Birmingham that if he had to play at Conference level again, he would prefer to return to Lincoln City. He signed a season-long loan with that club ahead of their last pre-season fixture and according to manager Gary Simpson was being brought in as first choice.[19] He did indeed go straight into the starting eleven, and kept his place for the first 17 Conference matches of the season.[20] However, Birmingham had sacked manager Lee Clark just before Lincoln's first FA Cup tie of the season fell due, and were not prepared to let Townsend become cup-tied before a new manager was appointed. Lincoln had to recall Farman from loan at Boston United to play in the Cup,[21] and when the Conference programme resumed, Townsend found himself on the bench. By January 2015, he had made no more appearances, so Birmingham recalled him.[22]

Return to Birmingham

He played regularly for the development squad, and captained the team that won the Birmingham Senior Cup.[4][23] After long-time backup goalkeeper Colin Doyle was released at the end of the season, Townsend signed a new two-year contract, with the option of a third year, and according to the club website, was expected to take up Doyle's role.[4] When Tomasz Kuszczak and Adam Legzdins joined the club, Townsend again dropped to third choice, and in early August, he signed for League One club Barnsley on a youth loan until 1 November.[24]

Barnsley

Townsend was on the bench for Barnsley's opening league match of the season, but made his debut three days later in the League Cup visit to Scunthorpe United. The score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and after extra time, so went to a penalty shootout. Although Townsend was unable to save any of the kicks, his side won the shootout 7–6 after a Scunthorpe miss.[25] He signed a three-year contract with the club for an undisclosed fee on 1 September.[26] Townsend made his Football League debut on 12 September at home to Swindon Town, after Adam Davies was dropped as one of several changes made by manager Lee Johnson. Lack of communication between Townsend and his defender gifted Swindon the lead via an own goal, but both made up for their errors later in the game as Barnsley won 4–1. According to Barnsley News and Sport, "Townsend was erratic in his judgement in leaving his line on occasions, as witnessed by the confusion over the own goal, but made three good saves".[27][28]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 November 2015
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2012–13[29] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2013–14[15] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[30] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Oxford City (loan) 2012–13[9] Conference North 9 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 11 0
Lincoln City (loan) 2013–14[15] Conference Premier 14 0 — — — 14 0
2014–15[20] Conference Premier 17 0 — — 0 0 17 0
Total 31 0 — — 0 0 31 0
Barnsley 2015–16[30] League One 8 0 0 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 10 0
Career total 48 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 52 0
  1. ↑ Appearances in Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

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