| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 May 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Playing position | 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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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.[1]
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.