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Gary Towse
Personal information
Full name Gary Thomas Towse[1]
Date of birth (1952-05-14) 14 May 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Dover, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper, Utility player
Youth career
Folkestone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1972 Folkestone 48 (3)
1972–1973 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1973 Brentford 5 (0)
Jewish Guild
1978–1980 Hythe Town (6)
Folkestone
Folkestone Invicta
Managerial career
Folkestone Invicta (reserves)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Thomas Towse (born 14 May 1952) is an English retired professional football goalkeeper and Utility player who played in the Football League for Brentford.[2][3][4] He has had a long association with football in Folkestone after becoming a ballboy for his father's club Folkestone in 1958.[5] He later played for the club as a goalkeeper and as an outfield player.[6] He also served successor club Folkestone Invicta in a variety of roles, including goalkeeper, goalkeeping coach, groundsman and manager of the youth and reserve teams.[7]

Personal life

Towse worked for the police in Folkestone Harbour.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1973–74[8] Fourth Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

References

  1. ^ "Gary Towse". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 162. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  4. ^ "The 1970's..." Hythe Town FC. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Gary Towse – Folkestone Invicta Football Club". Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Emergency Measures | Outfield Players Who Went in Goal | Goalkeepers Are Different". www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ^ "My old mate George was simply the Best". Folkestone Herald. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  8. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 392. ISBN 0951526200.


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