Gary Towse

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Gary Towse
Personal information
Full name Gary Thomas Towse [1]
Date of birth (1952-05-14) 14 May 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Dover, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper, utility player
Youth career
Folkestone
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a goalkeeper. [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]

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Personal life

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

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1973–74 [8] Fourth Division 50000050
Career total50000050

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References

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  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. 1 2 "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. 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.