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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 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]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

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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

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  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. 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.