Professional football Nick Townsend
1 professional football
1.1 lincoln city (loans)
1.2 return birmingham
1.3 barnsley
professional football
at end of season, townsend signed one-year professional contract birmingham city, option of further year. fractured hand kept him out of 2013–14 pre-season friendlies, given squad number , place on bench league cup second-round match @ yeovil town in late august after darren randolph sustained broken nose , gashed hand during previous match.
lincoln city (loans)
after lincoln city s regular goalkeeper, paul farman, injured in february 2014, townsend joined conference premier club on month s youth loan; recommended fellow birmingham youngster charlee adams on loan there. went straight starting eleven home match against kidderminster harriers, kept clean sheet, performance in second game, 1–1 draw chester, earned him spot in non-league paper s team of week, , kept place remaining 12 matches of season.
ahead of 2014–15 season, birmingham took option on townsend s contract , gave him squad number 30. after trial in pre-season mansfield town came nothing, , no other league clubs showed interest, townsend reportedly told birmingham if had play @ conference level again, prefer return lincoln city. signed season-long loan club ahead of last pre-season fixture , according manager gary simpson being brought in first choice. did indeed go straight starting eleven, , kept place first 17 conference matches of season. however, birmingham had sacked manager lee clark before lincoln s first fa cup tie of season fell due, , not prepared let townsend become cup-tied before new manager appointed. lincoln had recall farman loan @ boston united play in cup, , when conference programme resumed, townsend found himself on bench. january 2015, had made no more appearances, birmingham recalled him.
return birmingham
he played regularly development squad, , captained team won birmingham senior cup. after long-time backup goalkeeper colin doyle released @ end of season, townsend signed new two-year contract, option of third year, , according club website, expected take doyle s role. when tomasz kuszczak , adam legzdins joined club, townsend again dropped third choice, , in august, signed league 1 club barnsley on youth loan until 1 november.
barnsley
townsend on bench barnsley s opening league match of season, made debut 3 days later in league cup visit scunthorpe united. score 1–1 after 90 minutes , after time, went penalty shootout. although townsend did not save of kicks, side won shootout 7–6 after scunthorpe miss. signed three-year contract club undisclosed fee on 1 september. townsend made football league debut on 12 september @ home swindon town, after adam davies dropped 1 of several changes made manager lee johnson. lack of communication between townsend , defender gifted swindon lead via own goal, both made errors later in game barnsley won 4–1. according barnsley news , sport, townsend erratic in judgement in leaving line on occasions, witnessed confusion on own goal, made 3 saves . kept place until end of october, last played in season.
in need of first-team football, townsend joined national league club solihull moors in october 2017 on initial one-month loan.
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