Nick Townsend
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Peter Townsend | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Barnsley | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Callowbrook Swifts | ||
| 2003–2013 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Oxford City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Barnsley (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Barnsley | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:20, 4 November 2016 (UTC). |
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Nicholas Peter Townsend (born 1 November 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Barnsley. A goalkeeper, he began his career with Birmingham City, but never appeared for their first team. He spent time on loan with Conference North club Oxford City and Lincoln City of the Conference Premier before joining Barnsley, initially on loan, in 2015.
Townsend was born in Solihull, West Midlands, where he attended Alderbrook Secondary School. He and his father had season tickets at Birmingham City F.C., and the seven-year-old Townsend was at the 2002 play-off final at which the club were promoted to the Premier League for the first time. He joined Birmingham City's youth academy as an under-nine, and took up a scholarship in July 2011.
He was given a squad number in January 2013 after previous third-choice goalkeeper David Lucas left the club, and, with the sale of first-choice goalkeeper Jack Butland pending, he was an unused substitute as Colin Doyle started the FA Cup third round defeat against Leeds United. Butland signed for Stoke City, but was loaned back until the end of the season, so Townsend returned to third choice. He spent a spell on loan at Oxford City, for whom he went straight into the starting eleven and played nine Conference North matches and two in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup.
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