Towers made his professional debut five days after his seventeenth birthday in April 1969, playing for Manchester City in a 3–0 defeat against Southampton.
Towards the end of the season, he had a run in the first team, and was part of the team which won the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup scoring the winner in extra time against Portuguese club Athletico De Coimbria en route to the final.
[6] In 1972, under Malcolm Allison's management, Towers settled into a midfield role, usually wearing the number 11 shirt.
He made appearances in the matches against Wales and Northern Ireland, and added a third cap two weeks later in a friendly against Italy.
He then began the 1984 season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies before being traded to the Vancouver Whitecaps,[10] and then finishing his career back in England with Rochdale.