He played for Brighton & Hove Albion and Rotherham United with whom he won Division 3, and was later portrayed in an episode of Chuckle Vision.
[3] The right winger spent much of the 1970s with his hometown club Brighton & Hove Albion playing 162 times before moving to Millwall later in the decade.
[5] After spending a brief loan spell at Sheffield United, Towner moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80,000, where he spent the 1983-84 season in top-flight football.
[8][9] Asked about his season at the Molineux in 2021, Towner said "I joined Wolves from Rotherham, and it was a different world, I had been there a week and then we were flying off to Sweden for pre-season.
[citation needed] A final taste of the big time came with non-league Crawley Town in a 1991–92 FA Cup run.
[12] Since retiring from football, Towner has run and managed his own home removal business and also visits his local Brighton & Hove Albion to attend matches.