Troy Donoghue Townsend MBE (born 1 August 1965[1]) is a British anti-racism worker, broadcaster and former footballer.
[2] He was previously a youth footballer with Millwall and Crystal Palace,[1] and later manager at Leyton, Cheshunt, and coach at Slough Town and Boreham Wood.
[4] In 2013, the Football Association presented him with a Grassroot Hero Award for his anti-racism work.
[6] His son Kurtis Townsend was in the youth team at AFC Wimbledon,[1] but died in 2001 following a car accident while travelling to a game for Cheshunt.
[8] Townsend was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to diversity and inclusion in association football.