Len Townsend
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Francis Townsend | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Brentford, England | ||
| Date of death | August 1997 (aged 79–80) | ||
| Place of death | Seaford England | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Isleworth Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1937 | Hayes | 52 | (64) |
| 1937–1947 | Brentford | 33 | (12) |
| 1940 | → Plymouth Argyle (guest) | 7 | (10) |
| 1940–1941 | → Leeds United (guest) | 11 | (11) |
| → Belfast Celtic (guest) | |||
| 1946 | → Colchester United (guest) | 1 | (3) |
| 1947–1949 | Bristol City | 74 | (45) |
| 1949–1950 | Millwall | 5 | (1) |
| 1950–1952 | Guildford City | ||
| National team | |||
| 1943 | Irish League XI | 1 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1952 | Ashford Town (assistant) | ||
| 1952–1953 | Hayes | ||
| 1954–1958 | Maidenhead United | ||
| 1958–1961 | Slough Town | ||
| 1964–1969 | Maidenhead United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leonard Francis "Len" Townsend (31 August 1917 – August 1997) was an English football inside right who made over 110 Football League appearances either side of the Second World War for Brentford, Bristol City and Millwall. After dropping into Non-League football he became a manager, serving Hayes, Slough Town and in two spells, Maidenhead United. Townsend's achievements with Maidenhead United saw him added to the club's Hall of Fame in 2005.
An inside right, Townsend joined Athenian League side Hayes from Isleworth Town as a 17-year-old in 1935. He had a prolific two seasons in front of goal for the club, scoring 64 goals in 52 appearances. He departed the club at the end of the 1936–37 season.
Townsend initially joined hometown club Brentford as an amateur in the second half of the 1936–37 season, before signing a professional contract at the end of the campaign. He spent the 1937–38 season in the club's reserve team, scoring 19 goals in his first 15 London Combination appearances. With the first team struggling in Division One during the first half of the 1938–39 season, manager Harry Curtis handed Townsend his professional debut for a match versus Huddersfield Town on Christmas Eve 1938. Townsend capped his debut with the winner in a 2–1 victory. He scored again in the following two games, netting in a 2–2 draw with Portsmouth and scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory over Everton. Townsend made two further appearances in January 1939 without scoring and lost his place in the team to new signing Tommy Cheetham. Townsend finished the 1938–39 season with four goals in five games.
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