Togwell playing for Eastleigh in 2017
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel James Togwell | ||
Date of birth | 14 October 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Beaconsfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eastleigh | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2002 | Crystal Palace | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2006 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
2004 | → Oxford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2005 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Port Vale (loan) | 27 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Barnsley | 66 | (2) |
2008–2012 | Scunthorpe United | 159 | (5) |
2012–2014 | Chesterfield | 55 | (3) |
2014 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Barnet | 93 | (1) |
2016– | Eastleigh | 23 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:45, 14 May 2017 (UTC). |
Samuel James Togwell (born 14 October 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for National League club Eastleigh.
He began his career with Crystal Palace in 2002, where he was loaned out to Oxford United, Northampton Town, and Port Vale. In July 2006 he transferred to Barnsley, before he joined Scunthorpe United in August 2008. He helped the "Iron" to win promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2009. He signed with Chesterfield in July 2012, and became a key player in the 2012–13 season. He lost his first team place the following season and was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers. He helped Chesterfield to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He signed with Barnet in August 2014, and helped the club to the Conference title in the 2014–15 season. He was sold on to Eastleigh in December 2016.
Togwell started out in the Crystal Palace youth set-up at the age of ten, before making his senior debut as a seventeen-year-old substitute on 22 December 2002 at Millmoor. Palace beat Rotherham United 3–1, returning to London with three First Division points.
He did not get another game in the 2002–03 or 2003–04 seasons, mainly due to a broken leg. After rejecting a loan move to Norwegian club Viking FK, Togwell joined League Two club Oxford United on loan in October 2004. He made five appearances before returning to Selhurst Park the next month. In March 2005 he went back into the basement division to join Northampton Town on loan. He made eight appearances, before his loan deal was extended to cover the play-offs.Southend United defeated the "Cobblers" in the semi-finals, before beating Lincoln City in the final.