Ben Townsend (born 8 October 1981) is an English

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who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

for

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

. Townsend was born in

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, and attended Chiltern Edge School. He has played for Wycombe Wanderers,

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in north-west Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'', and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settleme ...

, Farnborough Town,

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks FA, they are currently members of the . The club were established in October 1870 and have played at ...

and Basingstoke Town. He played in the Wycombe Wanderers side that faced

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in the

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Semi-Final of 2001.

References

1981 births Living people Footballers from Reading, Berkshire English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Woking F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Basingstoke Town F.C. players English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1980s-stub