mid-table finish in the league, he enjoyed a good 1963–64 season at the Recreation Ground, scoring 15 goals in 32 games, including a goal in the FA Cup third round giant-killing of Aston Villa. He departed the club after the season. Romford Towers dropped into non-League football and signed for Southern League Premier Division club Romford during the 1964 off-season. His 31 goals (a club record) could not help Boro to better than a 14th-place finish in the league and he departed the club at the end of the 1964–65 season. Gravesend and Northfleet Towers joined Southern League First Division strugglers Gravesend & Northfleet in July 1965. He spent three seasons with the club and scored 46 goals in 77 appearances. He retired from football, aged 35, at the end of the 1967–68 season. Personal life Prior to signing for Brentford, Towers grew up a supporter of arch-rivals Fulham. He undertook his National Service alongside George Francis in Germany with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and he represented the British Army of the Rhine team. Towers was married to Betty, had three children and after his retirement from football, he worked for 25 years as a baggage handler for British Airways at London Heathrow Airport. He died in September 2010, after suffering with a serious illness. Honours Brentford Hall of Fame Career statistics References 1933 births 2010 deaths People from Shepherd's Bush English footballers Association football forwards English Football League players Brentford F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Aldershot F.C. players Romford F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Southern Football League players Royal Irish Fusiliers soldiers 20th-century British Army personnel