{"id":292721,"date":"2023-10-22T23:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292721"},"modified":"2023-10-22T23:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T23:25:09","slug":"andros-townsend-determined-to-reward-lutons-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/andros-townsend-determined-to-reward-lutons-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Andros Townsend determined to reward Luton&apos;s faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Andros Townsend determined to reward Luton&#8217;s faith as winger admits he didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d have so much trouble finding a club in the summer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andros Townsend joined Luton after being released by Everton\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He came off the bench to help his side secure a point at Nottingham Forest<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Englishman he will do everything to prove he deserves to be at the club\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andros Townsend feared his top-flight career was over after a summer of rejection and could not conceal his delight after coming off the bench to help Luton Town salvage a point at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Amazing, honestly,\u2019 beamed the 32-year-old after making his 265th Premier League appearance and his first for 583 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a day I\u2019ve dreamt about for a very long time. This is not a swansong in my mind. Before my injury, I felt I was in my prime. With a run of games I can get back to where I was and beyond.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Everton released Townsend at the end of last season. He had not played since a cruciate knee injury in March 2022 and looked set to join Burnley until the deal collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s been a long old summer,\u2019 said the former England winger. \u2018Thinking I was back in the Premier League, then turned down at the last minute and going across the world searching for an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/23\/76871667-0-image-a-106_1698013767252.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andros Townsend feared his top-flight career was over after a summer of rejection<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t doubt my ability but nobody in the world wanted to even take a look at me.<\/p>\n<p>I was in Turkey, offering my services to anybody. Turkey, UAE, Saudi, Greece. Every country you can think of. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d have that much trouble finding a football club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Townsend was doing media work and speaking to a League One club when Luton called, invited him to train and, once impressed, offered a contract until January. Two weeks after working for Sky on Forest\u2019s draw at Crystal Palace, he was coming on as a sub with his new club 1-0 down. They were soon two down when Chris Wood scored his second, but Chiedozie Ogbene pulled one back from a Townsend free-kick and Elijah Adebayo levelled in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve got three months to get myself in the best condition possible and 12 more games to prove I deserve to be here.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12660001\/Andros-Townsend-determined-reward-Lutons-faith-winger-admits-didnt-think-hed-trouble-finding-club.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Andros Townsend determined to reward Luton&#8217;s faith as winger admits he didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d have so much trouble finding a club in the summer Andros <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/andros-townsend-determined-to-reward-lutons-faith\/\" title=\"Andros Townsend determined to reward Luton&amp;apos;s faith\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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