 After rehab from injury Townsend joined Conference National side Tamworth on 9 January 2014 as Dale Belford looked to bolster his defensive options.His first game was against Rugby Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup, a match that Tamworth won 1–0.Townsend went on to make six league appearances for Tamworth during the 2013–14 season, before fracturing a vertebra in the 2–1 defeat at home to Forest Green Rovers on 15 March 2014.