At the end of the season, Townsend signed a one-year professional contract with Birmingham City, with the option of a further year. A fractured hand kept him out of the 2013–14 pre-season friendlies, but he was given a squad number and a place on the bench for the League Cup second-round match at Yeovil Town in late August after Darren Randolph sustained a broken nose and gashed hand during the previous match.
