Ian Turner (footballer, born 1953)

Not to be confused with Iain Turner or Ian Turner (Irish footballer).

Ian Turner
Turner in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-01-17) 17 January 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
South Bank
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
1972–1974 Grimsby Town 26 (0)
1973 → Walsall (loan) 3 (0)
1974–1979 Southampton 77 (0)
1978 → Newport County (loan) 7 (0)
1978 → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan)
1978 → Lincoln City (loan) 7 (0)
1979–1982 Walsall 39 (0)
1980 → Luton Town (loan) 0 (0)
1981 → Halifax Town (loan) 5 (0)
1982–1984 Witney Town
1984–1985 Salisbury City
1985 Totton
1985 Road-Sea Southampton
1985–1986 Waterlooville
Total 164 (0)
Managerial career
1987 Romsey Town
1987–1988 Brockenhurst
1992–1993 Romsey Town
1993 Totton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Turner (born 17 January 1953) is an English former professional footballer, who won the FA Cup when he played for Southampton as goalkeeper in the 1976 FA Cup final.

Club career

Early career

Turner originally played at centre-half for his local team, South Bank.[2] However, during a match against Huddersfield Reserves, he played as a goalkeeper and was noticed by Huddersfield Town manager, Ian Greaves, who signed him as a professional in October 1970.[3]

He transferred to Grimsby Town in March 1972 where he first became acquainted with manager Lawrie McMenemy.[3]

Southampton

In March 1974, Southampton were seeking a replacement for long-time goalkeeper, Eric Martin, so McMenemy, who was by now Southampton's manager, went back to his former club, Grimsby, to sign Turner.[3]

He was the first choice keeper for the next few seasons, and in May 1976 was part of the Southampton team who beat Manchester United 1–0 in the FA Cup final.[4] Manchester United started stronger, and missed several early goalscoring opportunities, with Turner making a series of impressive saves to deny Gerry Daly and Gordon Hill.[5][6]

He was a brave and reliable keeper, but at the start of the 1976–77 season he injured his left knee and required an operation to remove both cartilages.[1][4][7] After his return to fitness he only made occasional appearances, including three appearances in European games against Olympique Marseille (twice) and Napoli.[8][9][10] He started the following season as first-choice keeper, but after eight games he lost his place to Peter Wells in October 1977.[1]

He left Southampton in the summer of 1978 to play for Fort Lauderdale.[4] In his five years at The Dell, he made 107 first team appearances for Southampton.[1]

Other clubs

During his career, he played on loan at various clubs, including Walsall, Newport County, Lincoln City, Luton Town and Halifax Town and spells at various non-league clubs including Witney Town, Salisbury City, Waterlooville.[1]

Coaching career

In 1987, Turner became manager of Romsey Town before becoming manager of Brockenhurst several months later.[2][1] In 1992, he had a second stint with Romsey Town.[1][2] He also managed AFC Totton in 1993.[1][2]

After football

After leaving football, he worked as an engineer in the oil industry in the North Sea and Middle East, and later worked for UK Construction.[7]

Honours

As a player

Southampton

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  2. ^ a b c d Whitney, Steve (26 March 2021). "Whatever happened too…Waterlooville FC?". Southern Football League. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Phelan, John (20 February 2021). "The best North-East footballers who left the region to find success". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Bevan, Chris (2 January 2009). "When Saints shocked Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ Leach, Tom (1 May 2021). "45 years on: The inside story of Southampton's 1976 FA Cup win and Lawrie McMenemy's genius call". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Wembley upsets that shocked the football world". Wales Online. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Struthers, Greg (4 January 2009). "Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley". The Times. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Southampton 4–0 Marseille". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Marseille 2–1 Southampton". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Anglo-Italian League Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  11. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.

Bibliography

  • Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  • Tim Manns (2006). Tie a Yellow Ribbon: How the Saints Won the Cup. Hagiology Publishing. ISBN 0-9534474-6-4.