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.
![]() Turner in 2006 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 January 1953 | ||
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 |
Club career
editEarly career
editTurner 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
editIn 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
editDuring 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
editIn 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
editAfter 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
editAs a player
editSouthampton
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Whitney, Steve (26 March 2021). "Whatever happened too…Waterlooville FC?". Southern Football League. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Bevan, Chris (2 January 2009). "When Saints shocked Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wembley upsets that shocked the football world". Wales Online. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b Struthers, Greg (4 January 2009). "Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley". The Times. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Southampton 4–0 Marseille". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Marseille 2–1 Southampton". Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Anglo-Italian League Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
Bibliography
edit- 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.