Ian Turner (footballer, born 1953)

Ian Turner
	Turner in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth	17 January 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	South Bank
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	Huddersfield Town
1972–1974	Grimsby Town
1973	→ Walsall (loan)
1974–1979	Southampton
1978	→ Newport County (loan)
1978	→ Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan)
1978	→ Lincoln City (loan)
1979–1982	Walsall
1980	→ Luton Town (loan)
1981	→ Halifax Town (loan)
1982–1984	Witney Town
1984–1985	Salisbury City
1985	Totton
1985	Road-Sea Southampton
1985–1986	Waterlooville
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 footballer, who won the FA Cup when he played for Southampton as goalkeeper in the 1976 FA Cup Final.

Early career

Ian was one of 10 children and originally played at centre-half for his local team, South Bank. During a match against Huddersfield Reserves he went in goal as a replacement and played so well that he was noticed by Huddersfield Town's manager, Ian Greaves, who signed him as a professional in October 1970.

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

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 Ian Turner.

Ian 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. 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.

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. After his return to fitness he only made occasional appearances, including 3 appearances in European games against Olympique Marseille (twice) and Napoli. He started the following season as first-choice 'keeper, but after 8 games he lost his place to Peter Wells in October 1977. He only played 4 further league games that season.

He left Southampton in the summer of 1978 to play for Fort Lauderdale, before working for many of Hampshire's minor teams as a coach.

In his five years at The Dell, he made 107 first team appearances for Southampton.

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 and Romsey Town.

After football

After leaving football, he became an engineer in the oil industry and is now living near Stamford in Lincolnshire.

Honours

As a player

Southampton

FA Cup winner 1976

References

^ 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.

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.

[FATS-1] 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.

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