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Ian Turner
Personal information
Full name	Ian Turner
Date of birth	17 January 1953 (1953-01-17) (age 56)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970–1970 1971–1973 1972–1972 1973–1978 1977 1978 1978–1980 1980 1981	Huddersfield Town Grimsby Town ? Walsall (loan) Southampton ? Newport County (loan) ? Lincoln City (loan) Walsall ? Luton Town (loan) ? Halifax Town (loan)	00 (0) 26 (0) 03 (0) 77 (0) 07 (0) 07 (0) 39 (0) 00 (0) 05 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ian Turner (born 17 January 1953 in Middlesbrough) is a former footballer, who won the FA Cup when he played for Southampton F.C. as goalkeeper in the 1976 FA Cup Final.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Southampton 3 Other clubs 4 After football 5 Honours 5.1 As a player 6 References

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 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 Salisbury City, Havant & 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

With Southampton F.C.

• FA Cup winner 1976

References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 

• Tim Manns (2006). Tie a Yellow Ribbon: How the Saints Won the Cup. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-6-4. 

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Turner”
Categories: 1953 births | Living people | People from Middlesbrough | English footballers | Football (soccer) goalkeepers | The Football League players | Huddersfield Town F.C. players | Grimsby Town F.C. players | Southampton F.C. players | Newport County A.F.C. players | Lincoln City F.C. players | Luton Town F.C. players | Halifax Town A.F.C. players | Salisbury City F.C. players

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