Chris Turner
Chris Turner, the United Kingdom goalkeeper, made 164 appearances for Sunderland. He kept goal across 164 recorded appearances.
Christopher Robert Turner (born 15 September 1958) is an English former footballer and former director of football at Wakefield . He made 589 league and cup appearances in a 19-year career as a professional in the English Football League and then took charge of a further 469 matches as a manager . A goalkeeper , he began his career at hometown club Sheffield Wednesday , winning the club's Player of the Year award in his debut season in 1977–78. He then won a place on the PFA Team of the Year the following season and also played on loan at Lincoln City before being sold to Sunderland for £ 80,000 in July 1979. He helped Sunderland to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1979–80, and in 1985 played on the losing side in the League Cup final, before he was named as the club's Player of the Year. He was signed by Manchester United for a £275,000 fee in July 1985. He was sold back to Sheffield Wednesday for £175,000 in September 1988. The following year, he briefly played on loan at Leeds United . He helped Wednesday to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1990–91. He kept a clean sheet against former club Manchester United as Wednesday won the League Cup in 1991 . He was moved on to Leyton Orient for £75,000 in 1991 and again named on the PFA Team of the Year in 1991–92. He began his managerial career at Leyton Orient in August 1994, working alongside John Sitton . The pair were sacked in April 1995, and he coached at Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers before being appointed manager at Hartlepool United in February 1999. He turned the club from relegation — Wikipedia
- Position
- GK
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Sheffield
- Born
- 15 Sept 1958
Ken Knighton led the Rokerites to promotion out of the Second Division in 1979–80 – they finished runners-up, just a point behind champions Leicester City – with Turner playing 30 of the club's 42 league games as he fended off competition from Barry Siddall . [ 5 ] He then featured 31 times as they consolidated their First Division status with a 17th-place finish. New manager Alan Durban then led Sunderland to a 19th-place finish in 1981–82 , with Turner being limited to only 19 league appearances. He regained his first-team status in the 1982–83 season, playing 41 matches as Sunderland posted a 16th-place finish; during the season, he managed to keep six clean sheets in a row. [ 5 ] Len Ashurst took charge for the end of the 1983–84 campaign, and kept faith in Turner, who ended the season with 48 appearances to his name. He featured 53 times across the 1984–85 campaign, his last one at Roker Park , as Sunderland were relegated in 21st-place. Sunderland did also make it to the League Cup final at Wembley Stadium in 1985 , but lost 1–0 to Norwich City after Gordon Chisholm deflected Asa Hartford 's shot past Turner just after half-time . [ 9 ] The campaign did end on a positive note on a personal level for Turner, as supporters voted him the club's Player of the Year. [ 5 ] — Wikipedia
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