Iain Turner
{{short description|Scottish footballer and coach}}
{{Distinguish|Ian Turner (disambiguation){{!}}Ian Turner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Iain Turner
| image = Ian Turner.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Turner playing for Everton
| fullname = Iain Ross Turner{{cite book | last = Hugman | first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | year = 2005 | page = 622 | isbn = 1-85291-665-6 }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stirling, Scotland
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1996-1998
| youthyears2 = |youthclubs1 = Riverside Boys Club
KippenFC
| years1 = 2002–2003 |clubs1 = Stirling Albion |caps1 = 13 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2003–2011 |clubs2 = Everton |caps2 = 4 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2004 |clubs3 = → Chester City (loan) |caps3 = 12 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2005 |clubs4 = → Doncaster Rovers (loan) |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2005 |clubs5 = → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) |caps5 = 3 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2006 |clubs6 = → Crystal Palace (loan) |caps6 = 5 |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2007 |clubs7 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) |caps7 = 11 |goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2009 |clubs8 = → Nottingham Forest (loan) |caps8 = 3 |goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2010 |clubs9 = → Coventry City (loan) |caps9 = 2 |goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2011 |clubs10 = → Preston North End (loan) |caps10 = 17 |goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2011–2012 |clubs11 = Preston North End |caps11 = 11 |goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2012 |clubs12 = → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) |caps12 = 4 |goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2014 |clubs13 = Barnsley |caps13 = 0 |goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2014–2015 |clubs14 = Sheffield United |caps14 = 11 |goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2015–2017 |clubs15 = Tranmere Rovers |caps15 = 1 |goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2017–2018 |clubs16 = Southport |caps16 = 8 |goals16 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2005 |nationalteam1 = Scotland U21
| nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1= 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004 |nationalteam2 = Scotland B
| nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2= 0
| totalcaps = 113
| totalgoals = 1
}}
Iain Ross Turner (born 26 January 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper and who works as goalkeeping coach at Tranmere Rovers. He represented the Scotland under-21 team, the Scotland B team and been selected for the full Scotland squad. Turner previously played for Stirling Albion, Barnsley, Everton and several other clubs on loan.
Club career
Born in Stirling, Turner arrived at Everton after impressing with his local team, Stirling Albion, signing for £50,000 in March 2003.{{cite news|title=Turner worth £50,000|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2811227.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 March 2003|access-date=30 August 2011}} The Scotland under-21 international, also capped at under-16 and under-18 level, has spent time gaining experience on loan at Chester City{{cite news|title=Chester take Turner on loan|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/3461773.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 February 2004|access-date=30 August 2011}} (where he won a Conference National championship medal in 2004), Doncaster Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers{{cite news|title=Everton keeper loaned to Wycombe|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/4421522.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 November 2005|access-date=30 August 2011}} and Crystal Palace.{{cite news|title=Palace pounce for Everton keeper|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/6155506.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 November 2006|access-date=30 August 2011}}
Turner found national fame when he was sent off after only nine minutes during his Premier League debut for the Toffees against Blackburn Rovers, after picking up a header from one of his own defenders, Alan Stubbs, outside the penalty area.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4680522.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Everton 1–0 Blackburn|date=11 February 2006}}
He signed for Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan in February 2007{{cite news|title=Everton keeper Turner joins Owls|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/6390359.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 February 2007|access-date=30 August 2011}} making his debut at home in the win against Southend United on 24 February 2007. Prior to Turner signing for Sheffield Wednesday, the club had failed to win in nine games. His arrival at the club sparked an upturn in form,{{cite web|title=Turner extends loan|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/turner-extends-loan.html|publisher=Everton F.C.|date=22 March 2007|access-date=7 December 2012|archive-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122164758/http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/turner-extends-loan.html|url-status=dead}} and he helped them to avoid defeat in each of the eleven games in which he played during his loan spell. In March 2009 Turner signed for Nottingham Forest on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season.{{cite news|title=Forest sign Everton keeper Turner|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/7952450.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 March 2009|access-date=30 August 2011}} During his spell at Forest, Turner saved a penalty hit by Jamal Campbell-Ryce in a league match between Forest and Barnsley.{{cite news|title=Barnsley 1 – 1 Nottm Forest|url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10308~45020,00.html|publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C.|date=4 April 2009|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417171135/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10308~45020,00.html#|archive-date=17 April 2009|url-status=dead}} In August 2010 he signed on a month emergency loan to Coventry City as back-up to Keiren Westwood.{{citation needed|date=August 2011}} Turner signed for Preston North End on a 93-day emergency loan on 9 February 2011, replacing Andy Lonergan, the regular Preston goalkeeper.{{cite news|title=Keeper Iain Turner joins Preston on loan from Everton|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/9392339.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 February 2011|access-date=30 August 2011}}
After Lonergan left Preston to join Leeds United,{{cite news|title=Lonergan Joins United|url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110725/lonergan-joins-united_2247585_2401481|publisher=Leeds United A.F.C.|date=25 July 2011|access-date=18 October 2014}} Turner signed a one-year contract with Preston on 29 July 2011.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/9551162.stm|title=Preston North End sign goalkeeper Iain Turner|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 July 2011|access-date=29 July 2011}} On 27 August 2011, Turner scored his first ever career goal in the 86th minute of a league match against Notts County, sending a long ball bouncing over the head of his opposite number Stuart Nelson.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14600683.stm|title=Preston 2–0 Notts County|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 August 2011|access-date=27 August 2011}} Turner suffered an injury to his foot on 3 November 2011.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15580103.stm|title=Preston North End seek Iain Turner replacement|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 November 2011|access-date=10 January 2012}} Preston then signed a new goalkeeper from Germany, Thorsten Stuckmann, who kept Turner out of the first team when he returned from injury.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16495551.stm|title=Preston keeper Iain Turner joins Dunfermline on loan|publisher=BBC Sport|date=11 January 2012|access-date=11 January 2012}} Turner was loaned to Dunfermline Athletic in January 2012, but this contract was cancelled after he suffered an injury in training.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17410145|title=Iain Turner returns to Preston from Dunfermline following injury|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 March 2012|access-date=16 March 2012}} In May 2012, Turner was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.{{cite news|url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~2766952,00.html |title=Summer Change Programme Underway |publisher=Preston North End F.C. |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513021541/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10362~2766952%2C00.html |archive-date=13 May 2012}}
On 30 January 2014, Turner signed a short-term contract with Barnsley.{{Cite web |title=Iain Turner Joins Barnsley |url=http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/article/iain-turner-joins-barnsley-1328358.aspx|publisher=Barnsley F.C.|date=30 January 2014|access-date=18 October 2014}}
On 15 August 2014, Turner signed a six-month contract with Sheffield United.{{cite news|title=Sheffield United sign Jay McEveley and Iain Turner|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28803789|access-date=15 August 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2014}} Turner made his Blades début on 7 October 2014 as the Blades won 2–1 away at Hartlepool United in the Football League Trophy.{{cite news|title=RESULT: Hartlepool United 1, Sheffield United 2 – Jamal Campbell-Ryce seals United's passage to the next round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-utd/result-hartlepool-united-1-sheffield-united-2-jamal-campbell-ryce-seals-united-s-passage-to-the-next-round-of-the-johnstone-s-paint-trophy-1-6883202|access-date=9 October 2014|work=Sheffield Star|date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009095308/http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-utd/result-hartlepool-united-1-sheffield-united-2-jamal-campbell-ryce-seals-united-s-passage-to-the-next-round-of-the-johnstone-s-paint-trophy-1-6883202|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}} Despite being Sheffield United's second choice goalkeeper, he made several more appearances for the Blades and made some excellent saves in a 2–0 victory over Swindon Town in January 2015.
In July 2017 he signed for Southport as a player and goalkeeping coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/football/news/southport-sign-ex-everton-stopper-13326444|title=Southport sign ex-Everton stopper as player/Goalkeeping coach|date=13 July 2017}}
International career
Turner represented the Scotland B side in May 2009.{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Scotland-B-3--0.5242697.jp|title=Scotland B 3–0 N Ireland B : Debutant Boyd shines as Scotland B outing proves worthwhile for Burley|publisher=The Scotsman|date=7 May 2009|access-date=5 July 2010|last=Halliday|first=Stephen}} He was called up to the full Scotland squad in August 2010 as a replacement for the injured David Marshall. He was sometimes selected for the squad under the management of Craig Levein, but did not play.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16554185 |title=Preston goalkeeper Iain Turner aims to save Dunfermline |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=14 January 2012 |access-date=10 September 2015}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 26 December 2017}}
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{soccerway|ian-turner/2866|name=Iain Turner}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Iain}}
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