Chris Turner (footballer born 1958)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Robert Turner | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Sheffield Wednesday | 91 | (0) |
| 1978 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1978–1985 | Sunderland | 195 | (0) |
| 1985–1988 | Manchester United | 64 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | 75 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Leeds United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Leyton Orient | 58 | (0) |
| Total | 490 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1995 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 1999–2002 | Hartlepool United | ||
| 2002–2004 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2004–2005 | |||
| 2006–2010 | Hartlepool United (director of sport) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Hartlepool United (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Robert "Chris" Turner (born 15 September 1958) is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Leyton Orient, Hartlepool United on two occasions, Sheffield Wednesday and . He was previously a player with seven clubs, including two spells at Wednesday, Sunderland and Manchester United. He was a goalkeeper.
Born in Sheffield, where he attended Myers Grove School, he made 205 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday as a goalkeeper between 1976 and 1979, and 1988 and 1991. In between these two spells at Hillsborough, he played for Sunderland and Manchester United. He was a member of the Sunderland team that reached the final of the 1985 Football League Cup (where they lost 1–0 to Norwich City) but had more luck with Sheffield Wednesday when he played in their 1–0 victory over Manchester United in the 1991 League Cup final. He is a confirmed lifelong Wednesday fan.
He started his coaching career at Leyton Orient as joint manager with John Sitton shortly before the end of the 1993–94 season. The duo continued through a very difficult 1994–95 season, which ended with the club finishing bottom of the Second Division and being relegated, and Turner and Sitton left with three games remaining after new chairman Barry Hearn informed them that they would be replaced for the following season. Turner subsequently recounted that although he was officially joint-manager, in reality his role was more akin to being the assistant manager to Sitton.
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